Hi - I know you have been having recent technical difficilties but I have been trying to update my site's description now for about 6 months from the 'Update listing' link. Any editor must have had about 30 requests. I follow the rules, what more can I do? Maybe there is no editor for that group as I don't even get a response. tks.
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If you have send 30 update requests you can be sure that
1) you have wasted precious editor time
2) your requests were rejected
We only accept update requests if
- they follow DMOZ guidlines (mosts requests are to include marketing hype in descriptions, which we won't do)
- the website shows evidence about the change requested (if we can't find a feature on the website we won't mention it in the description)
- the currect title and description don't describe the website (why would we change something if it is already correctly describing the website)
1) you have wasted precious editor time
2) your requests were rejected
We only accept update requests if
- they follow DMOZ guidlines (mosts requests are to include marketing hype in descriptions, which we won't do)
- the website shows evidence about the change requested (if we can't find a feature on the website we won't mention it in the description)
- the currect title and description don't describe the website (why would we change something if it is already correctly describing the website)
thanks for the quick response. I haven't bombarded an editor with requests, just a steady stream over the period, sometimes trying different wording in the hope that its gets approved. The original description was correct at the time but the business has moved on now and the site now reflects what we are currently doing in addition but unfortunatley the description doesn't.
I also know that an editor is not obliged to respond via email, but it would help if someone is repeatedly trying to get an update through and they are being reviewed. But that's another subject..
I guess I just need an assurance that there is someone out there reviewing the changes, whether they are rejected or not so I know that I'm also not wasting my time.
I think I'll try again after the technical difficulties, reading some of the other threads, I'll include why I am making the change not only what the change is and see if that helps.
I also know that an editor is not obliged to respond via email, but it would help if someone is repeatedly trying to get an update through and they are being reviewed. But that's another subject..
I guess I just need an assurance that there is someone out there reviewing the changes, whether they are rejected or not so I know that I'm also not wasting my time.
I think I'll try again after the technical difficulties, reading some of the other threads, I'll include why I am making the change not only what the change is and see if that helps.
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One request is OK, two is acceptable, 3 is getting annoying, more is to much, 30 could be reason for banningbeancrazy said:
Update requests are highly visiable to editors and will be processed much faster than suggestions, normaly within days or mostly a few weeks.beancrazy said:
So yes, you have been wasting your and more importantly our time.
Your site must tell us why the change is appropriate.beancrazy said:
Think of it this way - suggesting 30 updates has stopped an editor processing 29 updates from other people.
Updates are one thing I was concentrating on, but to be honest more than 70% were straight rejects - trying to keyword stuff titles/descriptions, trying to include places and phone numbers in descriptions, trying to change url from a working domain to a different domain with no verification on the old url, the list goes on.
Updates are one thing I was concentrating on, but to be honest more than 70% were straight rejects - trying to keyword stuff titles/descriptions, trying to include places and phone numbers in descriptions, trying to change url from a working domain to a different domain with no verification on the old url, the list goes on.
Update requests DO NOT expire, they wait until they are processed, and are marked to make them more visible to editors. Suggesting multiple times will not make a scrap of difference to how long an update request waits.
As I read that, you have a description that used to describe the business in its entirety, and the business has started doing additional things. Any change to the description might be to add a new process, or service, but not to add a new product list. For example if you were a widget manufacturer, and started offering business consultancy, there would be a case for changing the description, but if you were trying to add the fact that you made new improved yellow widgets (previously only available in monochrome) the only reason to change the description would be if the description stated that you only made monochrome widgets.
>So you think your time is more important than mine do you?
Your time is your own. It is valuable to nobody else at all, unless you use it to create something of value to someone else.
One suggestion may possibly have value (many of them do, more of them don't.) But thirty suggestions on the same site cannot conceivably have any value. If you prefer to think of it the other way round, you're wasting your time just irritating people whom you are asking for far more attention than most sites get.
Your time is your own. It is valuable to nobody else at all, unless you use it to create something of value to someone else.
One suggestion may possibly have value (many of them do, more of them don't.) But thirty suggestions on the same site cannot conceivably have any value. If you prefer to think of it the other way round, you're wasting your time just irritating people whom you are asking for far more attention than most sites get.