URL updated - not coming up when searched

I had a few questions about how the search functions work with DMOZ. I have found this forum to be a great resource! I was not able to find out all the answers from searching through HELP, so I figured that I would post my questions.
My site Cuddle Babies Home Page was recently updated to a new category Shopping/Jewelry/Theme/Personalized[/url. What I have found is that it does not seem to be searchable. I realize that DMOZ does not act as a search engine, but works as a directory. I was just wondering what the connection is between search terms and the category listings? That is when I search using my company name or any of my keywords in DMOZ, it does not take me to the updated listing. When I search using my short business name "Cuddle Babies" it links to my old cateogry listing. When I search using my new business name "Cuddle Babies Jewelry and Gifts", I get the message of no matches. Also when I use any keywords, I find that my site does not show up with any of the other related sites. I have done quite a bit of work on keywords and optimization within my site, and think that I am following most of the suggested protocols. Should my site come up when I search for keywords even when searched in its category? Should it come up when I search using my title? Or does this take time for it to work through the system? I was just curious about how the Title, category, and keywords are related. Thank you for your time!

How recently was it updated? The ODP search system only updates its database on a weekly basis at the moment - so if it last updated at 00:01 on Sunday and your site was added to a category on 00:02 on Sunday, then you'll have to wait another week before it starts showing up in the ODP search results.

However, the ODP search database is compiled off the RDF dump (which takes a few days to process), hence it could be up to a fortnight before your site appears in the ODP search system.

hi friends

same thing happned with me. my company name details is updated but it can be found by old company name see "voxindia" and my updated name is "cybervox network limited". its updated atleast 10 days back

The RDF dump was last produced on 2003-04-09, and took several days to compile. If your site was added before the RDF was started (say, about 2003-04-04) then it should be in, otherwise you will have to wait for the next RDF dump, and subsequent Search update from it.

hi friends

I think RDF dump may completed. but still I am not able to search my site. I think there are major changes goingon in dmoz. is it ?

I guess your right. I dont know it for sure, but since some changes are made to the search cluster as well as to the other machines, it may be that the synchronisation between the machines does not work right now.

I always wonder why it isn't "good enough" for us to say that the site is definitely listed even if the search function isn't showing it... Are we lying? No.

One _could_ mention that a great deal of machine-shuffling is going on at the moment, as staff tries to bring the new hardware on line with minimal disruption, meanwhile spreading bits and pieces of the ODP "website" over multiple IP addresses.

The search functionality is migrating more than once in the process, IIRC, and acquiring multiple new machines.

But what is really important to mention is:

The search functionality is NOT important to you -- you know your site is in. It's NOT under our control. And it's NOT used by any substantial number of customers--particularly lately, when the unexpectedly heavy load on all the DMOZ servers has made all of them unpleasantly slow and unpredictable to use. So the answer, whatever it might be, is of no consequence. Just don't ask, OK?