Who could help me to add my website into DMOZ.
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Eric-the-Bun
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Hello hench.
If the site is listable, the most probable reason is that no one has reviewed it yet. As you know from the yellow and red announcement at the top of the forum, we are currently experiencing problems with the site suggestions (amoungst othe things).
When the problems are resolved, suggest the site again, and then forget about us
.In the meantime why not read our FAQ
regards
If the site is listable, the most probable reason is that no one has reviewed it yet. As you know from the yellow and red announcement at the top of the forum, we are currently experiencing problems with the site suggestions (amoungst othe things).
When the problems are resolved, suggest the site again, and then forget about us
.In the meantime why not read our FAQregards
The announcement at the top of each forum gives all the information we have. It also notes that we currently have no estimated time frame for everything to be fixed.
Thanks for your patience.
Thanks for your patience.
jcampb5950
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I entered in my website to the ODP 6 months ago and it was to the correct catergory. I have been patient but how long could it take to get my website reviewed? There must be a way to speed up the process, please help!
jimnoble
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We don't know. As the FAQ explains, it could be anywhere between a few days and a few years. There's no legitimate way to speed up the process.
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> I entered in my website to the ODP 6 months ago and it was to the correct catergory.
That is good. Thanks.
> I have been patient but how long could it take to get my website reviewed?
We don't know. Realy, we don't know.
> There must be a way to speed up the process,
Sorry, there is not.
> please help!
You might want to read our FAQ. It might help you to understand how DMOZ works.
That is good. Thanks.
> I have been patient but how long could it take to get my website reviewed?
We don't know. Realy, we don't know.
> There must be a way to speed up the process,
Sorry, there is not.
> please help!
You might want to read our FAQ. It might help you to understand how DMOZ works.
This is my first time in here
I have been trying to get my website listed for years, I submit every few months but never get listed. It is a very ordinary uncontraversial site and I have not broken any of the rules. In my more paranoid moments I feel a business rival must edit the relevant category!
I have been trying to get my website listed for years, I submit every few months but never get listed. It is a very ordinary uncontraversial site and I have not broken any of the rules. In my more paranoid moments I feel a business rival must edit the relevant category!
If you feel a business rival would be that concerned about page rank, as opposed to anything that might conceivably be paramount to a real business -- then there's a more fundamental problem with the website.
And it's this. You see, if a business rival thinks that whatever information surfers are looking for on your site, they could find something "similar enough" on HIS website, then ... that's pretty strong evidence that there's nothing obviously unique about EITHER website. (There may still be something unique, but if so, it's not OBVIOUS.)
The editors are always going to focus first on sites with an OBVIOUS POTENTIAL for uniqueness (which is, again, not the same thing as uniqueness, but it's a very good first estimate.)
So what you should do is make sure that whatever uniqueness your site has, is obvious. That's your best route to influence the editors.
And it's this. You see, if a business rival thinks that whatever information surfers are looking for on your site, they could find something "similar enough" on HIS website, then ... that's pretty strong evidence that there's nothing obviously unique about EITHER website. (There may still be something unique, but if so, it's not OBVIOUS.)
The editors are always going to focus first on sites with an OBVIOUS POTENTIAL for uniqueness (which is, again, not the same thing as uniqueness, but it's a very good first estimate.)
So what you should do is make sure that whatever uniqueness your site has, is obvious. That's your best route to influence the editors.
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You just wrote that you broke one of the important guidelines (we prefer not to call them rules).joemc said:
http://dmoz.org/add.html cleraly states Please only submit a URL to the Open Directory once.
page rank is everything
when you are in my business. I run an internet based villa rental business specialising in in a tiny area of Turkey. Very few people would have the knowledge to edit such a niche, making the possibility of the editor being a rival a definite possibility. Oh no I am really paranoid now
when you are in my business. I run an internet based villa rental business specialising in in a tiny area of Turkey. Very few people would have the knowledge to edit such a niche, making the possibility of the editor being a rival a definite possibility. Oh no I am really paranoid now
lmocr
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It does say you can resubmit - but only once, not every few months.
You can read it for yourself.
Added - since DMOZ is not a God you can't have sinned against it. The suggest a URL is not working at the moment anyway, but we won't hold it against you if you suggest the site one LAST time after it is working again.
You can read it for yourself.
Added - since DMOZ is not a God you can't have sinned against it.
The suggest a URL is not working at the moment anyway, but we won't hold it against you if you suggest the site one LAST time after it is working again.>Very few people would have the knowledge to edit such a niche,
Ah, but the ODP selects for knowledge. There are two different orthogonal subcategorizations here: (1) Location (and anyone can find the place on a map!); (2) Kind of business (and we've got hundreds of editors who know about travel agents of all kinds.
And it is those hundreds of editors who know general industries (and can use a map) who'll be doing the vast vast majority of business-site edits. The chances that one of them is competing with you is virtually nil.
Ah, but the ODP selects for knowledge. There are two different orthogonal subcategorizations here: (1) Location (and anyone can find the place on a map!); (2) Kind of business (and we've got hundreds of editors who know about travel agents of all kinds.
And it is those hundreds of editors who know general industries (and can use a map) who'll be doing the vast vast majority of business-site edits. The chances that one of them is competing with you is virtually nil.