Why Dmoz can not listing my website?

I have submitted my website <url removed> to Dmoz List http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Hong_Kong/Transport/


I have submitted about every 4 months,but haven't been accepted yet.

I don't think my site contains any illegal or inappropriate materials and the webpage design is professional. Can you tell me the reason?

chinalimousine said:

I have submitted about every 4 months,but haven't been accepted yet.

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Why? Our guidelines clearly ask you to suggest a website only ONCE to the ONE best category.

Can you tell me the reason?

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There are only 2 possible reasons why a website is not listed
1) the website has not been reviewed yet (this is the most common reason)
2) the website is not listable according to DMOZ guidelines

For more answers please read our FAQ (link at the top of this page) and simmilar questions from other people.

Same Question - Submitted Year or More Ago - No Editor?

hi. i submitted my site initially about a year or so ago. i haven't received a response and it isn't in the directory. it doesn't appear that there's an editor for that category. who can i contact about this if there's no editor? thank you very much

category: health/conditions and diseases/musculoskeletal disorders/back and spine

it doesn't appear that there's an editor for that category.

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This is a concern we hear every single day, so as you might expect, we've provided an explanation in the FAQ linked at the top of every page.
Here's the specific link for you: "There's no editor for my category - will my suggestion ever get reviewed?"

Responses aren't sent.

However, the question about "no editor for a category" is addressed in the FAQ, see link above.

As far as "contact an editor"--that normally wouldn't get a response either: From long and bitter experience, we STRONGLY recommend that editors not reply to questions about specific sites.

Once you've suggested a site, both you and the editors can generally do whatever is needed without further communication.

hi. thank you for your response. i did read the link if there's no editor, but how do we know if it will get reviewed? does anyone check them, especially if there's no 'direct' editor for that category? i've read that it can take up to 2 years.. is there some 'stopgap' in the process for those that submitted them within a certain timeframe, whether months or years? is there no admin, support or anything we can inquire with when there's no editor and it's been so long? if no to these, there's nothing else we can do but wait and see if it's ever reviewed?

thank you

Once you've submitted your site for review, there is nothing else you can do except get on with whatever else you have to do. Neither checking up on the status, even if we still allowed that here, nor e-mailing an editor with privileges in the category would speed up the process.

there's nothing else we can do but wait and see if it's ever reviewed?

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Correct.
The ODP is not a listing service, so you can have no expectations regarding if or when your suggestion will be reviewed. Editors are all volunteers, and there is absolutely no requirement for them to review sites suggested by other people.
However, there are many other directories which do provide a listing service, so you might like to check them out. Here's a good place to start looking: http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Searching/Directories/

makrhod said:

Correct.
The ODP is not a listing service, so you can have no expectations regarding if or when your suggestion will be reviewed. Editors are all volunteers, and there is absolutely no requirement for them to review sites suggested by other people.
However, there are many other directories which do provide a listing service, so you might like to check them out. Here's a good place to start looking: http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Searching/Directories/

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Correct indeed. We've been trying to get our domain listed, and have been unsuccesfull for i guess 10 years now. The thing is that you are caught in the middle, since on one hand we do go on with normal everyday life, but on the other hand some other web services do consider a DMOZ listing as a signal of a website being trustworthy.

Maybe our business is to broad to get listed, but we are even unable to see if our listing is considered, rejected, in consideration, in the wrong category or whatever possibility there is. Maybe lost is an other option, but since we are strongly adviced not to enlist again, this is a hassle.

To know if your suggestion to enlist is still open would be a great feature !

Marcel

MARVEL.nl said:

Correct indeed. We've been trying to get our domain listed, and have been unsuccesfull for i guess 10 years now.

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It depends on how often and when you have suggested your website.
At the end of 2006 we had a big problem. Any website suggested in 2006 or earlier that was not listed at that moment was lost. Such websites may be suggested again.
There is no need to suggest a website again if it was suggested in 2007 ar later.

The thing is that you are caught in the middle, since on one hand we do go on with normal everyday life, but on the other hand some other web services do consider a DMOZ listing as a signal of a website being trustworthy.

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That is a problem with those "other web services". You will have to talk to them. You can not blame us for the actions of others.

Maybe our business is to broad to get listed, but we are even unable to see if our listing is considered, rejected, in consideration, in the wrong category or whatever possibility there is. Maybe lost is an other option, but since we are strongly adviced not to enlist again, this is a hassle.

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there are only a few options
1) a website is listed
2) a website will not be listed (reasons are available in DMOZ guidelines http://www.dmoz.org/guidelines/include.html )
3) a website is not reviewed yet (it does not matter if that website is suggested or not, we will also look at websites that are not suggested)

Is there a way to find out what phase a website is in then ? It would make it easier to wait a bit, thought 5 or more years is very long, and websites released later are listed (this can be frustrating).

Marcel
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MARVEL.nl said:

Is there a way to find out what phase a website is in then.

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Is the website listed? Only 2 possibilities. You can check yourself.
If the website is not listed. Does it meet DMOZ guidelines? Only 2 possibilities. You can check yourself.
If it meets the guidelines and is not listed than it must be waiting review. Only 1 possibility.
Seems very clear to me.
In all cases there is no need to suggest a website again.
Suggesting it again might make the time between first suggestion and review longer (that is the best that can happen). The worst that can happen is that the website will be banned (but that is an exception and does not happen often, only for very stupid people that suggest their website over and over again to all kind of DMOZ categories. )