Why my website link not approved in dmoz directory

Aaditya321 · Apr 23, 2014

Hi Guys,

I have tried many times to submitted link on the dmoz directory but still no one link approved from long back time, please let me know that what should do me here so that my website link will be approved on the dmoz directory.

pvgool · Apr 23, 2014

There is nothing that can be done.
You should ofcourse have read the DMOZ guidelines, and acted acoording to them.
Suggest a website only ONCE to the ONE best category.
Please do not suggest the website anymore.
Sometime in the future each website will be reviewed.
Time between suggestion and review can vary between a few days and several years.

rajansounder · Apr 24, 2014

Same thing,a month ago I have submitted my client's website, but still not approved.

<do not spam us with urls to websites, this might get you banned>

pvgool · Apr 24, 2014

same thing .... same answer :confused-93:

fibi · Apr 24, 2014

I also don't understand. I made e-shop, I have many unique visitors, but still website link not approved in dmoz directory. Please look this shop of underwear and bra and say me What must I do, that Dmoz approve my links?

pvgool · Apr 24, 2014

I realy do not understand why you all ask exactly the same question.
Do you realy think the answer for you will be different than for those other people asking the same question.

DMOZ is a project run by volunteers, which are called editors.
Editors can use the pool of suggested websites to build the category.
But they can also ignore those suggested websites.
We are not in the business of listing suggested websites. We are building a dirtectory. We can get websites from anywhere. Some use the pool of suggested websites, others use Google to find usefull websites, other use local newspapers to search for companies in their locality.
A suggested website is nothing more than a suggestion. Nothing more nothing less.

And one important point. DO NOT SPAM THIS FORUM WITH LINKS TO YOUR WEBSITE
the last 2 posters did spam us, which we ofcourse noticed and removed their hidden link, they are lucky that they were not removed as spammer
Spam DMOZ and you and all your websites might be blocked and never included in the directory.

rajansounder · Apr 25, 2014

pvgool said:
same thing .... same answer

Ok pvgool, followup in future.

Thanks

davidjhonson · Jun 13, 2014

Be very careful choosing the category where you will submit your website.
Choose a category that is relevant to the OVERALL theme of your website.
Choose the correct regional category for your website.

jackernguyen · Jun 17, 2014

how to registration in dmoz ?

pvgool · Jun 18, 2014

If you want to suggest a website to DMOZ you do not need to register.
Just find the category that matches the subject of the website, click the link at the top of the page called "suggest URL" and fill in the form.

comparedth · Jul 17, 2014

Same thing with me, but I have submitted my website in DMOZ directory 6 months ago but still not listed in DMOZ database. I found my business competitor website's are listed in same category. where I am wrong let me know, what happen in DMOZ.

Elper · Jul 17, 2014

There are several possible reasons for this, the most likely is that no volunteer editor has yet reviewed the site(s)... All you can do is check the site(s) is/are listable against our guidelines, and suggest it/them once to the nearest category you can find.

comparedth · Jul 18, 2014

@Elper I read all the guidelines on submission time. I know guidelines are most important, if you doing any kind of activities. Problem is that why my business rivals are there and we are doing same kind of business (Selling Dish TV Products) and I have listed my website in this category (/Regional/Asia/India/News_and_Media/Television/). Now let me know why my rivals there and why I am not?

Elper · Jul 18, 2014

Hi, as mentionned above, no editor has yet reviewed it - editing is a hobby activity, and no time scale is given for review. We aren't able (as in allowed) to discuss individual sites here, but I don't think the type of site in your profile would be placed in Regional/Asia/India/News_and_Media/Television anyway. More likely places include Shopping/Consumer_Electronics/Communications/Digital_Satellite or Regional/Asia/India/Business_and_Economy/Shopping ...
Let us know using the "update listing" feature in the category if there are any listed sites which need moving

cinaautoparts · Aug 8, 2014

All people come here all the same problem,I think if DMOZ refuse its website,it must give some reason.

or we just wait and no result.

pvgool · Aug 8, 2014

We already provide the reasons why we refuse websites.
And everybody agrees to have read those guidelines when they suggest a website.
As you should not suggest websites that we will refuse there is no reason to tell anybody a suggested website is refused during review.
The honest / smart people will get their website listed (we just can not tell you when that will happen as we do not know ourself).
Dishonest and/or stupid people suggest unlistable websites. We are not going to tell them we noticed their attempt to get their website in DMOZ.

http://www.dmoz.org/add.html
and
http://www.dmoz.org/docs/en/guidelines/include.html

Elper · Aug 8, 2014

I'll add that the publicly submitted sites are viewed as "suggestions" which may (or may not) be useful to an editor building a category.
All we can promise is to review the site, but we can't predict when this will take place, or what the result will be - the best option for people wishing their site to be included in the directory is to suggest it once to the most appropriate category they can find, then get on with their lives, and perhaps one day have a pleasant surprise.
Webmasters can apply to be editors, as owning one or many sites is not a bar to editing - we just look for impartiality when working in the directory.

chaxiraxi · Aug 25, 2014

Supongo que lo que pasa es que todos los días les llegan millones de URL para revisar, y son por lo que he visto un grupo reducido de revisores, así que es normal que tardemos un tiempo en aparecer, yo por mi parte estoy deseosa de que me llegue el turno, pero esperaré pacientemente. Me gustaría saber si aceptan voluntarios para el directorio ya que soy ingeniera informática y trabajo en casa, podría invertir algunas horas diarias para ayudaros, saludos y gracias por la labor!

Elper · Aug 28, 2014

@chaxiraxi Sí, aceptamos editores, postular a una categoría pequeña (menos de 100 propiedades) que le interese. Hay un enlace en cada página de directorio adecuado.

mabrown · Sep 9, 2014

i have a site that follows all the guidelines not accepted yet

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