In 10 years I have only had 1 site added to DMOZ. I've been trying to add [URL removed] to this site for months with nothing. I've followed the rules completely and still nothing. There are barely any sites out there in the same category and still nothing........Can someone please help!!! It's almost not worth trying this any more...
Will it ever Happen!!!
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There isn't any "trying" involved--at least, for any honest purpose.
There is only "suggesting a site" (for review by the volunteers.)
I don't know how many topics you are considered an expert on (by your neighbors in real life, of course, I mean)--that is, how many subjects you can add to the sum of human knowledge in. Einstein (the other one) was famous as theologian, musician, and physician; Hoover was a world-famous engineer and classical scholar before he was president of the United States. But most people rest content with only a business interest and/or a hobby.
Well, all your sites are "related" if their content comes from a common source--that is, you.
In that case, it remains for the reviewers to determine whether all together, the sites count as one "historical record of the interests of a particular person" (that is, a personal homepage), or whether any of them count as "exceptional" pages on particular topics, worth deeplinking. (The rules for "related sites" really work the same as the rules for deeplinks to a single site: that is, normally, one listing--only in exceptional cases would multiple listings be considered.)
And the rules for "related sites" are basically, DO NOT TRY to get multiple listings: the penalty for breaking the rules can be to ban all the sites involved. (That's in the "submittal policies" you're supposed to read before making any suggestions.)
If, on the other hand, these "your" sites are not really "about" you, but are really created for pay for other people (or other organized groups of people, companies or clubs or churches, etc.) then you might check first to see if those other people already had websites (that is, if "your" site "about" them was unique), and if there was really more than a "business card" worth of "information" about the business--that is, if the site was "significant".)
And finally, you should know that some people have generated scads of "postage card" business "websites" which are little more than Yellow Pages advertisements, and gotten a very bad reputation spamming the Open Directory with repeated suggestions of them. And this is not a victimless crime--in fact, you might already be a victim! If the topics you're making suggestions to are spam targets, your suggestion might be buried in the spam, and the smell of the spam might be keeping editors from cleaning up the mess.
There's not really much any of us can do about this, except lynch the perps. But in some backwards cultures, even that's not socially acceptable.
There is only "suggesting a site" (for review by the volunteers.)
I don't know how many topics you are considered an expert on (by your neighbors in real life, of course, I mean)--that is, how many subjects you can add to the sum of human knowledge in. Einstein (the other one) was famous as theologian, musician, and physician; Hoover was a world-famous engineer and classical scholar before he was president of the United States. But most people rest content with only a business interest and/or a hobby.
Well, all your sites are "related" if their content comes from a common source--that is, you.
In that case, it remains for the reviewers to determine whether all together, the sites count as one "historical record of the interests of a particular person" (that is, a personal homepage), or whether any of them count as "exceptional" pages on particular topics, worth deeplinking. (The rules for "related sites" really work the same as the rules for deeplinks to a single site: that is, normally, one listing--only in exceptional cases would multiple listings be considered.)
And the rules for "related sites" are basically, DO NOT TRY to get multiple listings: the penalty for breaking the rules can be to ban all the sites involved. (That's in the "submittal policies" you're supposed to read before making any suggestions.)
If, on the other hand, these "your" sites are not really "about" you, but are really created for pay for other people (or other organized groups of people, companies or clubs or churches, etc.) then you might check first to see if those other people already had websites (that is, if "your" site "about" them was unique), and if there was really more than a "business card" worth of "information" about the business--that is, if the site was "significant".)
And finally, you should know that some people have generated scads of "postage card" business "websites" which are little more than Yellow Pages advertisements, and gotten a very bad reputation spamming the Open Directory with repeated suggestions of them. And this is not a victimless crime--in fact, you might already be a victim! If the topics you're making suggestions to are spam targets, your suggestion might be buried in the spam, and the smell of the spam might be keeping editors from cleaning up the mess.
There's not really much any of us can do about this, except lynch the perps. But in some backwards cultures, even that's not socially acceptable.
gloria
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The way that you say that you've been trying to add your site and that it is almost not worth trying any more, make me wonder if you believe that it a site is not immediately listed, that it is necessary to keep suggesting your site. It isn't necessary.
One only needs to suggest their site once to the best available category. That's it. Continuing to suggest the site can be counterproductive. Later suggestions to the same category overwrite the earlier suggestions, and that is counterproductive if an editor decides to sort the pile by date. Multiple suggestions to multiple categories waste editor's time and slow everything down. In extreme cases, one can be labeled as a spammer and their site will not be listed.
Thank you for suggesting your site. It will be looked at by a volunteer editor, but we have no way of knowing when that will be. Times can vary from a day or two or several years. And some sites are listed without ever being suggested.
One only needs to suggest their site once to the best available category. That's it. Continuing to suggest the site can be counterproductive. Later suggestions to the same category overwrite the earlier suggestions, and that is counterproductive if an editor decides to sort the pile by date. Multiple suggestions to multiple categories waste editor's time and slow everything down. In extreme cases, one can be labeled as a spammer and their site will not be listed.
Thank you for suggesting your site. It will be looked at by a volunteer editor, but we have no way of knowing when that will be. Times can vary from a day or two or several years. And some sites are listed without ever being suggested.