Will Sites My Ever Be Listed?

Thank you for your replies.

I have misunderstood, I thought this was an 'official' DMOZ forum!

Regarding your point motsa, "Consider that investigation has to be done. And consider that the people doing the investigation are volunteers. It all takes time."

How long does it take?

The site was reported many months ago!

Reported how? I'd presumed you'd used the abuse reporting form but I see now that that probably wasn't the case. You mentioned earlier emailing the category editor -- that's not the ideal way to report an unlistable site. chaos127 gave you specific suggestions for how to best report that kind of situation. Have you followed either of them?

The 'quick rich type of site' that did not conform to DMOZ guidelines was reported through the abuse system.

"You mentioned earlier emailing the category editor -- that's not the ideal way to report an unlistable site."

The site I emailed the "category editor" about, was my site.

Is the abuse report still open? You can check the status of it by putting the ID in the box at the bottom of the abuse report page.

I am not sure if the abuse report is still open.

What I am sure off is that a site that did not conform to DMOZ guidelines was listed, that site was reported for infringing DMOZ guidelines and/or standards, whatever you want to call them, and it was not removed.

So why is the site still listed, you wonder? There are two possibilities. (1) The investigation is still pending (or ongoing). (2) the investigation is over, and the investigator disagreed with you about whether the site violated ODP standards.

If you're interested in knowing which case applies, you can check the status of your abuse report by putting the ID in the box at the bottom of the abuse report page.

Actually, there's one additional possibility. The abuse case is closed, and (for no more than a week or so) the public directory is out of date.

So, to cover all bases, once you see the case closed, wait a couple of weeks, then check the ODP category again.

Malkie: It's a roll of the dice, like anything else. I submitted a URL to DMOZ in February and it got listed 4 months later (this year). Was I surprised? Yes, because I have another site I submitted about two years ago that stilll hasn't appeared...NOR do I care or suspect it will. It is simply a roll of the dice. Alas the URL you're worried about getting into DMOZ appears in the top search engines, so why care if it appears (or ever does) in DMOZ? DMOZ is a directory . . . not an engine for searching anyway.