Wondering what status my 'suggestion' was at?
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jimnoble
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We don't discuss individual websites here - as clearly stated by the important thread at the top of this forum.
You're asking a pretty frequently asked question so you might like to try the forum's FAQ linked at the top of the page.
You might have misunderstood our objectives and how we operate here. ODP is a volunteer organisation building a directory as a hobby. Editors edit where they wish, when they wish and as much as they wish within the constraints of their permissions. We have no schedules or systems to force people to do work that they don't volunteer to do. ODP is not primarily a free listing service for website owners and it does not attempt to process their listing suggestions within the time scales desired by them.
Some volunteer will process your listing suggestion in time but we can't predict who or when that might be. Elapsed times can range from a few days to a few years. There is no need to re-suggest your website and doing so could be counter-productive because a later suggestion overwrites any earlier one.
You're asking a pretty frequently asked question so you might like to try the forum's FAQ linked at the top of the page.
You might have misunderstood our objectives and how we operate here. ODP is a volunteer organisation building a directory as a hobby. Editors edit where they wish, when they wish and as much as they wish within the constraints of their permissions. We have no schedules or systems to force people to do work that they don't volunteer to do. ODP is not primarily a free listing service for website owners and it does not attempt to process their listing suggestions within the time scales desired by them.
Some volunteer will process your listing suggestion in time but we can't predict who or when that might be. Elapsed times can range from a few days to a few years. There is no need to re-suggest your website and doing so could be counter-productive because a later suggestion overwrites any earlier one.
The ODP isn't process-driven; it's activity-driven--a perspective that makes much more sense when a product is formed out of tens of millions of short, independent actions.
An editor reviews a site, and immediately decides what to do: nothing, list it, or suggest it for another review (perhaps with notes). That's it, the process is over.
It starts up all over again for some other editor (or perhaps the same editor later), on some other continent (or perhaps in the next dorm room), at some later time (perhaps only a few milliseconds later), for some other site (or perhaps some other page of the same site).
So there really isn't ever any "status" in the sense of "being somewhere in the process". If a site isn't being looked at right this moment, there's no process acting on it. And it gets more confusing (from the wrong perspective) when you realize nobody can possibly know whether the site is being looked at. In fact, unless the editor happens to be looking at a suggestion, and happens to think it's worthwhile making notes, nobody will ever know the site was looked at.
An editor reviews a site, and immediately decides what to do: nothing, list it, or suggest it for another review (perhaps with notes). That's it, the process is over.
It starts up all over again for some other editor (or perhaps the same editor later), on some other continent (or perhaps in the next dorm room), at some later time (perhaps only a few milliseconds later), for some other site (or perhaps some other page of the same site).
So there really isn't ever any "status" in the sense of "being somewhere in the process". If a site isn't being looked at right this moment, there's no process acting on it. And it gets more confusing (from the wrong perspective) when you realize nobody can possibly know whether the site is being looked at. In fact, unless the editor happens to be looking at a suggestion, and happens to think it's worthwhile making notes, nobody will ever know the site was looked at.
jamesfoster
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hello jimnoble
I Just seen your instructions. Is this worth full too whole site or just for this Thread. I have a lot to share much reg SEO. can i see any threads where i can proceed
I Just seen your instructions. Is this worth full too whole site or just for this Thread. I have a lot to share much reg SEO. can i see any threads where i can proceed
We don't discuss individual websites anywhere on this site. The only place where URLs are even permitted is in the Report Hijacks, Dead Links, Inappropriate ODP Content, and other issues here ONLY thread stickied at the top of the Quality Control Feedback forum.
This site does not discuss general SEO or web design issues, either. You'll have to go to another site if that's what you want to do.
This site does not discuss general SEO or web design issues, either. You'll have to go to another site if that's what you want to do.
jamesfoster
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Thank u motsa for your reply..
Can i know the main topics that can be discussed on this forum. and more over i dint found any of the Instuctions and Guidelines to use this forum.. Can u plz help me in knowing where they are...
Can i know the main topics that can be discussed on this forum. and more over i dint found any of the Instuctions and Guidelines to use this forum.. Can u plz help me in knowing where they are...
