pstar Posted December 28, 2004 Posted December 28, 2004 I originally submitted the site 8 months ago then I resubmitted again on 12-16-04 because I was unsure I did it correctly months ago. with my luck I probably messed something up which neg affected me. Any help would be great! thanks in advance. Site: http://plugstar.com cat: http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/Business_and_Economy/ could be wrong category though.
bobrat Posted December 28, 2004 Posted December 28, 2004 We are unable to answer your question until January 16, come back to this thread then and ask again.
pstar Posted January 18, 2005 Author Posted January 18, 2005 check plugstar.com status submitted on 12-16-04 Site: http://plugstar.com cat: http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_Amer...ss_and_Economy/
oneeye Posted January 18, 2005 Posted January 18, 2005 Not there, and couldn't be there because there is no Suggest URL link for that category. But the site has been spotted around and about and rejected for being suggested to a totally inappropriate category - http://dmoz.org/Home/Apartment_Living/Roommates Any idea how many times it has been submitted so far and other possible categories?
pstar Posted January 27, 2005 Author Posted January 27, 2005 what? Not there, and couldn't be there because there is no Suggest URL link for that category. But the site has been spotted around and about and rejected for being suggested to a totally inappropriate category - http://dmoz.org/Home/Apartment_Living/Roommates Any idea how many times it has been submitted so far and other possible categories? Where was it found? I've only submitted the site 1-2 times. What category is totally inappropriate? If it was here then this is right? http://dmoz.org/Home/Apartment_Living/Roommates
pstar Posted February 2, 2005 Author Posted February 2, 2005 i fixed plugstar.com to please - i hope. http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Classifieds/Free_Classifieds/
spectregunner Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 Yes, totally inappropriate for the roommates category, and equally inappropriate for the Regional category you suggested. Where else have you suggested it? And please, no more submissions until we deal with the submissions you have already made.
pstar Posted February 2, 2005 Author Posted February 2, 2005 I have only submitted to dmoz 3 times over the past 12 months. I did submit this before I read your reply. Sorry for the confusion. I really shouldn't have any submissions out there, unless someone is messing with my domain. I apologize if there are more than the one noted above. Here's where it should go: http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Classifieds/Free_Classifieds/
pstar Posted February 2, 2005 Author Posted February 2, 2005 spectregunner Are you a usaf Gunship historian? Just curious about your name and experience if this assumption is true. if not-my bad.
oneeye Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 If you have submitted it more than once and it has only been rejected once then chances are there is a copy floating around that will one day find its way to the right category. I don't think you are right about your last guess given that selling goods seems to be only a part of the site. An editor will sort it out though.
pstar Posted February 3, 2005 Author Posted February 3, 2005 Thanks for the feedback. My site belongs and was previously submitted here. http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Classifieds/Free_Classifieds/ I guess I'll just have to wait until my day comes. I'll probably be i'll be the most long winded submitted before you know it.
pstar Posted February 9, 2005 Author Posted February 9, 2005 question Is there any way to tell if someone is submitting my domain to other categories to mess my chances up? Also, my site is broken down by regions /states ( http://newyork.plugstar.com ) If the dmoz editor checks a new region will this neg effect my chances. Thanks,
Meta hutcheson Posted February 9, 2005 Meta Posted February 9, 2005 >(1) Is there any way to tell if someone is submitting my domain to other categories to mess my chances up? No. But what would it matter? You should worry more about what your ex-wife is doing with your old fingernail parings, hot wax, and sharp pins. Just the act of worrying will shorten your life more than both of the malicious acts together. >(2) Also, my site is broken down by regions /states ( http://newyork.plugstar.com ) If the dmoz editor checks a new region will this neg effect my chances. If you don't submit the separate regional subpages, and you don't make attempts to conceal the relationships between them, then there's no reason for concern about the chances of the main site. Really, you're the only one whose actions really need concern you. If editors make mistakes, we can work them out. But you can make mistakes -- such as deeplinks of subpages with shrouded relationships -- that are difficult if not possible to work out. And, note well, this can happen EVEN IF YOU DON'T SUBMIT THOSE OTHER PAGES AT ALL! Because, remember, editors are by no means limited to site suggestions -- we can review or compare any site we can find by any means at our command. The simplest thing to do is make sure all your pages' interrelationships are public and honest. That way, however our editors find your pages, and whichever pages they find, they'll always be lead back to the business home page -- which is what we want to list.
pstar Posted February 26, 2005 Author Posted February 26, 2005 Status: Can I get an official status update? URL: http://plugstar.com Category: http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Classifieds/Free_Classifieds/ I know one editor said he thought that one of my submissions was moved the basic classifieds by an editor but I'm not all that sure. I wonder when the last time something was added to my category.
uzs980 Posted March 2, 2005 Posted March 2, 2005 Your submission was moved to Regional: North America: United States: Business and Economy: Classifieds, where it is now waiting for review.
pstar Posted March 2, 2005 Author Posted March 2, 2005 no editor or listings If my site is listed here http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Business_and_Economy/Classifieds/ how long is the submission queue for a category without a listed site and editor?
Meta hutcheson Posted March 2, 2005 Meta Posted March 2, 2005 We don't answer that question, but you can get a very good idea for yourself. Go to Google and look for competitors. Figure half of them are in line "in front of you" in the imaginary queue. And, of course, figure half of the NEWLY generated competitors in the coming weeks will "cut line" in front of you (after all, you cut line in front of half the existing sites when your site was created. Nothing relevant happened when you submitted it.)
pstar Posted March 3, 2005 Author Posted March 3, 2005 hmm so in other words my sites chances of submission are slim because nothing relevent occured when I originally submitted it therfore it goes to the end of the imaginary queue. I think its staff to say my competitors are listed in a different category than the one I'm queued up in unless my competitors are looking to be in a second category (the one where I'm awaiting review)
spectregunner Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 so in other words Nope, your assumtions are incorrect. Plainly speaking, we can not and will not predict how long it will take an editor to look at your site.
Meta hutcheson Posted March 3, 2005 Meta Posted March 3, 2005 >you cut line in front of half the existing sites when your site was created is not the same as >it goes to the end of the imaginary queue You're still thinking in terms of competition being other submitters. It's not. It's all other websites: the ones never submitted, the ones submitted wrongly to some other category that belong here, the ones submitted wrongly to this category and requiring time to move out, in fact, the ones that don't have any classified ads at all, but attract editor time and attention anyway! -- editor time and attention that might otherwise have been devoted to classified ads. Bear in mind also that a site submittal doesn't so much put it in a pool -- it makes sure the site DOESN'T fall OUT of the pool (the pool of ALL SITES) without being reviewed. So in terms of GETTING IN the queue, site submittal is meaningless. SITE CREATION PUTS YOU IN THE ONLY QUEUE THAT MATTERS. Site submittal can do nothing more to make you ELIGIBLE for a listing. It is just another way of making it more likely that someone eventually notices you are in the queue. As others have indicated, there really isn't an order to the queue. So it's perhaps not accurate, but at least less inaccurate, to think of yourself as "forever in the middle" of the imaginarily queued pool. But it's especially inaccurate to think that site submittal has anything to do with a place in the pool. We can't talk about your "chances of submission." Submission has already happened. We can't even talk about your "chances for review." We believe that is "100% given sufficient time," but we don't yet know how long "sufficient" time is. However, you can think about the chances for a listing, by considering what (if anything) the site has that makes it unique among all the other sites you found in the previous exercise. And you can improve your chances (if any) by making sure any visitor to the site knows what that unique content is.
pstar Posted April 8, 2005 Author Posted April 8, 2005 question Can you tell me why my listing was moved to another category queue even though sites somewhat comparable to mine (they have similar categories) achieve placement.
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