Guest Posted May 29, 2002 Posted May 29, 2002 I submitted free--viagra.com to the http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Health/Pharmacy/Viagra/ category on March 19th. What is the status of this site...is this site still in queue, rejected, etc...?
Guest Posted May 29, 2002 Posted May 29, 2002 It's still in unreviewed, along with more than eighty others. It doesn't seem to have been looked at yet.
thehelper Posted May 29, 2002 Posted May 29, 2002 As already stated that category is pretty backlogged. However, you might want to check your site versus this section of the guidelines http://dmoz.org/guidelines.html#Making Product Listings Sites devoted to the sales and distribution of a single product should be avoided, particularly if they are affiliate sites or if the site is merely a distributor for a manufacturer already listed in the Directory. The purpose of the ODP is not to replicate the individual listings of an online shopping catalog. However, individual product sites offering substantial information, tips, advice, and usage information for consumers are generally acceptable. Note the caveat substantial information - and in my interpretation I would say substantial unique information. I believe Phizer is the only real seller of Viagra and everyone else is a reseller - so if you are just using a bunch of content provided by Phizer it has probably already been done and is probably already in that category. Please note that this is just my interpretation of the guidelines but I have been known to edit a little in the Pharmacy category. Good Luck!
Guest Posted May 29, 2002 Posted May 29, 2002 That's true in general, however compare to the description of the Viagra category: http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Health/Pharmacy/Viagra/desc.html
Guest Posted May 29, 2002 Posted May 29, 2002 <blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr><p>Product Listings Sites devoted to the sales and distribution of a single product should be avoided, particularly if they are affiliate sites or if the site is merely a distributor for a manufacturer already listed in the Directory. The purpose of the ODP is not to replicate the individual listings of an online shopping catalog. However, individual product sites offering substantial information, tips, advice, and usage information for consumers are generally acceptable. <p><hr></blockquote> According to this, then there should only be one site listed in this category. All sites in this category offer the same product and same information. I also find that to be contradictory to the actual category description.
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