mcrissman Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 I've had a site up since 2002. I rank high in Google (#1) and Yahoo as well as many of the directories and metacrawlers. But I have never been able to get on dmoz. I submit about once every 6 months, but no luck yet. I would love to know if I'm doing something wrong. Thanks
Meta shadow575 Posted August 15, 2006 Meta Posted August 15, 2006 I've had a site up since 2002. I rank high in Google (#1) and Yahoo as well as many of the directories and metacrawlers. But I have never been able to get on dmoz. I submit about once every 6 months, but no luck yet. I would love to know if I'm doing something wrong. Thanks For starters spamming the directory comes to mind. When you suggest a url you acknowledge having read the Submission Instructions where it reads: Procedure After Your Site is Submitted An ODP editor will review your submission to determine whether to include it in the directory. Depending on factors such as the volume of submissions to the particular category, it may take several weeks or more before your submission is reviewed. Please only submit a URL to the Open Directory once. Again, multiple submissions of the same or related sites may result in the exclusion and/or deletion of those and all affiliated sites. Disguising your submission and submitting the same URL more than once is not permitted.(emphasis added by me) Please stop. Submitting a site every six month is spamming and it is also causing unnecessary editor work (removing duplicates) and if continued will result in a permanent banning of the site as a spammer. Beyond that there is nothing you need to do. You have helped us (more than enough) by suggesting the site. It is in the hands of volunteer editors to take an interest and perform a review. There is no way to predict when an editor will perform a review. All you can do is continue to build and maintain your site and follow through on your other (non-ODP related) promotional strategies. Regards. Shadow *The opinions I offer are my own and may not represent the opinions of Curlie.org or other editors.* It can take anywhere from two hours to several years for a site review to take place. I do not respond to private messages requesting site status checks. _______________________________________________ https://shadow575.wordpress.com/
Meta pvgool Posted August 15, 2006 Meta Posted August 15, 2006 Yes you are. Read the DMOZ guidelines Please only submit a URL to the Open Directory once But if you have suggested the site each time to the same category the only thing that might have happened is that you have made your "waiting" time longer. Also read the FAQ here at RZ. Most importantly How long should I wait before I resubmit? And also read the thread called Discontinuation of site status checks I will not answer PM or emails send to me. If you have anything to ask please use the forum.
mcrissman Posted August 15, 2006 Author Posted August 15, 2006 Thanks Thanks for your reply. That's what I get for following the advice of SEO "experts." I will consider it a dead issue and move on.
Meta shadow575 Posted August 15, 2006 Meta Posted August 15, 2006 Thanks for your reply. That's what I get for following the advice of SEO "experts." I will consider it a dead issue and move on. "SEO Expert" isn't that an oxymoron? Shadow *The opinions I offer are my own and may not represent the opinions of Curlie.org or other editors.* It can take anywhere from two hours to several years for a site review to take place. I do not respond to private messages requesting site status checks. _______________________________________________ https://shadow575.wordpress.com/
Editall Callimachus Posted August 16, 2006 Editall Posted August 16, 2006 "SEO Expert" isn't that an oxymoron? Maybe not, one definition I've heard for an expert was "a person who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing". That has a decided Zen feel to it but ... ODP Editor callimachus Any opinions expressed are my own, and do not represent an official opinion or communication from the ODP. Private messages asking for submission status or preferential treatment will be ignored.
Meta shadow575 Posted August 16, 2006 Meta Posted August 16, 2006 Maybe not, one definition I've heard for an expert was "a person who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing". I do like that. Shadow *The opinions I offer are my own and may not represent the opinions of Curlie.org or other editors.* It can take anywhere from two hours to several years for a site review to take place. I do not respond to private messages requesting site status checks. _______________________________________________ https://shadow575.wordpress.com/
giz Posted August 16, 2006 Posted August 16, 2006 Please take the message back to the "SEO Experts" that they are wrong. Reference this thread if you have to...
Meta shadow575 Posted August 17, 2006 Meta Posted August 17, 2006 It was "SEO" experts giz, they at least didn't appear to claim to experts on anything else. Shadow *The opinions I offer are my own and may not represent the opinions of Curlie.org or other editors.* It can take anywhere from two hours to several years for a site review to take place. I do not respond to private messages requesting site status checks. _______________________________________________ https://shadow575.wordpress.com/
sfromis Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 Here's the insider story on being a SEO expert: http://seoblackhat.com/2006/03/23/seo-scam/
hyipodirectory Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 The guidelines are good Follow the guidelines and let the editors decide. The editors are really good. If your site has lots of information you could be added. "Remember just submit and forget." Spamming DMOZ is not fair to the editors.
critic009 Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 Callimachus, shadow575 and others I direct you to > http://resource-zone.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=43436
The Old Sarge Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 I've had a site up since 2002. I rank high in Google (#1) and Yahoo as well as many of the directories and metacrawlers. If you rank highly, why is a dmoz listing so important? I mean ... you got there without it ... you really need it? The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
The Old Sarge Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 And as for "experts" ... I recall something my grandfather used to say. "Yesterday I couldn't even spell "expert", and now I are one! " (You may insert whatever career, talent, etc you like. ) The Old Sarge War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stewart Mill
Meta shadow575 Posted August 25, 2006 Meta Posted August 25, 2006 Callimachus, shadow575 and others I direct you to > http://resource-zone.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=43436 For what reason? I have already been part of that once relevant thread that has now been hijacked and sidetracked so far from the original posters concerns that it is no longer worth following (for its original purpose). Are you implying that my response to the original post in this thread is some how in a bad attitude or was it the fact that I disagree that SEO and Expert should ever be used together? The original post wasn't intended to be negative. It explained a serious mis-conception of the ODP and it would appear from the response it may have even helped the original poster better understand directory policies. I certainly don't read into their response that they took offense to my reply, they seem to now 'get it' and know what was done wrong. And for the record "Seo Expert" is still an oxymoron. Shadow *The opinions I offer are my own and may not represent the opinions of Curlie.org or other editors.* It can take anywhere from two hours to several years for a site review to take place. I do not respond to private messages requesting site status checks. _______________________________________________ https://shadow575.wordpress.com/
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