Transit time? How long..

[GreenDog]

My site: <url removed> was listed under: http://www.dmoz.org/Health/Animal/Mammals/Dogs/Nutrition/

 

When I logged into my wordpress account I noticed:http://editors.dmoz.org/editors/editcat-unrev.cgi?cat=Health/Animal/Mammals/Dogs

 

I thought maybe an editor was just checking out my site again so I logged in and noticed my site was gone. I am figuring they just moved it to a different category since my site hasn't changed since inclusion.

 

So my question is... How long does it take to move from one cat. to another?

[windharp]

Since the ODP is driven by volunteers, there is no guaranteed timeframe for any action, so there is no definite answer.

 

If the editor who moved the site has editing permission in the target category as well, the site will show up instantly, and about 1-2 weeks later in search.

 

If the editor has no editing permission in the target category, or chooses to leave the site for later review, it will be among the other unreviewed sites. Listings already touched at least once by an editor are marked, and displayed more prominently. That usually means those listings are processed with higher priority. But it of course still depends on an editor to review it, and the order suggestions are processed is up to that editor. :-)

[GreenDog]

I just hope my site was delisted for any reason. I have broken any of the rules that would cause my site to get delisted. But then again the category my site was in was the best possible category. I guess I will just wait it out.

[hutcheson]

Delisting isn't a punishment for breaking rules. Delisting is what happens when, in the editor's judgment, a site that was listed doesn't currently contain listable content (that is, has insignificant unique information.)

 

This could happen because the site shouldn't ever have been listed, or because the significant unique content had disappeared from site, or because (by reason of progress getting the sum of human culture online) the site's contents are no longer significantly unique. In none of these cases did the editor know, or care, what rule might, or might not, have been broken. It's just about what unique content is on the site at the moment of review.

[GreenDog]

I know that's not the case then because the content is pretty good..if not great

[GreenDog]

I have 5 visits from <url removed>

 

Anyone know what this means?

[jimnoble]

It just means that several editors/robots visited your website. You can't draw any conclusions from it.

 

I stress that we won't divulge any website specific info here.

[hutcheson]

Nobody is checking the ethical qualities of the content. The question is, does the website contain a lot of information that's not on any other website?

 

The CIA world factbook and Wikipedia and MLS and Project Gutenberg all have some "great content" (and they're all listed), but some other website merely rehosting (or rewording) that "great content" shouldn't be listed.