New Listing ??

[Al69]

Hi

 

I have just had my site listed within the ODP/dmoz thank you for accepting my site

 

The question I have is when I submitted my site to you, you ask for:-

 

"Title of Site:"

 

"Site Description"

 

Is it normal not to use the "Web site's title" and "Description" submitted :confuse2::confuse2:

 

Regards

 

Al :shade:

[hutcheson]

It is _extremely_ unusual to see a site suggestion with title and description that conforms to ODP guidelines.

 

It is normal to rewrite the title and description to conform to ODP guidelines, which almost invariably means changing them, usually to the point of starting over from scratch.

[Al69]

Hi hutcheson

 

Thank you for your reply.

 

I submitted my site as I said and after two years it was accepted, Fantastic !

 

But instead of using my site name they have used my URL

 

"my-site.org" :icon_ques

 

My site name is aimed at a specific area in Europe, and the site is dedicated to that area Only !

 

The description was NOT the description I submitted either :icon_ques

 

I just wondered why that was ?

 

Regards

 

Al

[motsa]

Presumably the editor who reviewed it didn't feel the title or description you submitted fit the ODP guidelines.

[Al69]

Hi motsa

 

Again thank you for the reply.

 

I have had a brief read through of ODP guidelines.

 

My site name is 100% correct for the area it is dedicated too

 

Descriptions of sites should describe the content of the site concisely and accurately

Which I believe it did, It was not infested with keywords,

just a short 18 word description of the site,

 

Regards

 

Al

[hutcheson]

Well, keywords are certainly one common type of error, but not the only common error!

 

But don't focus on your description--unless, of course, you want to put it on your own site. At this point, focus on the EDITOR'S description. After all, it's the EDITOR who's responsible (to the project community and guidelines) for the description. Although your help was evidently appreciated (the site was listed, right!) you're not required to create a compliant description--which is a good thing, as most site suggestors simply can't.

 

Is the editor's description objective and accurate? Is it grammatically correct? Does it repeat words from the title or category unnecessarily? Does it include words that don't really convey additional information? Does it omit significant unique content prominently visible on the site?

 

If the answers are "yes", "yes", "no", "no", "no", then ... it's a good description. You might learn something by seeing what the editor left out, and considering what information he still conveyed.