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[cb21]

Hi there

 

I submitted our new site, did a search, site is not listed, tried to leave a feedback, feedback service out of service, asking to check back in a day or two, I check back every 2nd day since almost two months ...

 

it tells me the same every single time I come back!!

 

Just wondering

 

Anyway ... is there any some kinda "service" where one can get a feedback 'WHY' one's site should have been rejected? I'm kinda sick of the internet "GODS" trying to tell the public when something s good or bad. (unless it is obvious and someone can tell me why our site is bad enough for not being listed in Dmoz!

 

Are "Quality Serivce" sites not welcome these days anymore?

[pvgool]

Please read the FAQ (link at the top of this page). It will answer all the question you have asked.

[cb21]

Please read the FAQ (link at the top of this page). It will answer all the question you have asked.

 

Too cheap!

[hutcheson]

Anyway ... is there any some kinda "service" where one can get a feedback 'WHY' one's site should have been rejected?

 

I'm sure there is such a service somewhere. The ODP guidelines are public, and they aren't that hard to understand--they're all about "unique information". You could hire anyone to look at your site with a view towards finding significant unique content on it.

 

They could tell you what difficulties they had--if the editor/reviewer had the same difficulties, whatever significant unique content on the site may not have been found, leading straight to an easy reject. (You, of course, know whether there actually IS any unique content on the site; if not, you may as well assume the volunteer editor discovered there wasn't.)

 

Theoretically, they could also point out to you any aspects of the site that made it appear to be "primarily intended to drive commercial traffic to some other site" or "similar to, a fraternal mirror of, or related to other sites." Either of these would, of course, lead straight to reject for cause. (But you, of course, know up front whether these conditions apply--and if they do, you may as well assume the ODP editor noticed.)

 

Since there really isn't anything in such a service to benefit the directory itself or internet surfers, there's no reason the open directory project members should get involved.