Guest fathermac101 Posted July 14, 2003 Posted July 14, 2003 the category I posted to was: Computers:Internet:Domain Names:D My website is http://www.dirtcheapdomains.org I submitted the site over a month ago. Thanks PAUL
marcelfeenstra Posted July 14, 2003 Posted July 14, 2003 Just a comment on (a)esthetics: I don't think your logo goes well with the GoDaddy reseller template --the guys at, say, http://r-u-a.ws/ have done a much nicer job IMHO!
bobrat Posted July 15, 2003 Posted July 15, 2003 Don't you mean http://www.websitehostingspace.com/ or http://www.secureserver.net/ or http://www.aggressivehosting.net/?
marcelfeenstra Posted July 15, 2003 Posted July 15, 2003 Well --the guys at WebSiteHostingSpace (or whatever way Capital Punishment should be applied) are a bit sloppy since they accidentally and violently (or at least aggressively) reused the AggressiveHosting logo... For now I still think R-U-A ("Are You Affiliated?") has the nicest-looking logo, but if other affiliates care to submit their URLs, I am certainly willing to change my mind!
Guest fathermac101 Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 ok. if I make my site look nicer, will you please list me? Thanks PAUL
Guest fathermac101 Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 ok. If I make my site look nicer, will you please list me?? Thanks PAUL
Alucard Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 Paul, a submission dated 17/Jun/2003 is awaiting review in that category, along with just under 100 other sites. I'm sorry if you got the idea from the banter in here that the appearance of the site is a factor for whether a site gets listed or not - it isn't. As long as the content is viewable in a browser and meets our guidelines for quality content, then it's not an issue for us. Given the number of sites in that category, it will more than likely take a while. I would suggest waiting two to three months before requesting an update. Sorry the news isn't better.
motsa Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 However, as a GoDaddy reseller, it won't be listed because it doesn't offer unique information. That, I'd say, was more the point of the banter, not the design of your site.
Guest fathermac101 Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 So is my site rejected or is it awating review? even though I am a reseller I disagree about the uniqueness of my content - my prices are unique.... but like I said, I can make my site more unique by changing the layout, providing more information on registering domains etc... Thanks PAUL
raggedyrugs Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 >>>So is my site rejected or is it awating review?<<< Currently it is awaiting review, but don't expect it to be there long. Might want to check out http://dmoz.org/guidelines/include.html#affiliate ? Changing how your site looks or adding information won't remove or hide the affiliation fact. This also isn't the place for disagreement. You asked for a submission status and were told it wouldn't be listed and why. End of discussion.
Meta hutcheson Posted July 30, 2003 Meta Posted July 30, 2003 >I can make my site more unique by changing the layout, providing more information on registering domains etc. More unique? "You use that word a lot. I don't think it means what you think it means." The trouble is, that category is for businesses that provide domain name registration services, and ... you don't do that! You provide advertising and marketing services to some other company (which is already listed.) We run into this misunderstanding a lot. People want to create a website with information about someone ELSE's goods or services, and then get their own site listed in place of (or in addition to) the other site. Basically, we don't do that. If you have a business, you are uniquely qualified to describe its offerings on the net: nobody else, no matter how clever, prolix, notorious, or persistent, can speak with your authority on that particular subject. So we list your site, and don't list other people's sites about your business. Another way of looking at it is, in order to have a business that qualifies as "unique", you need to offer a unique good or service -- that is, something nobody else in the world can offer. It may be something as simple as "you are the only person in Podunk, New Jersey that can tell Billy-Bob Jones to go to 123 Main Street and fix a leaky faucet, and right now!" It may be something like your own design of garishly-painted clay mugs. It may be something complex like patented electronic parts or pre-assembled automobiles. It may be an added service in some geographic location, like delivering pre-assembled automobiles made by Bonzai!, Inc., to a location in downtown Podunk. But there needs to be something unique. So-called "e-businesses" that merely collect orders and turn them over to the real provider of goods and services, cannot qualify -- regardless of how much money they skim off the top for the service of not providing service.
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