http://www.hotelinnparis.com

July 15, 2002

Hello,

I submited a site http://www.hotelinnparis.com 3 or 4 months ago in the category

Top: Regional: Europe: France: Regions: Ile-de-France: Paris: Travel and Tourism: Lodging: Hotels: Hotel Directories

My site is still not included,this site is not an affiliate site, it has his own content.

Can I know the status of my submission ?

Thanks

July 15, 2002

I suspect that its not in DMOZ yet because someone thinks it might be an affiliate site and wants to look further at it.

I bears the classic hallmarks of an affiliate site.

However I have looked at the site and the coding and it certainly appears to be non-affiliate.

I would be very grateful if anyone who can show that it is an affiliate would post their thoughts here.

July 15, 2002

Of course it's not an affiliate site.

I code all the search engine, the customer support and the back-office. Ask me a modification and I will do it now, If you want a dmoz hotel, i can create it ;/images/dmoz/purplegrin.gif

So it's take time to check my site 3 months !!

July 15, 2002

No, it doesn't look like an affiliate site.

But it is really hard to see what it offers that the listed http://www.france-hotels.net/ by the same owner doesn't also offer.

July 15, 2002

HotelInnparis.com offers only hotels with availabilities, no waste of time with on request hotels. It offers a better customer support, to view,change and modify reservation. It offers a search by map and more photos.

July 16, 2002

Could I know the status of my submission ?

hutcheson · July 16, 2002

I'm sorry, I thought the response was clear.

The site has been reviewed and rejected, multiple times, by multiple editors entrusted with abuse investigations, and the consensus is that it should STAY rejected.

The reason is simple: France-hotels.net is listed. You can create as many vanity domain names as you wish, for portions of that content; but linking to them is your responsibility. Anything you want on a listed domain, you can put on France-hotels.net; and anything you want linked from a listing in French Hotels categories, you can link from there. ODP has no interest whatsoever in superceding your own links.

July 16, 2002

Sorry, it was unclear because I saw many others web sites indexed with the same listing of hotels and service.

ex :http://ewh.com who sell http://www.nethotels.com

And as you can see you can find in dmoz:

Regional > Europe > France > Regions > Ile-de-France > Paris > Travel and Tourism > Lodging > Hotels

http://ewh.com/

Regional > Europe > Austria > Localities > Salzburg

salzburg.nethotels.com/english

Regional > Central America > Costa Rica > Travel and Tourism > Lodging

costarica.nethotels.com

Regional > Europe > ... > Travel and Tourism > Lodging > Hotels > Directories

barcelona.nethotels.com

The listing is too long, I can also give you a listing of sites selling hotels from www.bookings.org or abouthotel.com (see http://www.hotels-paris-france.net/ ) or hoteldiscount.com (http://www.stayinparis.net)

France-Hotels.net is for hotels in France with differents listing of hotels (1000 in Paris), in nice, cannes etc..

HotelinnParis.com is for hotels in Paris only (80 hotels) and there is more infos about hotels (compare the number of picture of the royal hotel)

My request is just to add this site to the appropriate category:

Regional: Europe: France: Regions: Ile-de-France: Paris: Travel and Tourism: Lodging: Hotels: Hotel Directories

I think my site is useful for people who want to book simply and quickly an hotel in Paris, better than France-Hotels.net

Cordially