How long does it take to be listed on DMOZ

[pg20706]

I submitted mine a month age. Still not showing.

[joeychgo]

I got my new forum listed in 2 weeks - but it can easily take 6 months or more - if you ever get listed.

[payoutwindow]

I submitted mine a month age. Still not showing.
Just forget about it .. it can take anywhere from a day, to 3 years maybe even more.

[pg20706]

Wow, 3 years! Can I submit multiple times?

[vagrant]

could be 1 week could be 4+ years could be never.

[SEbasic]

No, do not resubmit...

Submit and forget about it...

Ask ST about it ;)

[whateverusay]

If you post your URL (or PM it) I can see what, if anything has been done to it. Alternatively you could ask at www.resource-zone.com for a status but look out for the sharks :)

[NeoGen]

If you post your URL (or PM it) I can see what, if anything has been done to it. Alternatively you could ask at www.resource-zone.com for a status but look out for the sharks :)

What sharks?

[honey]

My 2c is submit and forget, and set a reminder for 6 months. You may get listed in 7 days or 7 months. You never know. It depends on the editor's queue and the category.

[jamjv]

I submitted mine a month age. Still not showing.

I've had some take as little as 3 weeks (a forum) and others I've been waiting for 2 years (poker).


You may want to try this. http://www.seotie.com/

[leif]

If the category you're submitting to doesn't have an editor, then find some other sites that fit there, and apply to be an editor. (As long as you're going to check and approve sites every couple of weeks).

If the category doesn't have an editor it may take a very long time before your site is reviewed and approved.

[maverick]

Yeah me too have the same problem.. they still dont have the site listed yet. Any any any way to push it ahead... pls suggest :D

[chromate]

Occasionally emailing the editor of the category can help. But it may also be detrimental - depends on the mood of the editor. Most of the editors seem to be on power trips, but occasionally you get a good one.

There's no real way to speed things up. Give it a couple of months and then check on Resource Zone - your site may have already been rejected. Keep in mind that you have to wait 6 months after your first status request before you can make another one. So you may wanna take that into consideration - ie don't ask too early after submission.

[NMS]

I submitted my site over 1 year ago and it is still not listed

[whateverusay]

If you mean Cue Vision it does not appear to have been touched by an editor yet (there are no decline notes or anything). I don't know where you submitted it but if you have not submitted it to http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Ohio/Localities/T/Twinsburg/Business_and_Economy/ then I would do so. Regional parts often make for quicker listings from what I have seen and it is an extra chance for you.

[Web Gazelle]

Getting into Dmoz can take forever and a day. You can go to the dmoz forum and ask about it there but pay close attention to the rules.

[Blogmaster]

I submitted my site over 1 year ago and it is still not listed
I've heard stories about some sites taking a year or longer to get in but chances are your submission was not accepted.

[seo1]

Once your site is acceprted, it will be there forever. Worth to try.

[Blogmaster]

I know, that's why they have so many dead links :D

[Web Gazelle]

Once your site is acceprted, it will be there forever. Worth to try.
Actually they have been known to remove sites.

[Blogmaster]

About 4 years ago was the only time I have gotten a site of mine into DMOZ (aside from sites I have created for others.)

It was a TV show fan page - call it an experience or whatever. I submitted it to DMOZ and within a month I was in ( thank you, DMOZ ).

Anyways, I lost interest and let the domain name expire. It got picked up by one of the domain name squatting companies and the page became one of the pay per click affiliate "directories".
1.5 years after I let the name expire it was still listed in DMOZ carrying spam content.
That was the first time I went on Resource Zone and pointed it out to them.

Guess what?

Those fools started arguing with me, anything from blaming me of still being the owner (so why would I point it out) to trying to blame (whea wea we're overworked) so I left RZ.

It took a total of 4.5 months after I pointed it out for them to remove the domain.

Just something I have to share ... DMOZ is great and they take things very serious :rolleyes:

[howardroark]

submitted my site about 4 months ago. when i asked for a submission status, they told me to ask again after 6 months... :(

[whateverusay]

Which site howard? The one in your profile was declined last August (but that may not be the one to which you refer).

[NeoGen]

In fact I submitted, my two site of which one of them is pretty simple site related to my dog couple of months ago. I checked status on resource-zone and got a canned reply... Site is awaiting review :)

[macdesign]

There are only only a few replies you can get - what reply did you expect?

Site was reviewed and accepted and is in category xxx
Site was refused - don't waste time resubmitting it
Site was down when reviewed - resubmit when your ISP fixes it's problems
Site was moved to another category wher it waits review
Site is waiting to be reviewed

Now it could be an editor looked at the site, and thought it's not bad enough to refuse it, it's not blatant spam, but it looks like such a mess ~I want to vomit - so I'll skip it for today, and wait for a day when the sun is shining, and I'm in a better mood to review it properly. But since the people at RZ can't read editors minds, they can only report when an editor completes a review, not the case where he takes a passing glance and jumps to something else.

[pg20706]

If I were the boss of that editor, I fired him immediately.