hi directory owners, besides of this "no gambling/p0rn/warez" thing, are there any other reasons why you may reject some listings? if yes, post them
falcondriver, I Don't like to Reject any listing as but i have few rules for my directory [1] Title must contain Name of website [2] Description Should be Description Means it should be atleast 3-4 Sentences. [3] There should be no PROMOTIONAL content thorught the titles and description. Thats it if webmaster follow these rules than i surely accept their listing
I reject quite a few actually. If the site is obviously made just to try and make a quick buck I don't accept it. If the site is created out of mostly free articles I don't accept it. If the site has little content I don't accept it. etc. Basically what I do is put myself in a surfers shoes. I look at the submitted site, lets say it's about widgets, and think to myself, if I was looking for a site about widgets would this site be useful to me. If the answer is yes I will accept it, if not I don't. I want my directory be useful to my visitors and not just a link farm.
Quality, well categorized listing of links. You don't really need any other criteria. When reviewing a website ask yourself if your directory users would find the resource useful. Don't be afraid to hit the delete key... strive for quality, not quantity.
We rarely need to reject a listing. When people pay for a listing they follow the listing guidelines to a tee usually. Of course we do get some spammy sites sometimes which we reject. When we used to offer free listings we'd delete listings non stop.
Have you seen some of the purpose built adsense sites out there?? LOL there's thousands of them and they often submit them to directories. I get them spamming my directory site all the time, and it's not even a directory!
I am doing a specific region directory and it clearly states that. I reject about 80% mostly from people who did not or could not (based on the country codes) read the submission terms. If I weren't doing regional the guidlines others have posted sound pretty fair except I never submit more than 255 ch of description.
I have a directory of directories and have to reject about 70 to 80%. In my submission guidelines it's written in red and bold directories only ! but it seems not clear enough...
Definately. The database of a directory is everything. Spammy type sites should never be accepted, otherwise you run the risk of getting penalised by the search engines for being associated with bad neighbourhoods.
Firstly, I would see the description field. If a person who submitte to my directory won't even bother much to type the description, why would I accept him? Next, his site must be of acceptable quality i.e. like others have mentioned: No made for adsense type of site, for example.
I am amazed at the number of people who come to my niche directories and then submit links that have NOTHING to do with the niche! Can't people read the guidelines? Are they stupid? Or are directory submitters (those who do this service manually and/or with software) not really looking at the submissions? I just deleted at one directory 12 submissions. A few had false descriptions that had nothing to do with their site! Just a good description that fit the guidelins of that directory. These submitters are plain stupid for thinking I would look at the description and okay them without looking at the site! Food related directory, just deleted one submission that was from a PORN site! Nice description about recipes, food, etc....but the site was pure PORN! Geesh.... I advertise one directory heavily and I put on my ads and on my postings here, to submit links ONLY to the proper sub-category, as the main category is reserved ONLY for paid featured ads. But still, I have to delete links because people are not able to comprehend, read english, or are just plain stupid.
Often something I have to do. Getting rubbish listed on my niche sites is very common. Submitters will try it on though, but that's the fun of owning a free directory! Dan
The biggest problem is countering spams. Some machine operated robots crawl web daily to submit automated inclusions. It really daunted me. After that it forced me to use image verifications.... Here are the things i would focus on accepting links, not just for money but for quality. 1. Excellent content rich site 2. Well chosen domain name 3. Excellent site design and presentation 4. Well written / Appealing titles and descriptions 5. Category relevance (how well site is related to category submitted) The biggest problem i noticed is, many people dont want to spend time in writing good titles and descriptions. when comes to selecting sites, i give so much importance to domain names and their extensions. How well your domain name instantly tells all about your site and relates to content. For example in UK category, i expect sites to have .uk endings which i very much prefer than including that in general category. Hope my info helps other directory listings.
I dissapprove few ones. [Internal Pages, New websites having PR0, banned sites etc.] Mostly I modify those submissions which are not submitted in the appropiate category and I put them in the right category. I am editor of more than 15 Web Directories though
We always validate quality sites only. We do not validate: Under Construction Sites Sites consisting mainly of affiliate links Sites developed just for earning revenue from AdSense Sites with poor design Sites Poor in contents In all of our directories, submission guidelines and rules are mentioned. Yes i agree, in Paid directory we hardly get sites which are against the rules or submission guidelines, that is benefit of professional paid directory.
I reject (except the usual p0rn, warez, illegal) : 1) Affiliate sites 2) 'Turn key' sites with only duplicate content 3) Sites that provide a ton of keywords in their listings.
[1] Pure affiliate site. [2] Use tactics like keyword spamming to try and increase rank. [3] Poor page design. [4] Made for ads[ense] sites. [5] Not enough unique content i.e. all free articles etc.