Why having a long review queue is a good thing

I used to think oh crap ive got 1000 submissions to review that date back to 2 months ago (date when submitted) but this is also a good thing because;

1] If its a new site (with a good owner), by the time u get to review it, it should be partly established .
2] If its a new site (where owner is likely 2 quit) by the time you review it, it would of disapeared.
3] If its a spam/made for adsense site that never takes of, by the time you review it, it most probally has disapeared from the face of the earth anyway.

 

The problems start at number 4!

 

(4) Submitters start re-submitting because they assume you rejected them or they forget they ever even submitted, since it's been so long.
(5) Submitters start to recognize it takes way too long to get listed and stop visiting your site or submitting their sites.
(6) The popular directory promotion lists on the Internet drop your site because you are too slow.
(7) Your queue is so big that you can't take the proper time to review each site, thus allowing weaker sites in or deleting sites that deserved a listing.
(8) You eventually get a log so big you can't even begin to clear your queue, thus leaving another (of many) dead directories on the web.

 

Although 1000 submissions sounds like some good promotion of the directory going on!

 

I don't know if this is a good or bad thing, but:

(9) People sort of expect you to have a long review queue. I get this impression from all of the half-finished efforts, particularly forums, that I see. Webmasters are assuming they have time to make improvements and add more content, rather than submitting the mature site when it has the best chance of a listing.

 

TBH the directory is only promoted on here, and on sites that have added it to their directory lists.

When u only have time to review 10 submissions a day (at most) and you have 20+ coming in, it easily builds up, however it does give u something to do on a rainy day when your bored haha

 

hmmm, /me looks forward to the day when he is receiving that many submissions. Right now I'm at about 100/week and I'm in the process of still promoting.

 

i have a 4 page thread here for my directory, just create a thread promoting ur new directory, most people will say - submitted thanks

after a while your thread will die down, but instead of creating a new thread about your directory (so u update pr or whatever) use the one u already have.

create a unique template for your directory, and create plenty of sub-cats so that sites are sorted properly and web directories are not just being dumped in the internet category etc

 

I agree, sometimes I view sites which are less then a month old and they are already down. Or they have been converted to pay per click traffic pages which I find v.annoying.

 

Just4Teens, I did that, but unfortunately I had server issues, mid launch. It's been burried a few pages deep now, if you want feel free to make a post.

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=69011

 

just a warning u should put a clear border between images and google ads!!

 

What do you mean by a clear border?

May be unrelated but i want to ask anyway. Is it ok to have an image directly ABOVE an adsense block? I dont want to anger Mr. Google. I need him more than he needs me, that's for sure.

 

aslong as there is a clear border between the ads n images, ie there is space

 

done.

And my que is slowly building. However, I do have the time to go through submissions so it has yet to get out of control.

 

mine hit me @ christmas/new year time, i was busy with other things, however the submissions did not stop. Im currently reviewing sites from mid-feb

 

Fast review make your site pop. I review any site within 2 hrs of submission if it's not night.