If there is just one submission then sometimes the site won't be tagged. Persistent submission of an unlistable site makes tagging more useful as it highlights it for editors doing quality control work. Tagging is not a penalty and doesn't always equate to a site being rejected, though in this case it would. There are millions of listings in hundreds of thousands of categories and only around 600 truly active editors. Have you seen the travel categories? They are in an appalling condition and it is better they focus on fixing what they have already got rather than adding more listings they can't maintain. Those who can review editor applications can't just take 2 minutes over it or the place really would be crawling with corrupt and abusive editors. Even with the care they take, some slip by on a regular basis. Again it is down to quality not quantity and if the quality isn't good enough now then it isn't going to get better by dropping the standards for new editors. It could. By removing or switching off submissions to the dross and porn categories. Discouraged from what? Submitting? DMOZ editors couldn't care less about submissions falling off, it would do them a favour. What DMOZ cares about, if anyone or anything, are the surfers visiting, and that group of stakeholders aren't represented here. They are supposed to do entirely different things and neither is designed to be a webmaster's marketing vehicle, despite attempts to subvert them with varying success. Wiki gets a hell of a lot of vandalism as a result of it's completely open editing policy. And various studies into Wiki accuracy don't give a glowing scorecard on the quality side.
No it didn't. It said don't start re-submitting. Vicious submitters get tagged as spam and resubmits overwrite the first submission and go to the bottom of the queue. Well I know Brizzie spent many hours reviewing and listing and so do I. One has to also understand that some editors do not see submissions as either the main or only source. The directory encourages editors to find the sites which have unique content and add to the directory and many times that will be by hunting for sites to list rather than simply relying on submissions. Remember the object is to build a useful directory, not to please webmasters. >>>>>>>>>>>>> My views are my own and don't represent ODP or anyone else
Well that is many times only way to get your edit counts up since without it you can't get new access even to category with two websites listed. And this with exception of few categories has failed miserably.
Spot on, with the exception of a few categories we have failed to please webmasters, though we have built a useful directory, I am pleased to say. So good that people seem to want to pay to get in and on these very boards are very distressed if they try and fail. Now who would want to do either if the directory had not achieved a high level of success in building a useful directory?
Yep, directory which few surfer ever use - this was DMOZ primary goal if you have forgotten - which is far behind in keeping up with internet growth and only ones losing sleep about it are MFA and other spammers who can't get their junk sites listed anywhere especially not for free.
I thought I read some where that DMOZ stopped putting sites into their directory while they worked out some issues mainly because there were some editors who were asking the users for bribes to review and include their sites into the DMOZ directory.
and my hosting companies that I have been trying to get listed for years ? Not losing any sleep over this... but it gets discouraging seeing those that are listed there and knowing we ARE doing a better job. Our first host has been in business for 4 years now and for whatever the editors have decided... is NOT listable... whereas another company we have purchased from someone with less than desirable business practices... is listed. Go figure. If they could only gives us a reason... we could probably fix it in 2 minutes. (How many unique ways can we say "we sell web hosting" really ?) Who are they to decide what are the better hosting companies and which are not anyway? It is a directory who's job should be to list those that qualify (and it sure would be nice to actually know what they expect) and leave it up to the customer to decide.
I've definitely had similar experience with my site (although I cannot post a link in here yet). For me there is no copywrighted content issues, but I still keep getting ignored. It's not like I actually get a rejection message - just nothing happens :S.
Yes I have all $295 worth. Starting to see a little return on this investment after 6 months of not much.
I gave up on Dmoz, submitted my forum over a year ago, not saw it listed. Have stuck with google and yahoo theire acceptence rate appears to be much faster!
Forums must be fairly established, must have what seems to be active members, and should have several (hundred) threads going before an editor will even begin to accept it. If you submitted some time last year, and if your forum has grown considerably in that time, then by all means, re-submit. (Your submission was lost in the crash last year & even if it wasn't you should have grown by then). However, when doing so, remember to fill in the forum as if it was your mother describing the place. No keyword stuffing, don't bloat or exaggerate, be fairly modest even... and be sure to use your site name rather then anchor text (if they match, then you are fine).
Thats odd, someone submitted worldwidechristiansonline(dot)uk just 10 days ago. ________________________ Psa 101:7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight
Could have been anyone really... I've submitted several sites that were not mine. Granted, I didn't submit that one, but then, I'm not the only person that knows where the submit button is. Wouldn't it be GRAND if it was actually one of those coveted end users that DMOZ is there for? lol
I volunteered to list my own site... nothing wrong with that as long as you use your own site as one of the examples that you would list in your application and fully disclose in your profile that you are affiliated with that site. It is a great way to get your own site listed! I want my site listed in another category too! /me fills out application for that category.
I am waiting too. There is no editor on my category. They allow me also not. I do not know how to behave. Said the truth, answer is no. Lied of course no . Wait some more time about years, i think.
Every category has many editors, some have a local editor, but any editor listed further up the tree has editing privileges in all categories lower than named, also all editalls and metas can edit anywhere in the directory. So there aint a cat without an editor. But there are categories, even with local editors, that have long lists of submitted sites.
Technically this is true, but practically most sites don't have an editor. I would define having an editor as having someone actively editing the cat, say looking in once per month or more.