Why Sites are not listed in DMOZ...Top 8 Reasons

DMOZ is not set up as a listing service for site owners. Site submissions are only one source for finding quality sites to add to the directory. Some editors choose to review submissions while other editors might prefer to (at first) find sites on their own through search engines, as links from related sites, in newspapers, on television, on highway billboards, etc. So...there are no guarantees that once you submit your site it will be reviewed within a specific amount of time.

There are also a number of practical reasons it can take a while for a site to get listed in DMOZ:

The site is submitted to an incorrect category. Many sites are submitted to categories that are either too broad, too narrow, or unrelated to the content of the site being submitted. Most of the time, incorrectly submitted sites are sent to the appropriate category for review, but that will usually increase the amount of time that a site will ultimately wait for review. Submitting your site to the single most specific category relative to your site's content will significantly improve your chances of getting your site reviewed.

The site is submitted to the wrong language section of the directory. For example, non-English sites are frequently submitted to the English-language section of the directory. As with sites submitted to the wrong category, editors have to redirect these sites to the correct language, which can increase the amount of time that they will await review.

The submitted site does not meet submission or editorial guidelines for inclusion. Quite often people submit sites that are incomplete, don't contain enough content, or consist primarily of syndicated or mirrored content. Uniqueness of content is one of the most important factors editors consider when reviewing a site for inclusion.

The category has a backlog of submissions. This can result when the popularity of the topic, which may attract large numbers of both listable and unlistable sites, doesn't match the interests of active or prospective editors. Submitting to one of these categories may mean a longer wait. (That doesn't mean you should submit your site to the wrong category just because you think it doesn't have a backlog – deliberately submitting your site to the wrong category is never a good choice.

URBAN LEGENDS ( i.e. popular & fictional reasons ) as to why a site does not gain acceptance into ODP:


The category editor is corrupt and/or a competitor is keeping the site from being listed. DMOZ regularly receives allegations of corruption and abuse through its public abuse reporting system. Each report is thoroughly investigated and crosschecked. Most of these claims turn out to be baseless. In the rare case where there may be some truth to the allegation, the matter is dealt with immediately.

No one is monitoring the category. While a few categories in DMOZ may not have a listed editor that doesn't mean there's no one minding the store. All editors listed higher in a category's hierarchy can and do edit subcategories. In addition, many editors have permissions to edit anywhere in the directory.

 

Your fourth posts and this is the third article that you have just copied of the net. Thanks for the great contribution to DP

 

Well spotted, nicangeli.

Yes, the above post was plagiarised (= copied without any acknowledgment or attribution) from the Official ODP blog. It was posted by the Editor-in-Chief, and attracted an impressive number of comments, including some by members of this forum, so it was rather optimistic of LanguageProz to think that anyone would consider his post to be his own work.

Certainly, the information is well worth repeating, but the source and/or author should be included.

 

He forgot or rather Bob forgot to mention that your site will not get listed if you are in the internal DMOZ "enemy" list.

 

Thanks for the reminder Julian, do you know what number I'm at ?.

 

The sites are sorted in Alphabetical orders.

 

I'm in the letter P and your in A so you got the top spot.

Its Araw ng Kalayaan Day ! Free from the tyrants.

 

Most cats do not have a listed editor. And it is sometimes easier to get added to a cat with a listed editor as they usually have a passion for that topic. But only if your site meets the guidelines! Even then its a gamble but if there is a listed editor your site will most likely be reviewed more quickly then if there is not. That can mean it will be rejected all the more quickly.

 

Baloney. The really active editors are all listed in higher categories where they can cover everything beneath them, which means hundreds and thousands of categories (whether they have a named resident editor in them or not).

A category with a named editor is usually a newer editor, or like you say, an editor who has a special interest in a very narrow topic. That doesn't indicate how active the editor is though, he may stay on top of that category, or he may not log in for several months.

Also, whether a category has a named editor or not, many other editors can also edit there, nobody owns a category, they just have permission to edit there, .

 

I believe that the last reason really makes sense. Many people just submit to a category with no editor. That is why one's website is not listed

 

I am not an editor, but even I know that thats rubbish.

 

What happens to people that seem to fill posts up based on others work? Just removal?

 

huh? ..........

 

I guess that he/she is asking about what will happen to the thread starter, since all they did was scrape content from other places and pass it off as there own?

I guess nothing will happen, except you will loose (or not gain as the case may be) any reputation that you have on the forums.

It really annoys me when people just start threads with content scraped from other sites.


Nick

 

Right, and they have thousands of submissions to review. Talk about burn out.

Exactly three month or they become inactive, so you know they logged in at least in the past three months.

I'm just saying that I think the chances are better in a small category with a listed editor that does not have too many other categories. You still must meet the guidelines though.

 

Unfortunately, Dmoz isnt listing affiliate websites...

 

Fortunately, DMOZ dosen't list affiliate sites.

 

Great post. Thanks for the helpful summary of reasons. Reputation added.

 

thanks for info guys.

 

yeah cheers for the info