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im trying to submit my website to dmoz.. if you are a dmoz editor and specifically for real estate please pm me thanks

 

Why? Editors don't give special favors. Your site will wait right along with every other site in that category. It's either a site that will add value to the category, or it's a site that's not needed, discussing it with an editor will not change that. You have no right to be listed, you get listed if we need your site.

 

Please do no solicit editors to give you preferential treatment. Also, keep in mind that category gets hit hard with spammers.

 

I remember when you used to be nice...what happened?

Though, to the OP, Crowbar is correct. Submit & forget, there is nothing more that is needed. If the editor likes your site they will add it. If they do not like it, they will delete it... whatever happens though, there is really nothing you can do once the site is submitted. Just move along to the next directory (where your chances are MUCH greater to get a listing at).

Submit & Forget!

 

Actually, there are editors at DMOZ that will list you for a fee. They aren't supposed to, but some do.

I wouldn't have brought it up, but I laugh when DMOZ editors try to act so high and mighty.

 

Name them, then, put your money where your mouth is. Accusations are easy to make, without any real proof.

@Q

I'm a retired editor now, I have the luxury of speaking my mind a little more freely because I'm no longer a part of the editing community. Good point though, I'll try to curb my impatience with posters who are just ignorant about the Directory.

I can't say I'll do the same with those who make unproven claims of abuse against the editing community. Honest to God, where do they come up with this crap.

Here it is. I'm retired, I have no plans of going back at this moment, I can say anything I want to, and yet I'm saying the same damn things I said as an editor, because everything I've said is true.

Check out every post I've made and you'll find no contradictions. Truth is funny that way, you can stay consistant over hundreds of posts because the truth never changes. I don't have to remember what I've said in the past, because it was true then, and it's true now.

 

Most of it comes from reading made up accusations from other posts either here and mainly in other forums. They read it so it must be true.

 

I don't think it does any good to anybody putting out accusations without a solid evidence...

Main problem it seems to me that they don't have enough editors for many categories. Some categories have not been updated over a month. This can not be explained with too many submissions to deal. I can only think there are not enough editors for such categories and existing editor/s doesn't have enough time. Well, it's a volunteer thing, it would be unrealistic to expect those editors working on a full time for their ODP editorial job.

 

If you can supply me with fresh oracles everyday from all across Persia.......

On a serious note, it is really easy to get listed in any category in Dmoz..

Just BUILD A GREAT SITE...

 

I've helped build a great site (well I think so and the members agree!) and it's been unreviewed in dmoz for over a year now (I can tell via category logs as I'm an editor on there too, different category though). Still there are some thin affiliate sites getting added to the category though!

If you want to see what I mean... the site I help out on is bingohideout.co.uk, the latest dmoz addition was bestoffersbingo.co.uk in here:

http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Gambling/Bingo/Online/Guides/

Some categories are obviously just overloaded with spam, all we can do is wait and pray I suppose!!

Tom.

 

Why don't you apply for the category, tomthornz? Just because your site belongs in that cat, doesn't disqualify you from editing there. There's obviously no editors interested in that area right now, and if you do have an interest in it, seems pretty logical that you oughta apply for it.

 

Well I tried a while ago and got denied because it's a spammy category, but no harm in trying again I suppose!

Tom.

 

I'm not going to out either of the editors I'm speaking of. One of them has done a lot of "favors" for me.

 

* http://www.scriptlance.com/cgi-bin/...s=open&desc=1&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=Go
* visit http://www.getafreelancer.com and write "dmoz" or "dmoz listing" or use google . dmoz editor are selling links there.[/QUOTE]

use both links. editors will find you

 

Or check in Sitepoint. DMOZ editors are as corrupt as anybody. I don't buy the links, because I don't care about that stuff, but many people do.

In case anyone is wondering, the going rate for a link in DMOZ is about $150.

 

Just wait till your website get more online reputation and becomes a valuable site then submit to DMOZ then you will make sure to get better luck in getting listed there quickly... Good luck man.

 

Not even worth responding to anymore, it's such a bore over here. No wonder editors and ex-editors don't bother coming here. Same ole nonsense, over and over.

 

I do think the trouble may be in the fact that sites like sitepoint and scriptlance keep getting new offers popping up for a listing and those offers keep getting completed... I think that maybe if those just sat there and never made it anywhere folks may start believing that such offers lead to no where. As it stands, those offers do seem to lead someplace, the transactions are seemingly going though and people are seemingly getting links.

If people are getting banned from them, maybe proof of that needs to be given rather then simply stating that such things don't happen or that when they do they are banned.

The burden of proof of those saying such things transpire have been given, the proof is in the completed transactions on the payment sites. Now the burden of proof of such things not happening is solely with the ODP...

 

a great answer to read.

dmoz is a secret PAID directory. it's known by everybody but it's a secret

 

LOL. Dang Q, you line under the same laws I do. "Burden of proof" does not fall on the accused, it is the job of the prosecution.
You didnt spring for one of those online law degrees from the Trichinosis Online Academy didja? :-p