I'm finding it impossible to get listed. Can anyone that is an editor there now possibly help me out, I am in a Health category. I have a very good, informational site, but it seems there is no editor for my category, so maybe someone else higher up can help out or bring it to someones attention. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I do, but I've suggested a few sites that are not in my category and they never got added (that I know of). I'm just a small peon editor so I doubt I'll be able to offer a great deal of assistance.
Editors are not allowed to influence other editors decisions. Have you considered becoming an editor? Sarah
Of course I've considered becoming an editor. I tried to become one in the category I specialize in, with about 10 other sites and no editor, oh guess what, REJECTED. Yah, I love DMOZ and how they want to make SERPs better.
I've been listed in the DMOZ for several months now, but my client's craft site was mistakenly put in the sewing category.... Can one of you DMOZ editors fix that? Her url is http://www.littlechickadeecrafts.com/, and she's in the Top: Shopping: Crafts: Supplies: Fiber Arts: Sewing: Patterns instead of the Top: Shopping: Home and Garden: Accessories: Handcrafted: Country and Rustic section she should be in, with a 6 word inaccurate description! I can't tell you how frustrating it is to be a webmaster and try to work with the DMOZ in a less-popular category. No feedback, no way of tracking a submission, no way to guarantee a site will even be reviewed, much less a problem corrected. Any assistance is appreciated!
I would be sure to read the posting guidelines BEFORE you post in the forums over there. Not much slack is given to people who do not want to read.
Oh Sarah thanks you have made my day, best laugh I have had for ages. Mister Netscape would probably get turned down to become an editor in DMOZ
Don't know how I slipped through the net then! If it's any comfort being able to track your submissions doesn't help your morale. All you see is them not moving anywhere, not being touched. It would appear that commercial submissions are less interesting to edit so get left to last. One thing I've noticed is sites being submitted and then 2 months later the owner cancels the domain. D'oh, why put the effort to submit in when you're not even committed to having a website.
I am an editor in a small video games category and they won't let me take up any larger categories because I don't have enough edits. The thing is, the game whose category I edit was released in bloody year 1996. How am I supposed to find MORE sites about the game?
I got regected, had my application written for me by a meta ed, and it was still rejected. The whole system is flawed, sorry there are people who are empire builders there, who are protecting their own little piece of power. The sooner Google either buys it, or drops it the better. I am good enough to be a Google researcher, but apparently not good enough to edit a poxy category with a handful of sites in. Crap I am afraid.
Find a local webdesigner who has their "portfolio" online, but who doesn't submit the sites. Use Xenu or something similar to get the list of sites into a spreadsheet and start adding them. Noone ever said the edits had to be into your own category. They just want to see that you know how to a) describe a site and b) find the right cat for a site. Good luck Sarah
It can take years particularly if the category isn't "sexy". Ask at resource-zone.com for an update every so often but read the FAQs first. Sarah
Post #1 it seems there is no editor for my category See http://dummies-guide-to-dmoz.org/categories_with_no_editors.htm and http://resource-zone.com/forum/faq.php?faq=odp#faq_no_editor Post #5 http://www.littlechickadeecrafts.com/ For sure ask about it in http://resource-zone.com/ - but as stated be sure to read the posting guidelines, since it seems nobody does, and it gets frustrating to keep telling posters the same thing day after day.
then you misunderstand how the editing works. You are assigned a category and every subcategory beneath it. Your name is only shown on the top-most category.