Hi all. I submitted my site Linkspub to dmoz a couple weeks ago. I don't have the slightest idea if it is dmoz ready or not. If i can remember correctly this is where i suggested it http://dmoz.org/Business/Directories/ any suggestions or insight would be great. take care
directories seem to have hard time getting accepted: see brizzie's explanation here: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=79141 in short: you would need to add an unique and useful feature and then you'll have a good chance to get in
Well, we have a Free Ad Contest. We are going to have a bundle of new features added in but thats going to take a little time. What about yahoo directory. Would it be throwing away the 299.00 or do i have a chance? tx
oooooooooooooooooooo. now i see what u mean. it makes all the sense in the world. thx much appreciated
1. MFA == Made for Adsense 2. Not enogugh content 3. As noted above, directories have to really be good to be listed. The standards for acceptance will be higher than other types of sites.
http://www.linkspub.com/entertainment/rst/ What on earth use is this to any user? Even with some restaurants listed. Again this is a generic directory and presumably in the absence of information to the contrary, global. Entertainments, and restaurants and bars are highly localised services to a particular community. And with a million or so local communities worldwide what chance that with 1000 entries you are going to provide even one close to the surfers. Probably 1 in 1000. Restaurants and bars are suitable only for local directories and the big players achieve this by developing localised regionalised directories. Even with millions of $$$ and thousands of editors the big players can still not provide the level of depth that local directories can. Anyone wanting to chance their arm at a global directory on a shoestring can always take advantage of the DMOZ RDF dump as long as they abide by the license conditions and provide attribution. And you get a chance at a listing too. You can then add your own listings to the data you download and replace categories one by one with your own material. But be warned - it takes 7500 editors to maintain that data and it is still regularly a quality control nightmare. http://rdf.dmoz.org/ http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/...rectory_Project/Use_of_ODP_Data/Upload_Tools/ http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Searching/Directories/Open_Directory_Project/
thx for the advice so what ur saying is that i put the rdf on my site and it will improve the chances of my getting into dmoz. but then will i have to put that big message on every page. the 'odp green attribution box' btw, do u think it would make into yahoo?
hey u know what, ur absolutely right. but look at this http://www.business.com/directory/food_and_beverage/restaurants_and_foodservice/ and http://www.business.com/directory/food_and_beverage/restaurants_and_foodservice/nightclubs_and_bars/ this guy is in dmoz and they list they list their restaurants and bars just flat like we do. take care
I haven't checked but I believe you if you say it is listed. While there are a couple of actual restaurants listed that are no use to man nor beast the majority of listings are for food service companies serving restaurants, which is a much narrower field that does not necessarily distribute to a purely local area. In fact that whole directory is more narrowly focused on B2B rather than being a completely generic one. Still seems a bit weak to me but standards change and it could have been listed some time ago when the quality bar was lower. Some listed sites haven't upped their game whilst those around them have streaked ahead and are liable to be removed when next reviewed if they are no longer good enough. Then you see the problem! If you know the problem it gives you a chance at solving it!
u got a point there. i'll try to do some re-organizing of this category. Maybe change the headings or something. Your talking about this page right? http://www.linkspub.com/entertainment/ Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. taek care
Well I only have 3 suggestions for anyone putting up a directory: 1) Use DMOZ data as a foundation then build on it if you want to go along the lines of a generic global directory. Or you can just select parts of the RDF dump as a primer. 2) Specialise in your home town and expand in concentric circles geographically. 3) Specialise in a particular subject and keep it narrowly focused then expand into related products and services. In the case of 2 or 3 the objective must be to have at all times a directory no-one else has in terms of depth, quantity, and unique added value material that no-one else has anywhere - articles, reviews, features.