Hi We just submited http://www.a1directorysearch.com to Dmoz.org at dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Searching/Directories/ is there anyway we can check status after few weeks. Thanks
The only way to check with DMOZ is to actually look in the directory to see if you're listed. Resource-zone.com forum used to do status checks, but they've been discontinued. As is stands, about the only other way you can get information is by posting in a forum such as digital point and perhaps and editor will see it and let you know, but that's pretty hit or miss. Best bet is to keep improving your site and don't worry about DMOZ.
I dont edit in that category but by just a quick glance I would think you would need a lot more content than what you have now. Look at the listings in the category you submitted to and compare yours to the others already listed there. Good luck.
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=75878 And the point of starting two threads on the same subject was? Apart from ad revenue sharing perhaps.
I would suggest going to their forum and asking. You will get flipant and arrogant nasty remarks telling you were you can go. Best thing to do is submit it and forget it!
I guess we need more features, more links in directory, more link popularity.. right? would like to suggest more?
The DMOZ lists websites that provide useful, original content and provide value to the end user. Someone searching the DMOZ in a particular subject should find your website provides them them with the information they were looking for, something worth bookmarking. General directories, made for adsense websites, etc. won't likely be accepted.. .your really focusing on the wrong type of website if you want to get in.
Not entirely true. Tell the other side of the story too. A simple search for DMOZ and corruption or "corrupt editors" will turn up days of reading for anyone interested. But that's not my argument. I submitted my riddles site 4 months ago to the proper category and it was never accepted. It has great content, highly bookmarkable (I know this because my stats tell me so) and has been featured on CoolSiteOfTheDay.com (10 April), AskMen.com and quite a few other well known site award sites. Too many to list but enough that I'm building an awards page. Yet somehow it wasn't good enough for DMOZ. Go figure eh? So what I'm getting at and what I meant by "Tell the other side of the story too" is that even a site that meets all your criteria still may not get listed for any number of reasons. A moody editor, corrupt editor, human error, or a plain old fashioned neglected category.
GeorgeB. How do you know it was rejected? Unfortunately, four months isn't a long wait at all. You have to be patient, because it could take several years until your site gets reviewed, that's just how the ODP works. Also, fyi, editors don't consider popularity of a site when deciding to list it or not.
I know this. I stated that because I saw the category was updated on March 1st. Even if you were an editor.... you wouldnt be qualified to make that statement. I know editors and some make their decision based on anything they damn well feel like so trying to say what every single editor does and doesn't base their decisions on is absurd.... Perhaps you should have said "editors are not supposed to consider popularity of a site" maybe? Even that sounds a little silly doesn't it? Let's not consider the popularity of a site when listing sites that might be useful... Anyone got a guiness? Because that's brilliant!
GeorgeB. Well, I see someone has an attitude problem today. FYI, just because the category says it was last updated recently doesn't mean any sites were reviewed. It could have been for quality control purposes, so in reality, you don't know whether your site was reviewed or not. If I go into a category and remove a dead link, then the date you see at the bottom of the category will update.
GeorgeB, I agree with Enigma. That update was for quality control, a dead site was removed but no new sites were added. Your site hasn't even been reviewed yet. Just my opinion, and it doesn't mean much since I don't edit in that area, but although you have a lot of content it's spread pretty thin. With only 3 riddles on a page, the bulk of any given page is not the riddles. If I were to review your site I'd reject it... you might want to get your content to the point where the riddles on a page outweigh the other junk and then you will have a good site.
Look at the other sites already listed in the category where yours should be listed. Find the one that has the most original content. That is your minimum target. If you have a site, like this one, that is unlistable then submit and forget is a bad piece of advice because it is a certain reject, not even borderline. Once rejected for lack of content there has to be a hell of an improvement for an editor to give it another review. So you are better getting it up to scratch before submitting. Then forget. Directories are notoriously difficult because your competition is so strong - you are competing against Yahoo, DMOZ, etc. so it is more or less impossible to get a generic directory that can compare in depth and quantity, unless you do something like take the DMOZ data and display it in a totally original way - last time anyone thought of a totally original way it was to add thumbnails of the index pages. The other route I would advise people to do with directories is totally achievable. Specialise. Everyone lives somewhere - do a local directory. DMOZ might have a section for that somewhere but generally a local can do a 10 times better job of providing local material than any mega directory where your town is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Or specialise in a highly specific topic. Build the world's best directory of green widget suppliers and include detailed information on what they are and what they are used for. In either case you can expand beyond your home town or topic into nearby towns or related topics. At each step your directory is the best in the World on its particular subject. Big fish little pond. Stands a much greater chance of DMOZ listing than being a little fish in a big pond.