I have been checking and found multiple enteries for alot of sites, so i was wondering if it is allowed to submit any of my subpage which is of great quality and content to most relevant category ? like sitedotcom/console.html to its most relevant place despite that fact that mysitedotcom is already listed in its own relevant category ? a response to this shall be appreciated. Thanks
The guidelines say to suggest only the root URL. Although deeplinks are listed in many cases, it is the option of the reviewing editor to choose to list subpages. Since the root is already listed it would be frowned upon if you suggested subpages.
As long as content is different and categories are not related (having deeplink in subcategory below the one where your root is listed might be a problem) there shouldn't be any problem I've managed to get 9 deeplinks listed in DMOZ, although this was back in 2003/4.
Translation (no offense intended to dogbows personally): Do what we say, not what we do. If an editor suggests it, that's fine. If a webmaster suggests it, that's grounds for punitive action.
Thanks for explaining, matter of fact i checked three sites which are of same niche as mine their root domain is listed in same category as mine but they have alot of their subpages listed in many subcategories one of those site shows Open Directory Sites (1-20 of 3575) 2nd shows Open Directory Sites (1-20 of 2213) 3rd shows Open Directory Sites (1-20 of 2311) Their subpages are of same niche as mine, at some point i have more updated and quality content pages than them. I am ok if its not allowed but if some big site can have that many subpages listed in why not a smaller webmaster can have extra 4-5 quality pages enlisted? why should an editor have a problem if content is 100% relevant, quality and fresh. i have been arguing about this with one of my friend about this matter and he told me you might get your website banned if you submit your pages and reason he gave me why those sites have that mane pages enlisted is becuase those sites have dmoz editors working for them as their SEO consultants or something like that, please let me know if it is true and should i go ahead and submit few of my pages ? Thanks
Zehrila, there are a few exceptions to listing subpages, but unless you post the URL no specific answer can be given about whether your subpages are the kind that could be listed or not.
I don't believe that db. Injustice is present and nobody can deny that. I'll give you an example like Forums. DigitalPoint - 15 listings SitePoint - 15 + listings SearchEngineWatch - 40+ listings WebmasterWorld - 11 listings isedb.com - 3 listings HotScripts - 10 Have you ever heard of websitepublisher.net it has 11 links. Now search for v7n let me know the results. Not even a META can do anything about injustice. Standard favorites apply.
http://dmoz.org/newsletter/2001May/deeplink.html is the article editors are normally referred to when they ask about deeplinking. It is a very complex subject to explain and to understand. What should happen is that a deeplink should add to the value of a category to at least the same level that a stand-alone site on the same subject would, but it should not replicate a webmaster's navigation for them - DMOZ is cataloging sites not pages. The reason why submitters are asked not to submit deeplinks is because it would be an open invitation for webmasters to submit every page from every one of their sites. This would clog the systems. And few of them would qualify in any case. A large percentage of sites that are selected for extensive deeplinking, though not all, have never been submitted by anyone and tend to be field leaders in their subject. Punative action, banning, is almost always confined only to webmasters who persistently submit commercial deeplinks of their own sites in areas of the directory where deeplinking is used only rarely or where the deeplinks are flimsy and, if hosted under their own domain, would have insufficient content for a listing.