Submitted to DMOZ... lets see what happens...

Ok, after taking a long time browsing around to find a perfect category for my site, I then started studying the description of the sites listed there. Once I got a general idea of how to use a good description on my site, I filled out the form and submitted the site.

Now, let's see what happens... first step is to wait a month and then go over to the resource zone and ask for an update. After that... sit down and wait. I do think the new 6 month-per-request is stupid, but after reading several posts over at the forum understand the editors. People here complain about how terrible the DMOZ guys are, but take a look at the posts and you will see that 90% of them are from complete morons that didn't take 5 seconds to read the guidelines... I felt sorry for the editors after reading a few posts.

 

what's supposed to happen? sorry for my ignorance

 

``Bart, you're saying butt-kisser like it's a bad thing!'' - Homer

 

Nah, its just that I have seen so much DMOZ bashing that I decided to take a long look at the resource forum, and boy, most of those posts just make you want to slap them on the head!. People posting things like "hey, I have submitted my site 6 times and it still hasn't been listed" "I submitted to 8 categories and I haven't been listed in any of them" and similar nonsense... or people receiving the usual "wait 6 months and ask again" reply, and then coming back 3 weeks later and asking again...

 

Does it really help to pester them? I submitted a site about 10 months ago and I went to their resource forum a few times to see what was going on but never made a post about it. Maybe I should yell at them about it.

 

Why dmoz can an will never be up to date:

number of sites increases,
number of sites that wants to be in dmoz increses too
numbor of editors increases less,
dedication of each editor decreases over time,

tada,
somewhere on the timescale you (dmoz) will have a huge problem.

and that point may be passed already -- excuse me for my negative input on this thread, normally I'm not like that but I will make an exception for dmoz threads

 

Good luck with your website. Fryman

 

If they let people interested in being an editor actually join DMOZ it would be much easier to get the work done. Every one I have talked to that has applied to be an editor seems to have been rejected.


"Does it really help to pester them?"... well, sure! But don't "pester" them, just pass by every now and then and ask how your site's review is doing. Do a decent post, simple and with all the necesary information (site's url and category submitted to) and you should get a quick reply.

 

i would suggest emailing the editor of the category you want to get into.

i used to be an editor there and the first thing i did was put my site in the listings! lol

 

He he... the meaning of this thread is telling people to do things the right way... emailing an editor will only piss him off and won't help at all

 

If someone added an unreviewed site to my category I would love to get an e-mail from them. Of course my DMOZ area only lists doctors, so not exactly your average mp3 seeking 13 year kid who doesn't read before submitting. I think every editor has their own preference though.

 

At the risk of being called an apologist, ODP does indeed want more editors and evaluates all applications with great care.

We tend to decline those who

• not only can't spell, but also don't take the application process seriously enough to run a spell check.
• those who can't communicate fluently in the language of their chosen category
• give incomplete answers
• can't select websites that are appropriate to their chosen category.
• demonstrate ethics at odds with those of ODP.

If the category isn't over large and isn't a spam magnet, those remaining are usually accepted. Perfect candidate URL descriptions aren't usually a requirement - we can teach people how to write those.

--
Jim Noble
Volunteer ODP meta editor
The opinions above are mine and mine alone

 

which reduces to

• don't be fryman

Not looking good for that editor application, fryman.

 

Minstrel just let Fryman be an editor, don't fight it man

I will fire him when AOL hires me as Chairman