The first site I submitted into DMOZ was approved in a bout 2 weeks, and I of course have no idea why so I decided to track a submission. I just submitted this site ElectronicDanceMusic.org. into this category. Notice that it is the most relevant and there are not a lot of entries. IOW it's not saturated ! Top: Arts: Music: Styles: E: Electronic: Magazines and E-zines (11) Description: Fresh Headline Aggregator that provides a daily overview of House, Trance and Electronic Dance Music News, Events, and Information from across the web. Icls: Dance Music Wiki,Dance Radio Stations, and Twitter Directory. Pretty Basic. The site is pretty basic...designed well, I think. There isn't another one like it in this niche, so it is in a way original, and the domain is spot on (I don't think that really makes a difference). I have bookmarked this thread, I will keep you posted if I ever hear from them again, and see exactly how long it takes for a sub-category that is almost empty. Wish me luck I hope to update you before the turn of the century.
They dont do public site reviews, but since I aint them I'll tell you an aggregator site is the antithesis of "unique content". Some ed may disagree, but they have the right to be wrong.
Why would you expect to hear from a volunteer at DMOZ? Nowhere in the public documents does it say that those suggesting sites will receive feedback, and doing so would not be a good use of editor time anyway, as it does nothing at all for the directory or its users. Some volunteer will no doubt see your suggestion at some stage, and if they feel like doing so, they might review it and see if it is listable. If it is, they might list it, or send it to a more appropriate category, or leave it for someone else to review. Nobody knows when each of these things may happen, or who might undertake them. That's the thing with a volunteer organisation which is not a listing service.
It's not any sort of addition to the guidelines, it's simply my summary of how the directory works and what volunteer editors do. So many people seem to wish (or believe) that DMOZ is something completely different, so it seems to be necessary to frequently remind them what it actually is.
Hey. Just trying to have a little fun. Testing out a theory. I fully expect to come back to this thread with grey hair.
Call me a cynic but this just looks like an attempt to get yourself listed quicker just by nearly daring an editor to list you to show it can be done. TBH I doubt you will get reviewed quicker like this because if your site gets listed how many of these threads will we see?
What is the point of the experiment? I agree, the site does not look like its listable, making the experiment pointless.
Not really. Unlike most, although I am happy to have sites listed, my entire existence does not depend on it and I have many sites that have been denied...but it has no bearance on how much money they make. Life goes on. DMOZ is not a traffic /money machine that guarantees financial success if you are listed. It's a directory. Yep, didn't think of that...just feeling a little silly at the time. On the contrary, I am of the belief to "set it and forget it". If you get it, you get it, if not...Oh well, submit the next site, and wait and see about the other 500 directories that you have submitted to. If anything, I see the opposite happening, if in fact editors ,make decisions on personal feelings or politics and anyone actually cares. But as I said, I have sites that are in and sites that I have never heard anything back about. I certainly have more sites denied than sites accepted...and after that, I never really think about it again unless it is brought to my attention and then it's more of an "Oh yeah, this site is listed". It's really kind of anti-climatic after all the forum posts of people who have made it into some kind of lottery. My whole point is that people put too much emphasis on being listed in one directory. although a nice one...I don't think that I have seen any Directory that is the "end all be all" of website existence, but for some reason, people get all stressed out over this one. I think when it's your first site, you consider it the crowning achievement or some sort of an acknowledgment of your hard work on your first baby. But when you start going and have multiple sites...the first thing on your mind is traffic and monetization, not a Directory listing. Honestly, listed or not...it won't affect any possible success,and the only thing relevant when it comes to resale value, is how much money it makes. I obviously know what it is, I built it. Other sites like it, are not listed...I checked. Yet similar sites are ranked very high and drawing tons of advertising revenue..as are thousands of sites that are not listed in DMOZ, Mahalo, or any other "reputable" directory. I remember the first time I got an email from a Directory (Not DMOZ) that one of my sites didn't meet the guidelines for submission. I was actually upset, and took it personally....now if I ever get one of those , I delete them just as fast as the "Congratulations" emails. Oh Well. I am not diminishing the honor of being listed, but for the life of me, I still have not figured out how it makes a difference one way or the other. Maybe, maybe not. Are you an editor ? I have seen better listed, and I have seen worse. It's not up to you to make the call, or you would have sent me an email by now. Let's just forget it, it's not the joke I thought it was going to be. I was hoping for a bunch of funny remarks about how long I would be waiting, but apparently, you guys are waaayy to serious about this directory. Forgive me for not being as stressed about it.
I should have. I never should have started this thread. People take DMOZ way too seriously. There should be a convention.