What happens if I double-submit?

I've tried to submit to DMOZ, and sometimes the whole process has crashed mid-way...

There is a site that I want to submit, but now I don't even remember if I was successful.

What happens if I double submit the site? Will they get mad and ban me?

 

I believe it could delay the review if the first submission actually went through and if you're trying to submit the site in a different category. Others here would probably help you better with your query in case I skipped something

 

Your application might be considered spam so if you got the submission toold working and delivering your request you should better wait before trying again.

 

Double submitting the site is NOT spam. All that will happens is the second submission will just overwrote the first submission with the new date. If you immediately resubmitted, then the effect is nothing. If you resubmitted after several months, then you just put yourself at a disadvantage if an editor chooses to use the pool of suggested sites and sorts them by date (most do).

 

A double submission will not get you flagged as a spammer but it can be detrimental. As mentioned previously by other posters it will overwrite the existing suggestion and date stamp.

Obviously there will be no need to suggest it any more, twice will be enough

 

I think the OP was asking about the risk duplicate submission as "the whole process has crashed mid-way..." . ... there is no risk in this situation.

 

No, you don´t will have any problem with this

 

How long am I supposed to wait for DMOZ entry? I submitted my site over a year ago and it's still not showing up. Do I contact them or will that just annoy them? Or do I simply resubmit?

 

No need to wait. Get on with your life and focus on other ways of promoting your website.

RZ doesn't provide suggestion status reports. The few volunteers who help out there haven't the resources to respond to gazillions of anxious website owners. Neither does ODP.

Earlier posts in this thread have already answered that question.

 

I guess I'll just move on. Thanks for the reply.

 

So you mean its just like a "First IN -First Out " Process

 

As a whole, no; for a given URL, yes.

Years ago, it wasn't unusual to open up the pool of websites awaiting evaluation and find dozens of listing suggestions for each of several URLs. The system was changed so that the latest suggestion of a URL overwrote the previous one - thus saving the editors from having to plough through a pile of duplicate junk from folks who chose to ignore the suggestion guidelines. This released editorial effort to be used more productively .

This policy can, of course, disadvantage the folks who think that hammering the system will gain them an advantage .

 

does google even care about dmoz any more?

 

Does DMOZ even care about Google?

They are merely one of many groups that use our information and data. I assume that they care and this is probably confirmed by the fact that they use our RDF.

 

I don't think so

 

NO. Google hasn't cared for years.

If they end in the RDF, it's an automated process, and not a sign of "caring." Unless Google uses it as a marker for stale sites, haha.

 

I may be wrong because im not very up to date on technical issues, but dont Google use the RDF from DMOZ for the basis of their directory??

 

Not the basis, the RDF dump is their directory.

Edit to add. Perhaps you meant Snooks that they use our material but change the order etc, but the categories, sites, titles and descriptions are DMOZ RDF dump.

 

Yes, I think I'm agree with you. Google use DMOZ as mirror of their directory list.

 

i tried a month or two ago, it crashed half way and never went back, i will do at some point but im in no hurry.