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Originally Posted by irenefletcher
I don't understand why people are so eager to submit their site to Dmoz. Why you give such importance to it when there are lots of directories which has good PR and accepts your site in just 24 hrs. Even if you re-apply i don't think your site will get approve soon. I can understand that Dmoz provides search results to many major search engines like google. But Dmoz is not everything.... |
In many ways we are victims of our own success, I sometimes wish we did not have such a high profile, it would be better if we could just get on with building the directory, a lot less pressure. But we are the largest, we are used widely and we do attract webmasters who want to be listed. But I guess I like being part of something that is a fantastic hobby, provides a great service and is high profile.
Please don't confuse what was being said
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My fear is that I'll take the time to reapply and then receive the same somewhat vague response from Dmoz and be out that time with no idea of what direction to pursue.
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this was not a comment about submitting a site but was about an editor application.
alter-ego, I can understand what you are saying, but you have been given some direction (must just add here that I have absolutely nothing to do with nor see new applications) but if you were told to apply for a particular category that may not be what you want to be involved with and also believe that we need editors to take quite a lot of initiative and the application process is something of a test so leading you too much by the hand would not help us make up our minds about your suitability. But also seems to me that you have applied for a category that is too big for a novice, you may know a good deal about the subject of the category, but you certainly will know little about the editor's task and you must learn that before you can be given large categories to play with.
Select a category lower down the tree, one with about 75-100 listed sites, including all subcategories, is ideal (though sometimes new editors are refused even for small categories if they are subject to a great deal of spam etc). Show you have a real interest in the subject and if you are offering one of your own sites among the 3 required suggestions make sure you can show that your application is not just to get it listed and show that you can be impartial. Also be honest about any affiliations you have, you will not be turned down because of them, unless all three sites are your own, but you will be turned down if you have not declared affiliations, in other words be honest.
Do please try again, the Meta editor was obviously basically happy with you because they do tell some applicants not to bother trying again and that was certainly not said to you. Good luck, do tell us how you got on if you do re-apply.