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Originally Posted by astaqauliyah
It seems like with my problem. I have submitted my sites at DMOZ last month, but it's not accepted untill now..I'm confuse with this one.. ;(
Anybody can help me?
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If you read any thread son DMOZ you will find that many people ask this question and are given the same answer.
It can take from a few hours to a few years for a site which has been submitted to DMOZ to be reviewed by an editor for possible listing in the directory.
That is because editors earn no money and do their editing for love. We cannot predict how much someone will be able to edit. Depends on how much free time I have from, say, my famil, my studying, my work and many other factors. So no one knows how much editing is going to be done. Also we do not tell editor where to edit. I can edit anywhere in the directory but where I edit depends on which category has most submissions, which category I fancy editing in and many other factors. Remember we are not a business, we are volunteers doing this job in our spare time for nothing, but often seems like our rewrds is being accused of being corrupt. Like some people collect stamps I collect and organise web sites, as a hobby.
It is also true to say that we do not have enough editors to keep up with the number of submissions on a regular basis. So some categories get left until we think they need special treatment and 'catbust' them, but who knows when that will be. Sorry if that is not the answer you wanted, but submissions are suggestions, we don't promise they will be listed or when.
Maxim is submit and forget, there is nothing you can do to speed up the process, and one day you may find you have an early Christmas present and find it listed. You will not be told if that happens neither will you be told that it has been rejected, but rejects are because they do not fit guidelines, mostly that it is not unique content, is not content rich and does fall foul of our guidelines, you can read up more if you check the guidelines.
But I tell you that it is not quite true that there is nothing you can do. You can apply to be an editor and you too can then discover how addictive this hobby is, how many submissions we get and can't easily deal with and how much flack you will get from others who want to believe that we are corrupt.
But you can also list your own site, provided you are accepted to edit in the best suited category for it and so long as you treat your competitors as you do your own. Though that is also not quite true because you have to treat your competitors better than your own site.