DMOZ Listing

[seonewbee]

I just got in the DMOZ. I looked in my logs today and saw that someone had visited. I looked in the directory and there is my site. A great day. I only submitted it Friday.

www.removewebtracks.com

You can look here if interested.
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Internet/Cookies/

[awall19]

sometimes they are really quick. i think a large part of it is just luck of the draw.

I have submitted like 2 page sites and got them indexed in less than a week and I also have other sites that have never been / probably will never be included.

congrats

[seonewbee]

Awall19, thanks for the congrats. Have a nice day.

[John Scott]

I submitted BlueFind to DMOZ and it got in quick, but then they removed it. ....

[awall19]

Originally Posted by JohnScott

I submitted BlueFind to DMOZ and it got in quick, but then they removed it. ....

weird, I wonder why they would do that.

[John Scott]

JeanManco removed it. Said something about too many links to John Scott's sites.

[awall19]

I don't know who JeanManco is. do they know you and not like you?

[John Scott]

I used to be a DMOZ editor, and I was less than friendly with a few of them. They tend to not list my sites, or remove them if they have been listed.

[PhilC]

I've submitted a site today, and am keeping my fingers crossed.

[awall19]

now that I think about it your bluefind about page would probably tick off more than 1 DMOZ editor.

[John Scott]

LOL. They can be very sensitive.

[seonewbee]

Thanks to all who have taken a look at my site. I learned a lot making and setting it up. Wish that I had known about picking CPanel over AdminPanel. Live and learn.

Stupid question here, would one get in trouble withe the DMOZ if other pages from the site are submitted to appropiate categories? Don't want to get in trouble with the editors.

Questions for you all who have visited my site, What did you think? Did you like the page design? How should I improve it? I am thinking of changing the text color to white, what do you think?

Thanks in advance for all your answers and suggestions.

[awall19]

sometimes only the inner pages get listed. one of my sites is not good enough to be one of 900 seo firms, but it's newsletter is one of only two dozen promotion newsletters on the web... stuff like that just happens sometimes

as far as your site goes
I am not a designer or color expert. your colors are bright, but maybe that appeals to people. red is usually bad, but it may fit in well with what you are doing.

some of your column widths are too skinny to have them justified. the text looks weird with only two words on some lines and them spread far apart.

[seonewbee]

awall19, thank you for your comments. I shall try and change the the formating to left instead of justified. Thanks for taking the time to look things over, very much appreciated.

[Mark]

i have also learned that DMOZ editors are very rude and does not listen to you !!

[awall19]

Originally Posted by Mark

i have also learned that DMOZ editors are very rude and does not listen to you !!

not all are so. I often write slang or use incorrect grammer (such as you used in this sentence). misspelling can screw you and most sites are not of very high quality. many people submit to the wrong categories with wrong titles and descriptions and then yell at DMOZ for not listing them.

I specifically have pointed to some exceptionally rude comments by DMOZ editors in the resource zone, but not all of them are rude. Most do work free, and many do a good job. It is a hard system to organize completely free though and in any organization you will have really good and really bad workers. Bad doctors kill people every day.

[PhilC]

I agree with you 'square' awall ...

Originally Posted by JohnScott

I used to be a DMOZ editor, and I was less than friendly with a few of them. They tend to not list my sites, or remove them if they have been listed.

Yes, that might be it ... In particular, the DMOZ article that you wrote ...

Originally Posted by DMOZ.org

Bannable Offenses

"There have been instances over the years where webmasters and, IMHO, especially webmasters who are now ex-editors (fired for cause) didn't get their sites listed where/when/how they wanted - and they resorted, as a form of retaliation, to making unfounded accusations in forums (often anonymously) and/or sending hateful and/or threatening emails to various editors, sometimes with the return address spoofed and the IP showing to be from an anonymous proxy.

Sometimes the attacks have been more "manly" and direct, where the unhappy people do no hiding of any sort while saying things that they know aren't true.

It's hard to know exactly where to draw the line, but when the line is crossed, the harasser will find all of his or her known domains banned from ODP."

More can be found in the DMOZ forum here : http://snipurl.com/offence [resource-zone.com]

I belive getting listed in DMOZ is important because it is the only known way to surely get listed in Google directory ... More on that here http://snipurl.com/dirhelp [google.com] ... (Just scroll down to the bottom of the page) ...

Ofcourse, whether one considers that important or not is ones own personal choice, as John proved with www.bluefind.com ...

[JERRY JULIANO]

wow i have alot of slang in my site i'm hoping that's not why i haven't gotten listed. I can't think of anyother reason why i would not have been listed...

Also, is it ok to submit say once a month? What are the guidlines for submitting here?
THanks!

[donaldb]

Originally Posted by JohnScott

Said something about too many links to John Scott's sites.

I think it was more a case of there not being much content on BlueFind yet. Nothing to do with who likes you, or how many sites you have listed. Don't read more into it than is there. Once you have more sites listed there shouldn't be any problem getting it listed on the ODP. Remember we're building a directory of web sites, not a directory of URLs. It's all about content, content, content!

[John Scott]

all of his or her known domains banned from ODP

I still have sites listed in the ODP, so I doubt that applies.