How to get listed on DMOZ?

[peet]

Over the years I have never been able to get listed on DMOZ because whenever I submit a site, I get a 'service temporarily unavailable' type message. I thought this time I would check every day, and I have done for 3 weeks now. I still get unavailable. I have also tried different places to submit, some completely different but always the same message.

On the Dmoz forum, they say stop hassling them and be patient. But this has been going on for years for me (on and off).

Has anyone got listed on DMOZ and how did you do it?

 

[bentong]

From RZ forum

dmoz.org technical problems
October 24, 2006 until November 24, 2006

just submit your site then forget it.

 

[peet]

Thanks, I didn't know about that, bentong. So I will have to wait till Nov 24, cos it won't let me submit at moment.

 

[ssnet]

does anyone no when dmoz is live again for submissions?

thanks

 

[Kimchris]

most of the datas are gone. shame for a big site!

 

[ssnet]

hi what you mean they have lost all there data?

 

[SEO Montreal]

You can also do the next best thing and get links from the sites listed in DMOZ.

 

[Amnezia]

the preferred method of submission is to make a donation to the category editors paypal account.. or so i heard..

 

[joeblstrn]

This article seems good

http://www.mr-seo.com/blog/2006/06/getting-listed-in-dmoz-not-as-easy-as.htmlhttp://www.mr-seo.com/blog/2006/06/getting-listed-in-dmoz-not-as-easy-as.html

 

[peet]

It's OK, joeblstrn, but it doesn't tell you hardly any more than Dmoz instructions. And it's completely useless if there isn't even a form to fill in so you can even try to submit a site in the first place.

 

[snowbird]

Actually, editors most likely will not take bribes on getting sites listed in the directory. This type of action is prohibited by the editorial guidelines. As far as the recent data loss comment. This is something that is currently being worked on by the staff and it is most certain most of the data if not all will be restored to the state it was in before the downtime occured. It just takes time to restore databases for such a large directory. As far as i know, there is no definate date on when things will be operational again but I do know that its suppose to be close to completion. So keep checking. Even when the site is restored, things will have to be tested to make sure everything is operating the way it is suppose to before it's put back into full force.

 

[Keral_Patel]

Too late now I think so. DMOZ is already tired and old now. And they are slowly closing the gates. New submissions are not even accepted in. Let alone the review and approvals of the new sites.

BTW when they were taking new submissions then also they were not doing anything with it. It was very very hard to get accepted. And now it seems impossible.

 

[snowbird]

Too late now I think so. DMOZ is already tired and old now. And they are slowly closing the gates. New submissions are not even accepted in. Let alone the review and approvals of the new sites.

BTW when they were taking new submissions then also they were not doing anything with it. It was very very hard to get accepted. And now it seems impossible.

New submissions are not being accepted in at the moment because of the server problem they just had. You would know that if you read more of this thread as well as the messages on the dmoz.org website. It would be pointless to accept new submissions at this time during data restoration nor would it make any sense. Once things are operational again, then submissions will be accepted again.

Also as a dmoz editor I can tell you myself that we are doing things with new submissions. You need to realize that you are not the only one suggesting a site to the directory. When things are operational, we receive tons of new suggestions every day. These site suggestions must be manually reviewed. I edit in the personal homepages section and I can tell you for a fact there are over 2,000 sites that need to be reviewed in that section alone. Not to mention every time you approve or decline new sites, new submissions continue to come in. It is a never ending process. So I can tell you for a fact that your submission will be reviewed eventually. It is just a time consuming process. Not to mention we have to deal with sites that are submitted to the category that really belong to another category somewhere else. It takes time to then move that site to the category it was suppose to be in to begin with. Then there are the users who think if they submit their site every week they will get listed faster. That only makes the editing process more time consuming. So if you would like to do more than just complain about the directory, perhaps you can join the editing team and give a hand in reviewing sites.

 

[ssnet]

tried to join, got declined, i submitted a site a while back, and there is nothing wrong with it, it has been excepted in yahoo directory plus all other big directorys.

i no it was reviewed by a editor of dmoz, as i monitor my trafiic stats, and see the editors review url. so it shows the editor of this category doesnt do a proper job and should not be a editor, is there anyway to report this?

i can give you the category i submitted too.

thanks steve.

 

[dvirhazout]

today is the 26 NOv and even now it says: 'service temporarily unavailable'

 

[snowbird]

tried to join, got declined, i submitted a site a while back, and there is nothing wrong with it, it has been excepted in yahoo directory plus all other big directorys.

i no it was reviewed by a editor of dmoz, as i monitor my trafiic stats, and see the editors review url. so it shows the editor of this category doesnt do a proper job and should not be a editor, is there anyway to report this?

i can give you the category i submitted too.

thanks steve.

At the moment no sites are being reviewed until everything is fully brought back online. Also, just because you monitor traffic stats and it says an editor has visited your site, it doesnt mean a decision was actually made on your site. Sometimes an editor might look at a submission and decide to go back to it at a later time due to one of the pages being under construction or perhaps he saw that the description needed some work so he or she would go back and make changes later to make it acceptable to submission guidelines, etc. Sometimes I myself will just run down the queue list checking sites to make sure they work before I review them. That doesnt mean im accepting or declining them. Im just doing a quick check for duplicate submissions or sites that are not functioning and im sure other editors may do the same.

 

[Keral_Patel]

Also as a dmoz editor I can tell you myself that we are doing things with new submissions. You need to realize that you are not the only one suggesting a site to the directory.

I am not being rude. But I have a special category for DMOZ people set in my mind. I have seen useless p0rn sites listed in DMOZ. Sites that have under construction page on it are also there. I am not suggesting that they were approved like that. But someone and that someone is the editor has to take a look at it in his or her own category. The people out there who submit their sites and yes quality sites are not accepted in DMOZ.

Your comment says that I am not the only one. Yes that's true but are you the only one at DMOZ? There are no other editors? If there are less number of editors then why don't meta's make new editors? Plus Why does it takes more then 2 years to even get reviewed?

If you people want to reject the sites why not reject it instantly? Why to kill a webmaster slowly.

In most of the cases I don't think any NPer will be making a hype to get listed in DMOZ. I know domainers are smart and they have tools and resources to get the expired DMOZ domains. All I was suggesting was that yeah DMOZ is taking time to review the submissions.

Also, just because you monitor traffic stats and it says an editor has visited your site, it doesnt mean a decision was actually made on your site. Sometimes an editor might look at a submission and decide to go back to it at a later time due to one of the pages being under construction or perhaps he saw that the description needed some work so he or she would go back and make changes later to make it acceptable to submission guidelines, etc.

So it says that the editor takes a look at the submission. Visits the site. Then thinks let him hang. If that editor might have rejected that site. I think ssnet would have submitted it again with correction. :D

 

[Puneet_Seo]

Dmoz is not accepting website submission for now.

I wanted to submit my new websites to it and saw that it is not taking submissions.

What to do now ?


Puneet M

 

[snowbird]

Just wait patiently Puneet Seo. At the moment AOL is in the process of putting the site on brand new servers. I cannot really say much more since most of what has happened is being kept internal for the time being. Be patient and you will be able to submit sites again soon enough . As for Nick saying we let people "hang" this is not true. You may have missunderstood what I said. It is possible from time to time that a user submits a site and at the time of review the site may be down or under construction. During that time we are not allowed to approve that kind of site. So we may skip over it and go back to it later when it is functioning properly. Just because we visit a site it doesn't mean its being reviewed. Sometimes editors are searching for duplicate sites that were submitted under different domain names making it a mirror site, etc. Also metas are always accepting new editors into the directory, all you have to do is apply. So for you to question why metas dont get more editors doesn't make much sense to me. As for you mentioning sites already listed in the category are porn sites or dead sites, feel free to report them. Editors try to focus mainly on reviewing new submissions since thats what you and other webmasters expect us to do most. I can assure you that editors dont intentionally list dead sites nor do we intentionally leave sites in the review list for 2 years. It just so happens that sometimes it takes that long to get to your submission. No offense but editors have lives to and we are not paid. We are volunteer editors which means we can come and edit as we please. If an editor wants to edit 20 minutes a day or 3 hours a day, then that's his or her choice. Please don't look at us as if we have some kind of special powers that go to our heads. That's not true at all. We are normal people with everyday lives just like you and edit as a hobby or for enjoyment because we want to help make a difference somehow. Thats it.

 

[Keral_Patel]

I can understand snowbird.

I can also understand the responsibilities that editors have and they are the volunteers who spend their time in making DMOZ a better place.

Thanks a lot for your input on this subject.