Occupied Editors?

[fitness]

Hi,

I'm new to this game, so please put up with me. I have a question regarding the DMOZ directory. While I feel my site has quality content (http://www.fullfitness.net) I am having a really hard time getting listed in the DMOZ directory.

I have submitted frequently over the course of the year, but have yet to get included. Is it possible that the editor that is in charge of my subdirectory is simply too pre-occupied and has not bothered to review new admissions, or has lost interest? Or is there a control system in place for such a thing, and my site is just not up to par for admission?

And suggestions would be appreciated.

[Marcia]

I have submitted frequently over the course of the year, but have yet to get included. Is it possible that the editor that is in charge of my subdirectory is simply too pre-occupied and has not bothered to review new admissions, or has lost interest?It's possible that the editor is occupied with a paying job, as many folks are, and only edits part of the time - and also may review submissions in chronological order. Which brings us to the next point:

You've submitted frequently, and each time you do that you over-write your previous submission and end up at the end of the queue again as the newest submission.

The title should be the name of the site, the description should be accurate and concise, and the submission should be done only once.

[fitness]

Smart idea on their part, dumb move on mine. Thanks Marcia, I shall simply wait it out then.

[David Wallace]

Best thing to do with DMOZ IMO is to submit and in doing so, make sure you submit correctly, then move on and forget about it.

If you get listed great but if not, there are plenty of other quality directories you can gain inclusion in.

[macdesign]

As stated - continuous resubmission is self-defeating. There are better things to do, such as making sure all the links on your site are working. Nothing worse than having dead links when an editor reviews the sites.

[mick g]

Having adsense on your pages reduces the chance of your site being added into dmoz

[fitness]

Having adsense on your pages reduces the chance of your site being added into dmoz

err ... is that a joke .. ur personal opinion ... or something actually factual? In all fairness, I have one small adsense ad in the bottom of my pages, and have a relatively clean design in comparison to other 'fitness' sites that only plug products.

[mick g]

err ... is that a joke .. ur personal opinion

err ... no I am not joking its a "fact" that having adsense on your site when trying to get it listing in Dmoz is not the best thing to do, you submit your site without the adsense code, get it listed, and then add the adsense ads.

everyone knows that, whoops obviously bar you :)

[pleeker]

I'm a DMOZ editor (in a very non-competitive, hobby-type area) and I don't recall ever seeing a guideline coming from the meta editors that says not to approve sites/pages with AdSense.

If it's a site/page that exists solely for the purpose of showing AdSense, that's a different story. But I'd never hesitate to approve a good site that adds value to the section I manage just because it has some AdSense on it.

[mick g]

I'm not saying its one of the guidelines for the editors but a site has more of a chance of being accepted by not having any ads than having ads.

[pleeker]

I'm not saying its one of the guidelines for the editors but a site has more of a chance of being accepted by not having any ads than having ads.That may be the case with some editors in some sections, but I don't think you can make such a blanket statement as if it applies across the board. I can't be the only editor who doesn't care if a site has AdSense (or any other ads, for that matter).

[pagode]

I'm not saying its one of the guidelines for the editors but a site has more of a chance of being accepted by not having any ads than having ads.
As a DMOZ editor I can tell you that this statement is totaly untrue.
Having a normal amount of ads on a site has no influence at all. A site is reviewed purely based on its own content.
Ofcourse if a site is only build for the ads it will never be accepted as it does not have any unique wothwhile content.