Comments on: DMOZ submission tips http://www.kenkai.com/seo-blog-article-169.htm Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:58:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: B2B http://www.kenkai.com/seo-blog-article-169.htm#comment-40757 B2B Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:56:13 +0000 http://www.kenkai.com/seo-blog-article-169.htm#comment-40757 Thank you for your help. I re-submited following your suggestions. and received confirmation: "Submission Received Your site submission has been received. An editor will review your submission for inclusion in the directory. Once your site has been accepted into the Open Directory, it may take anywhere from 2 weeks to several months" <em><strong>Any idea how long on average it takes to get listed? It depends whether there is an active editor in the category that you have submitted to. If you have an editor that checks new submissions regularly - a week or so. If there is no editor, or the editor rarely works on his cat, it could be months, I'm afraid :) BM</strong></em> Thank you for your help.

I re-submited following your suggestions.
and received confirmation:

“Submission Received
Your site submission has been received.
An editor will review your submission for inclusion in the directory.
Once your site has been accepted into the Open Directory, it may take anywhere from 2 weeks to several months”

Any idea how long on average it takes to get listed? It depends whether there is an active editor in the category that you have submitted to. If you have an editor that checks new submissions regularly - a week or so. If there is no editor, or the editor rarely works on his cat, it could be months, I’m afraid :) BM

]]> By: SAM http://www.kenkai.com/seo-blog-article-169.htm#comment-40105 SAM Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:26:11 +0000 http://www.kenkai.com/seo-blog-article-169.htm#comment-40105 We submitted the following details to DEMOZ in May 2012. Category: Business: Directories Site URL: mangob2b.com Title of site: Business to Business Marketing Suppliers Directory Marketplace Connecting Buyers and Sellers Site Description: Mango B2B specialises in Business to Business (b to b) supplier directory listings that are of a high standard. -------- Our site is still not listed (it has been four months. now) Where are we going wrong? When would you recommend we re-submit? <em><strong>Does the category have an editor? If not, re-submit to a cat with an editor. I would suggest changing the Title to Mango B2B. BM</strong></em> We submitted the following details to DEMOZ in May 2012.

Category: Business: Directories
Site URL: mangob2b.com
Title of site: Business to Business Marketing Suppliers Directory Marketplace Connecting Buyers and Sellers
Site Description: Mango B2B specialises in Business to Business (b to b) supplier directory listings that are of a high standard.

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Our site is still not listed (it has been four months. now)
Where are we going wrong?
When would you recommend we re-submit?

Does the category have an editor? If not, re-submit to a cat with an editor. I would suggest changing the Title to Mango B2B. BM

]]> By: Pokies http://www.kenkai.com/seo-blog-article-169.htm#comment-37840 Pokies Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:50:19 +0000 http://www.kenkai.com/seo-blog-article-169.htm#comment-37840 Our sites has been offered a couple of times and nothing happened. We saw lots of other sites being accepted ever since. We made a last suggestion today but we think our premier gaming portal enjoys editors' dislike or they expect something. I heard a lot of talking on editors being corrupt and in many cases they do not take real competitor's site as they have their own site as well - listed of course. <em><strong>I can't say I ever came accross any editors that I would call corrupt, in my time as a DMOZ editor. As for listing their own sites, yes they can, but they have to go through an editing process the same as you and me, from the editor above them, in the master category, or failing that, from another category. There were certainly lazy editors and editors that were full of their own self-importance and who liked to play god with their cats, but none were corrupt. The reason that your site isn't getting on is that it's an affilliate site and a very obvious one. The editors don't want such obvious affilliate sites in their categories. Obvious affilliate sites offer nothing to the directory, so 90% of them are ignored.</strong></em> Our sites has been offered a couple of times and nothing happened. We saw lots of other sites being accepted ever since. We made a last suggestion today but we think our premier gaming portal enjoys editors’ dislike or they expect something. I heard a lot of talking on editors being corrupt and in many cases they do not take real competitor’s site as they have their own site as well - listed of course. I can’t say I ever came accross any editors that I would call corrupt, in my time as a DMOZ editor. As for listing their own sites, yes they can, but they have to go through an editing process the same as you and me, from the editor above them, in the master category, or failing that, from another category. There were certainly lazy editors and editors that were full of their own self-importance and who liked to play god with their cats, but none were corrupt. The reason that your site isn’t getting on is that it’s an affilliate site and a very obvious one. The editors don’t want such obvious affilliate sites in their categories. Obvious affilliate sites offer nothing to the directory, so 90% of them are ignored.

]]> By: peter coombs http://www.kenkai.com/seo-blog-article-169.htm#comment-37002 peter coombs Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:13:58 +0000 http://www.kenkai.com/seo-blog-article-169.htm#comment-37002 I must admit I find this a great mystery. I have submitted to DMOZ three times now over the last eighteen months, doing my best to follow all the rules and leaving a good three months in between the submissions. The last submission was about a year ago. My site is clean and tidy, is a 12 yr old domain but guess media and graphics is a very competitive area. But nothing, zilch Interesting you say about the editors being listed at the bottom of the categories - hadn't noticed that, pehaps its time to try again. <em><strong>Locate an editor and write to him, but first, remove the 301 redirect from your root URL. Editors don't like 301 redirects, even if it's fairly inocuouis, as yours is from the root to index.php. BM</strong></em> I must admit I find this a great mystery. I have submitted to DMOZ three times now over the last eighteen months, doing my best to follow all the rules and leaving a good three months in between the submissions. The last submission was about a year ago.

My site is clean and tidy, is a 12 yr old domain but guess media and graphics is a very competitive area.

But nothing, zilch

Interesting you say about the editors being listed at the bottom of the categories - hadn’t noticed that, pehaps its time to try again. Locate an editor and write to him, but first, remove the 301 redirect from your root URL. Editors don’t like 301 redirects, even if it’s fairly inocuouis, as yours is from the root to index.php. BM

]]> By: Antony http://www.kenkai.com/seo-blog-article-169.htm#comment-32112 Antony Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:29:52 +0000 http://www.kenkai.com/seo-blog-article-169.htm#comment-32112 Hi, thanks for the informative article (wish I'd have thought about reading advice like this before submitting to Dmoz). As a former Dmoz editor, can I ask you whether it is worth re-submitting if a submission hasn't been listed after a year? Truthfully, I'm at a loss to understand why our submission hasn't gone through. From what I can see, we adhered to all the points you make in your article. Thanks Antony <em><strong>I would suggest that you write again to the editor of the upper category and ask him to look into it, before resubmitting. For example, if you are in the cat Shopping: Crafts: Toiletries, you have to go back to shopping before you find an editors name and that's sunkist. His email address is pageje67@hotmail.com. If you email him directly and briefly explain the situation and briefly outline the details of your listing and ask his advice on how to move forward. Good luck with it. BM</strong></em> Hi, thanks for the informative article (wish I’d have thought about reading advice like this before submitting to Dmoz).

As a former Dmoz editor, can I ask you whether it is worth re-submitting if a submission hasn’t been listed after a year?

Truthfully, I’m at a loss to understand why our submission hasn’t gone through.

From what I can see, we adhered to all the points you make in your article.

Thanks Antony

I would suggest that you write again to the editor of the upper category and ask him to look into it, before resubmitting. For example, if you are in the cat Shopping: Crafts: Toiletries, you have to go back to shopping before you find an editors name and that’s sunkist. His email address is pageje67@hotmail.com. If you email him directly and briefly explain the situation and briefly outline the details of your listing and ask his advice on how to move forward. Good luck with it. BM

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