Fortune_Hunter - 3:12 pm on Oct 15, 2006 (gmt 0)

Pagode:

You sound you like speak with the experience of a DMOZ editor. My content is totally unique I wrote it all myself, but my question was more directed at the fact that a bulk of the information is about my services and products. Although I do have a section of the site that has free articles (which I wrote), position papers (which I wrote), links to resources I think are helpful, link to my blog (at blogger), and tip sheets and special reports that are free if you sign up for my newsletter.

My question was prompted by the fact that I was wondering if my site had to be totally non-commercial and be a virtual encyclopedia of free information on my industry. If that was the case I figured my chances were pretty low, which brings me to my second observation.

I drilled down into the categories I wanted to be listed in and started looking at the other sites already listed there. I checked their content, source code, etc. I personally think my site is a little better. Some of the sites there were purely commercial, in otherwords they simply explained the company's services or products, but nothing beyond that. While my site also has the same thing I felt I went above and beyond by offering articles, resources, tip sheets, newsletters, etc. All for free.

What I wasn't sure of was if this was "good enough" to be included in the directory. I was very careful to select the right category I thought a specific page belonged and in almost all cases I submitted that specific page URL instead of just a link to my home page, which I thought was more broad. I also made sure my page looked nice, had clean links and wrote a good description. Hopefully I have done all the "right stuff" to be included in these categories.

Fortune Hunter