hutcheson - 10:53 pm on Sep 28, 2007 (gmt 0)

>Moreover, am I suppose to now NOT resubmit it to those other categories that someone might find it more applicable for?

Um, exactly. We have a name for someone who goes around suggesting his site to any categories that he thinks someone might think it applicable for. It's "shotgun spammer."

However: remember, there IS in the submittal policy something about resubmitting (once). Nothing says the resubmittal has to be in the same category.

The reasonable way of adding THOSE twos and twos together?

Well, suppose, after suggesting a site and after more consideration, you change your mind about what the One-True-Category is for the site? Use your one resubmittal to go to the better category. And if you're right, the editor will appreciate it. And if you're wrong, the editor really won't mind.

But: suggesting to three or four categories? Depending on circumstances, you may appear to be, um, conforming to a model of behavior characteristic of spammers.... And while 99% of once-rejected sites are unlistable, the chances of 20-times-rejected sites being listable is infinitesimal, and negligable.

Or, to look at it the other way around, a barely-LISTABLE site suggested, say, 20 times has a significantly higher chance of being accidentally rejected permanently. And that's OK. It's good for editors to reward webmasters who avoid the more ostentatious forms of discourtesy.