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Choose the correct category and then hit the "Recommend a website for this category" button. I got my site reviewed and added within a couple of weeks.
The original listings for the Lycos directory were culled from DMOZ and if you dig around a bit even some of the editors are the same. Some sites within the new directory were allocated "recommended" [originally styled "recommendable"] status and are returned at the top of the search results, maximum three at a time.
For new submissions what Mark said and if you feel the site warrants it, add a comment to the submission suggesting that the site is worthy of "recommended" status. It's a bit cheeky but if you don't ask you don't get.
Now the really interesting bit. The site itself is not tagged as recommended when you view it in it's directory category. The recommended tag only relates to certain keywords and is not an across the board recommendation, unlike the "cool sites" at DMOZ. To give you an example I have a site recommend for a one word search term and have since submitted a new site targeted at the same term. The new site does not return top three for the one word search [number 11] but does for related two word searches, as in "keyword+brand" etc. As there only seems room for three recommended sites this can cause difficulties in getting a top listing if these slots are already filled. If this is the case adjust your description to take account of a broader keyword spread, for example if "cars" is full use the description to introduce "imported" etc and you may get recommended on "imported cars". Having said all that if the site is not "good" then it won't get recommended.
If you also have spidered pages in the dB these will be listed in addition to the recommended listing.
I actually thought that all sites in the directory were given the highly recommended flag. Having done a bit of digging I can now add to what NFFC has said.
It appears that if your site is tagged as "Highly Recomended" it goes in the pot to be potentially returned in the first three listings. The algorithm for the top three spots appears to only look at the words in your title, your description and the category name. I haven't looked closely enough to determine which of these carries the most weight. Though I suspect ,by using the percentage rating that is returned next to the results, it would not be too hard to crack it completely.
My site was up and running for nearly a year before I submitted it to the directory. So if you are after one of those highly recomended spots, it might be worth biding your time.
Mark
Owner of the number one "uk chat show" site :)
>It appears that if your site is tagged as "Highly Recomended" it goes in the pot to be potentially returned in the first three listings.
Except for:
>The algorithm for the top three spots appears to only look at the words in your title, your description and the category name
Fool NFFC! The secret is in the domain name, make sure it contains your keyword with a hyphen to separate it. If you max out the Title and Description you will still be beaten if your competitors have the keyword in the domain.
