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I am considering becoming an editor for a specific catagory that I feel I am qualified in reviewing (in business 17 years), but am having difficulty with a question on the form:
"Please provide 2 or 3 URLs, that you would add to this category along with titles and descriptions for each."
Are they asking me to provide urls that are not in the database that I think should be in? Do I have to search for those? I really don't understand the task here...yikes...am I missing something?
Please, if anyone knows for sure what I need to provide...this question is hanging me up...
Thanks again,
Linda
Are they asking me to provide urls that are not in the database that I think should be in? Do I have to search for those? I really don't understand the task here...yikes...am I missing something?
I happen to know what they want. :)
Yes, they are asking you to provide URLs that are not in the directory, and searching on them is probably the best way.
Consider this a small test of whether you can find sites, describe them, and place them in the proper category.
Oh, and good luck. :)
Thanks for the clarification.
One more question...find url in the catagory that I am applying to, or find any url not in their database that I think is a good site and place it in the proper catagory...but not necessarily the one I am applying to?
Thanks again Laisha...I have been a fan of your site for years...you were my first teacher in the search engine world (that's how I found webmasterworld a few months ago)...I hope that is okay to say here :)
Linda
Your sample work should be for the cat you are applying for. They want to see how good you'll be in that cat.
Fledgling editors are usually first set loose in smallish categories in non contentious areas. When they've demonstrated their skills, then they can apply for greater responsibilities (yup, 3 more examples again :)).
A good starter category is a small town of say 5-50 sites. That gives plenty of scope for a newbie to learn his/her craft, but little opportunity to cause damage to the directory.
To avoid disappointment, I suggest that you refrain from applying for a 500 site real estate category for example.
Treat your application with the care that you'd give when applying for a job - because you are.
Best of luck, Jim
You'll probably be surprised to find that a large number of Editors don't spend most of their time editing.
Whilst some are tied up with continually deleting spam, junk, and inappropriate submissions, others spend a lot of time on reviewing new editor applications, or internal promotions, or doing housekeeping things; most editors do actually spend quite a bit of time looking for suitable new sites to include in the directory.
There are obvious categories that have a huge amount of submissions. In business categories most of this is spam. In hobby categories many of the submissions are for good sites, just requiring an editor to review the site and then edit the title and description. Some categories receive near zero submissions and have been built almost entirely by editors interested in adding content-rich sites on diverse subjects into the pool of knowledge.
