multiple submissions in DMOZ

in one day

[bluecorr]

I have a website that has 5 subcategories named name1, name2 to name5. In the main category there are subcategories named exactly like mine name1, name2 to name5 and I want to submit to each one the corresponding section of my site because it makes more sense.

Question, do I risk being accused of spam if I do all 5 submissions in one day? Or even if I wait till one gets accepted then the other one and so on, do I risk being accused of spam for trying to get into 5 subcats that are more logical for parts of the site to be in or should I stick to the main cat?

Thanks

[skibum]

If they are 5 different sections selling things, you'll get one topical listing most of the time. If the site has a regional focus or business office, you'll probbaly pick up a regional listing as well. That'll probably be it.

If its a content site with 5 vastly different content sections, you may get more than 1 different topical category listing, but they seem to be cutting back on even multiple listings for some really good content sites if you look at some of the threads in their unofficial DMOZ forum. Good luck, and patience are key:)

[bluecorr]

It's a personal non-comercial site and the 5 sections are not very vast but have unique content because it's made by me. In the worst case I risk not being added in the respective sections, not be completely denied listing in DMOZ.

[victor]

Without seeing your submissions, I don't know what the editors will think -- remember, the five submissions will probbaly be seen by different editors.

I am a DMOZ editor. I have submitted to cats (not the ones I edit) for sites I promote in the way you are suggesting.

So I think it is acceptable if there is a good case.

What I've done when making several submissions is add a "note to DMOZ editor" at the end of the site description. I say that I think what I am doing is okay because blah, blah. But, if it isn't, please feel free to delete. That way they know I'm not spamming them.

Has this worked? Sometimes.

[bluecorr]

thanks for the tip with the note to the editor. Very useful. In fact there is no editor to each of those 5 subcategories so they'll be reviewed by probably the same person.

[motsa]

Note that skibum said "If its a content site with 5 vastly different content sections". From the way you describe your site, the sections are not vastly different from each other if they would all fit in subcats of the same main category.

You're unlikely to get 5 subsections of your site listed in 5 different subcats of the same main category. Instead, we would generally list the main URL in the nearest common category. I would recommend that you just submit your main URL to the main category.

[bluecorr]

For example I had an atmosphere site a while ago that dealt with atmospheres of all the planets. The site got 8 listings in DMOZ for each planet presented in the site e.g page with Pluto went into the Pluto subcat.

This site is somewhat similar, the sections are part of a theme site but deal with different locations and are vaster than the single planet pages mentioned above.

What is the difference between the two cases? The main cat where the site should have gone to only has official sites like official tourist boards and such, not a personal travelling gallery such as mine. So I was left with no option than to submit to the 5 subcats. I would very much hope that the editor finds a suitable category for the whole site if he finds the multiple submissions relevant.

Thanks :)

[hutcheson]

The situation you describe is going to come down to an editor judgment call, depending on factors both within and beyond your control: not only the quality of your pages (as information resources) but the quality of other pages on the same topics. It may be, for instance, that some of the five subsites get listed separately and some don't.

If the five topics are not "closely related", and the individual pages would really stand out in their topics, then submitting each page separately would not be considered spam. If the individual pages are near the minimum content acceptable for listing, then the editor may feel that the directory is best served by listing only the main site, as a "personal site" containing information on five different topics of personal interest.

[BigDave]

What about if you are in the Consumer Information category, where the FAQ supports deeplinking? All the subcategories that I would fit in, I have orders of magnitude more consumer information than epinions. If it is appropriate for epinions, then it should be appropriate for us.

Should I wait to get the top level ranking and let the editor fill in the lower levels, or should I apply subcategories with a note to the editor?