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So, do DMOZ editors are doing some 'review' recently? Or are there any new specific listing requirements that are added recently? By the way, my site is clean and fit the dmoz requirement perfectly.
The only thing I did 2 months ago is request 'update listing'. The request is processed about 1 month ago. Then listing is diminished this month.
I am looking for ideas and solutions. Please advice.
You migh want to try emailing the editor to get some direct answers. It's always best to aproach them politly. It may be that the editor has sent your site to a category that he/she feels would be more suitabe and it is currently in a que.
Mack.
ODP documents make it clear that once listed, no site is guaranteed a permanent listing.
I have actually resubmit the site just now, usually if an URL is in the database, dmoz will reject the submission but my submission go on smoothly.
I don't miss the traffic from dmoz, but I do miss my description in my google SERPs. :)
(My Site is down in the last last weekend, could it be a problem)
I have a search on his name and nick on google and found out that he owns 2 sites which are listed in the same category.
They are really doing some 'reviewing' recently and remove listings that no longer meet the minimum requirements. I believe it is done randomly.
If you are reading this because your site disappeared as well, you will need to build a better site (unique contents) and resubmit again later.
The category was organized alphabetically with each letter assigned to a different editor.
Let's say the name of my business was James Green.
I was originally listed under J for James.
The J editor decided I would be better if I was listed under G for Green.
So he removed me from the J category.
However since someone else was the editor for the G category he did not add me under G nor did he request to the G editor that I should be listed there.
Basically he said "I can't help you".
I wrote the senior editor and he cleared it up by listing me in a different category that he had editor rights to.
minnapple
Later I email the editor and he told me it is because I have a link to an adult site in my links page! But later he admit that my site should not be categoried as adult materials because Yahoo also link to adult sites but it is not threated as adult site.
So he remove my link, which I think is good, but for the PASS 2 years, I have no way to get into the DMOZ directory! So for that time being, I have already give up with DMOZ.
If I told you the star site has at least 1000+ visitors a day and 20 new guestbooks entries (that can't add their URL, hehe) and over 30 GB bandwidth a month ... the site is evolve from a geocities site in 1998 to a giant site today in 2003 ...
What do you think? We should blame DMOZ instead of ourself when we have did our job. Just they don't know how to appreciate it. :)
Later I email the editor and he told me it is because I have a link to an adult site in my links page! But later he admit that my site should not be categoried as adult materials because Yahoo also link to adult sites but it is not threated as adult site.
Just to clarify this, an adult site is one with any adult content on it, whether that is the site's own content or banners and links to adult sites.
I think it's highly unlikely that an ODP editor would take a decision on the listing of a site in the ODP according to what guidelines are or aren't used in the Yahoo directory.
- To appeal to the prurient interest in sex without any serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value
- The depiction or description of nudity, including sexual or excretory activities or organs in a lascivious way
- The depiction or description of sexually explicit conduct in a lascivious way (e.g. for entertainment purposes)
Non-Adult sites that exist to drive traffic to Adult sites should be listed in Adult. Non-Adult sites that contain sexually explicit banner and sidebar ads should also be listed in Adult.
However, sites that do not exist to drive traffic to adult sites, but may include non-sexually explicit pointers to adult sites, may be listed outside the Adult category.
When ODP editors can't decide if an otherwise non-adult site containing adult links and banners should be listed in Adult or not, they are encouraged to ask themselves the question: "would this organization take the time and effort to make this web site available if they were not profiting off of the adult links and banners" -- if the answer is "no" then the site is a likely candidate for the Adult category.
