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Trying to submit

no 'add URL' for my catagory

         

giveawayrooms

6:56 pm on Aug 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Hi

I would like to submit in ...

Recreation: Travel: Lodging: Hotels

but there is no 'add URL' - all of my competitors are listed there - there is no deeper catagory that fits either.

I've tried hitting the refresh button - so it is not a browser cache problem

what can I do?

steve

Beachboy

7:36 pm on Aug 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Hmmmm, well you might scroll down that page and email the editor ... IF what you're offering is actually suitable for that category.

Or maybe this category?

Recreation/Travel/Lodging/Consolidators/

Or, if you're serving the U.S., you might look at:

Regional/North_America/United_States/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Guides/

giveawayrooms

9:50 am on Aug 4, 2002 (gmt 0)

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I guess I will email the editor.

My site won't fit into the 2 other options - it is perfect for the catagory concerned - all of my competitors are there.

I'm not sure how you get to be in a catagory that you are not technically allowed to submit to.

If I email the editor, how long should I give it if I get no reply?

g1smd

11:52 am on Aug 4, 2002 (gmt 0)

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... at least a few weeks. Editors are volunteers, a month would be a reasonable time. Try also asking specifically on [resource-zone.com...] . A lot of editors hang out there.

giveawayrooms

2:01 pm on Aug 4, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Thanks beachboy - I'll do that

giveawayrooms

2:31 pm on Aug 4, 2002 (gmt 0)

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I've just emailed the editor

There is 1 catagory that I could technically be listed in ..

lodging : Directories

But I would much rather be in Lodging : Hotels

This is where my competitors are - actually everyone in the hotels section could technically be in the directory section - but I think a lot more people looking for hotels are going to look in 'hotels' rather than 'directory'

I could submit to the directory section - and then work on getting moved later I guess - but I'm afraid that if they stick me there they won't move me, because my site does fit.

Actually, I think dmoz have really messed this up ...

Lodging : Directories should be for sites with directories listing accommodation

Lodging : Hotels should be for individual hotel web sites or individual hotel chains

But there are both types of sites listed in both pages - there is really no difference - except I know which page will bring the most visitors.