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How long should I wait?

[uf3229]

I submited to DMOZ 4 weeks a go and have not heard anything back from them? I know this process can take a while and a lot of the editors are backed up but How long should I wait to resubmit? My category does not have an editor and I am worried that if I keep resubmiting that it will just keep going unnoticed. I applied to be an editor but I got denied. I know that DMOZ says to resubmit after 3 weeks, I guess I want to know if there is a more effective way than just resubmiting (possibly email)? If email is an option how do I get the email address? Any help would be appreciated.

[EliteWeb]

Hello and good morning, If you take a look in the DMOZ + Directory section of the forum or use the search for dmoz + how long I am sure you will find 2 billion discussions on it :)

Take for instance this one site I submitted, it took 4 months. Finally it was added to dmoz. After some research I had someone check the category logs and to my surprise it wasn't that my site wasnt good enough, or didnt make it in, it was just that the category hadnt been edited in a while.

It takes some time, even e-mailing the editors a few categories up will take some time because there are a few other categories with many requests still pending. It's all about time. If you dont have the time you can send notes to the editors, but if you do it - be sure to do it nicely and ensure you dont include anything like 'WHY ISNT MY SITE ADDED IVE WAITED 4 MONTHS!' because they dont have to, and they don't get paid for it ;)

[uf3229]

Thank You

Patrick

[shelleycat]

I recently posted an enquiry about one of my sites over in the appropriate part of the dmoz forum: www.resource-zone.com/

I recieved a reply within half an hour and would definitely reccommend it as a first stop. There a number of editors available there so it can be faster than emailing one specific editor. Resubmitting can put you to the back of the queue again (apparently) so it's a good idea to check the status of your application first.

Shelley

[uf3229]

Thanks shelly I tried this just a few moments a go, so hopefuly I will hear something back from DMOZ

Thanks

Patrick