How do I get listed in Zeal?

I want to be listed in a commercial cat

[Fence]

Hello,

I want to get my commercial website listed in Zeal and can't figure it out. I signed up and passed the initial tests that earned me 25pts. I thought from that point I could list myself but I guess because it being a commercial cat, I can't. Is this correct? I posted a message and a zealot said I had sign up for listings.looksmart.com to be in the zeal directory. Is this correct? Do they only offer PPC? If so I am not interested. Is ther any other way to get in a Zeal commercial cat?

Thanks,
Josh

[jeremy goodrich]

Nope, if you are commercial -> they make you pay.

Even if they accept your site, a LookSmart editor will boot it later - which then is more irritating if you had gotten accepted in the first place.

Imho, Zeal is just an annoying waste of time - however, others may have a different perpsective.

:) You can always try their PPC -> and remember, "actdumb" apparently is a great example of a snafoo (mistake) of theirs.

Use the site search for more details. Cheers.

[rfgdxm1]

>Imho, Zeal is just an annoying waste of time - however, others may have a different perpsective.

Actually, for me it is by far the most important directory. Coming up #1 for numerous search terms on msn.com, including single word search terms, is a nice thing. :)

[dwilson]

Zeal works well for some of my content as well -- brings in quite a bit of MSN traffic. For other types of content, I never see any search results besides Yahoo! & Google.

I run content sites, so must of the stuff fits into Zeal -- even if it includes some affiliate links. A few pages of mine would belong in categories marked commercial, so I can't get them in there -- which is a bit sad.

[Fence]

So "How does ZEAL work"? I am a little confused. Zeal is a directory that you pay looksmart PPC to be included in and it helps in show in MSN search engine?

Please explain.

Josh

[arc_light]

No, Zeal is free - it's the same directory as Looksmart but you can only list noncommercial content there, which then gets distributed on MSN. To list a business site you would have to pay LS...

I get a lot of MSN traffic because of my Zeal listings - even more than the Google/ODP combo.

[Fence]

Hmmm, and looksmart ONLY does PPC? There are no flat fees for being listed? What if you have a non-commercial section of your website such as "learn about widgets"?

Thanks,
Josh

[div01]

It would probably get accepted as long as it met Zeal's other guidelines. You also have to note that there are some subjects where a good chunk of the categories are marked "Commercial". I don't know if or how you can add a non-commercial site to these cats.

[GumbyDave]

Pass the test, find a few dead links, then add a couple sites and slip yours in. If it's non-commercial, it'll usually get in. I get an enourmous amount of traffic this way, you come up as a "Directory Site" in MSN search. They've changed guidelines and now have "Admin Approval" (Looksmart employee), so it really isn't much like DMOZ.
I don't know what the About.com relationship is, but they have no trouble being listed everywhere as "non commercial". From what I can tell, after your in, "Zealbot" visits about every 48 hours and reindexes.