2nd listing in DMOZ OK?

Is this dangerous....?

[trillianjedi]

We got our listing in DMOZ last week (after three weeks, which I'm told is not at all bad - must have got lucky). This is in the main "the World" category for our widgets.

I understand that you are also allowed a regional category, which for us would be Europe.

Can I submit again for inclusion in teh regional directory, or is that likely to get me kicked off?

Thanks,

TJ

[Nick_W]

You won't get kicked off, everything is cool, stop panicking ;)

I've got 2 listings for 2-3 sites for their homepages and deeplinks too. Editors can see all this stuff and as long as you're not making 50 submissions a day for the same url and the categories are reasonable (eg. they fit) there is nothing whatsoever to worry about.

Nick

[trillianjedi]

OK, thanks Nick.

Both links would be to our homepage (i.e. both the same) - but what you've said has made me think, maybe an opportunity to get a deep link in the other category.

Any thoughts on pro's and cons of each?

Thanks,

TJ

[Nick_W]

Deeplinks are the exception not the rule but if you beleive your content, which would be best put in a seperate section of your site, warrants a deeplink, go for it!

Nick

[RFranzen]

Trillanjedi,

You may already understand this, but I can't tell from your post. Top:Regional is for English language sites, no matter where they may be in the world. Your site would only be listed there if it contains significant English content. You don't have to mirror your whole site in English, though.

If your site contains no English content, you may still have a regional option. For example, World:Deutsch:Regional would be the Top:Regional equivalent for German language sites.

In general, for a commercial organization to qualify for any kind of regional listing, its site needs to display a "brick and mortar" address. The text can't just say you are in Lower Slobovia; the regional editor has to be able to verify it.

-- Rich

[EliteWeb]

I haven't found problems with listing your site in proper categories. As an editor though I see sites spammed to all the categories, once that editor log gets filled up with 'Spammed' type comments it would take some work to let someone accept you :D So choose wisely, and work slowly. I have a few dmoz listings for my site, its huge, and each section is in the correct category or offers specific information on a topic in dmoz that it makes it a authoritive source.

[trillianjedi]

Thanks EliteWeb.

One thing I noticed, the DMOZ "submit URL" page sometimes crashes, resulting in a 404 error.

This submission I just made, into a regional category, took me 3 hits of "Submit Now" to get it to go through, so I got a "submission received" page.

Will that result in 3 copies of that e-mail to the editors account?

Would that be considered Spam, or are the editors aware that it happens?

Thanks again,

TJ

[cornwall]

>>This submission I just made, into a regional category, took me 3 hits of "Submit Now" to get it to go through, so I got a "submission received" page.

That is about par for the course until the new servers become operational.

If nothing else it must deter submitters and reduce the number of applications for review.

As you are getting a 404 on the first two submits, only the final "sucessful" application should result in your site joining the unreviewed queue

[kctipton]

re: Regional in World... there aren't that many "regional" options under World. It's most likely that your site can find a home under World/Language/Topical but nowhere else, but there are exceptions.

[hutcheson]

Will that result in 3 copies of that e-mail to the editors account?

No, at worst it would result in three copies of the submittal in the category unreviewed database (where any editor with permissions -- even if granted after the submittal -- can review it.) But most such duplicate submittals are automatically combined into one.

Would that be considered Spam, or are the editors aware that it happens?

The editors sometimes see duplicates that for some reason didn't get combined. If it's just a few (three is "few"!) they'll just delete all but one and not worry about it.
So, really, two or three submittals is not going to be considered spam, even on the unlikely possibility that it's noticed by humans. And, yes, right now, editors are PAINFULLY aware of problems with duplicate or incomplete transactions of ALL kinds against the DMOZ.ORG databases (including site submittals and new editor applications)

What WOULD be considered spam would be two or three submittals UNDER DIFFERENT ALIAS URL's. Now THAT could get you a nasty reputation at best, and all of the submittals deleted at worst (like the submitters' guidelines say.) So if you keep multiple domains (and there are legitimate reasons for doing that) select ONE for submittal, and REMEMBER which one it was.

[bull]

Have my bilingual site listed 3 times, 2 times regional in the 2 languages, 1 time by topic. Quite a niche subject, even getting some clicks through the three listings (although there are always some guys whining around "i-dont-get-clicks-thru-dmoz").

Everything just fine.

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