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How often do they change things?
I made sure my desc and titles are legit, so that shouldnt be the problem.
If anyone has any ideas on how I could get it changed please let me know.
Thank You Kindly-
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Whenever some editor volunteers to do it. There is no way of predicting it -- your suggestion might still be waiting for an editor.
>I made sure my desc and titles are legit, so that shouldnt be the problem.
Most submitters think their changes are legit, and most of them are dead wrong.
In any case, if the editor doesn't think they're a SOLUTION for an EXISTING problem, then there will be no reason to change. Note that the problem has to be with the ODP, not with the site (that is, it doesn't matter whether you see a problem with the current description, what matters is whether the editor sees a problem.)
>If anyone has any ideas on how I could get it changed please let me know.
You cannot force or impose a change. You can ask for one, that's all. And asking twice is not "good salesmanship", it's "evil spamming."
First, some DON'T's:
*** Read the editors' guidelines and DON'T violate any of them with your new description. No matter how bad the current description is, a new non-standard-conforming description will probably get shot on sight.
*** DON'T tell us why your site needs it! We really really don't care. All of the other sites in the category are at least as important to us as yours is; if every one of them beats you on every search engine, the editor might -- but probably won't -- take time out to gloat, but we won't do anything else. After all, ONE of the sites in the category is going to be last in the search results; and there's no search engine we know of where the current ODP description affects which site that would be.
*** DON'T try keyword-stuffing. there needs to be an fundamental, unbreakable grammatical law of the language to justify repeating "keywords". Lists of brand names or specific products, possible uses or benefits of products, speculating about your readers' needs or desires -- save it for your advertising brochures. (Yes, I know, this is also implied by the guidelines.)
*** DON'T assume the most effusively promotional description in the category is acceptable. It almost certainly isn't, and if you model your suggested description on it, yours certainly won't be.
NOTE: "I want my description stuffed like his" violates every one of these!
SOME EXAMPLES OF VALID REASONS FOR CHANGING:
-- Company has a focus, DIFFERENT from MOST other companies in the category. (Has a storefront in Hoboken, or only sells ACE brand widgets, or only sells USED widgets; or offers classes on effective widget use in the Roadrunner extermination business. But NOT "we sell only QUALITY used cars" -- they all want to say that. NOT: we sell to Christians/Pagans/Homeowners/Pet_Lovers -- UNLESS you really do check their ecumenical, economic, or emotional status before accepting their credit card.
-- Website has content that is 1) ABSENT from most other similar sites AND 2) is significant AND 3) is relevant AND 4) would be totally unexpected to a surfer going to that site based on the current description. [Yes, I know (3) and (4) conflict to a certain extent. This is a difficult criterion to meet, and the editor may well judge you didn't succeed.] BAD Example: Real estate agent site offers a mortgage calculator or links to local schools -- c'mon now, find two that DON'T!
-- Website no longer has content that was mentioned in the description. (Usually we'll be happy to add something about the content that's there, at the same time as we're removing the inaccurate information.)
There are other valid reasons, but they all have to be for the surfer's benefit, which generally boils down to getting the surfer quickly to this site WHEN they are looking for SPECIFIC RELEVANT content that is not present in any (or most) of the other sites in the category.
