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Just submitted to Dmoz

How has the recent up grade effected wating times?

humpingdan

2:17 pm on Jul 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

obviously theres a back log in as far as editors were unable to edit for a week or more but how has this effected submissions, ive just submitted my new site and im hoping for a quick submissin! any ideas?

trillianjedi

2:25 pm on Jul 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

im hoping for a quick submissin!

Not the right mind set to be in for dmoz! It's often slow. Submit and forget about it for a month or two.

You may get a quick turn around, but the liklihood is not. Don't "hope" for one, you'll only be dissappointed.

humpingdan

2:27 pm on Jul 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

lol
#fair enuff

choster

2:28 pm on Jul 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

It depends. But the quick answer is no, not in the short term.

Time to inclusion depends, above and beyond all considerations, on the category in question-- the number and quality of submissions and the activity level of editors. A category which has been neglected for six months because no editor could load the edit page, or log in, will potentially see their queues reduced. A category which has been neglected for six months because only three people in the world have any interest in the subject and the last editor expired will likely remain neglected.

So if you're submitting a new translation of the Pharsalia by Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, I personally guarantee faster inclusion than before the upgrade. If you're submitting a florist, I really cannot venture a guess. :)

dmorison

2:30 pm on Jul 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

What browser are you using?

Still can't get the DMOZ submit form to work through IE6 / ntl's proxy magic.

added:

Just tried in Phoenix and got:

Sorry, we cannot accept automated submissions at this time. If you think you have received this message in error, please try submitting the form again. We apologise for the inconvenience.

DMOZ is a complete joke.

choster

2:40 pm on Jul 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

Subscribers to ISP's which use caching and proxies, most notably Freeserve, can experience problems when submitting. However, those failed submissions are not lost-- they are dumped into a giant bin, instead of the category-specific bins. Unfortunately, no matter what technical method ODP uses to restrict submission bots, some percentage of web users will be inconvenienced. Netscape staff picked this particular method, and editors do not have any control over it.

humpingdan

2:48 pm on Jul 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

i posted at 15:00 GMT UK, no problem with submission, used internet explorer 6 on win 98 machine, with broadband connection on BT so dont worry bout proxies and funny shot just keep it simple!

dmorison

2:53 pm on Jul 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

I guessed that it had made it into something (probably the giant bin you mention), since my second attempt using Phoenix accused me of automated submission (not sure how bot's are supposed to be able to read English); so something must have happened on the other end of the POST.

I've had no luck submitting for nearly 6 months now. :(

totalXSive

6:39 pm on Jul 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

Yes, it is likely that you ended up in the spam bin. But sites can go out of the bin as well as in - so long as your site is legitimate it will be processed and then treated like any other submission.

FYI I use Firebird (aka Phoenix) and NTL as my ISP, and was able to submit a site just now with absolutely no problems. I'm not quite sure what triggers the spam trap (it's kept a secret to stop spammers from conjuring up new ways of automating submissions that get around it) but using a proxy server is usually the culprit.