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ODP Listing Dropped?

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Baraucs

9:14 pm on Mar 19, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Anyone have any suggestions as to what to do if an ODP listing disappears? I've had a listing in a category for 3-4 months I'd say, but it seems to have disappeared when I checked this morning.

It still shows under the applicable category through Google, but I'm guessing that won't last for long.

Just wondering if it's best to contact the editor(s) directly, or re-submit and hope it gets in on it's own merit again? I haven't changed anything really (not really fresh content material), so I can't imagine what prompted the drop.

Thanks.

Marcia

11:03 pm on Mar 19, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Baraucs, has it disappeared from just the category, or from the ODP entirely? Is it possible there was a category change and it's someplace else?

Baraucs

2:50 am on Mar 20, 2002 (gmt 0)

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I'd have to say the directory as a whole, or at least it won't come up on a search for the domain.

It did seem to coincide with the directory itself "shifting" though (I'm not sure if it was the same time, but it must've been close); the directory had been 4 levels deep - i.e. > Broad > Narrower > Mytopic > Directories, and now seems to be > Broad > Narrower > Directories.

Google still shows the old directory reference, but on dmoz the old path just redirects to the shorter path as outlined above.

Can't say I've compared them site by site, but with the exception of mine the rest of the directory seems to have the same contents :(

Housecleaning maybe with the move? Can't imagine why I'd be singled out...

Baraucs

2:54 am on Mar 20, 2002 (gmt 0)

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whoops - by directory in the first line I meant ODP as a whole, reading that back I confused myself a little :P