ODP submission

They visited a site but didn't index it

[namniboose]

I saw ODP in the logs of a site I am monitoring, over a month ago, but they haven't indexed the site. Does this mean they have probably rejected it? Should I contact them or be endlessly patient? (it's been 3 months).

[Axacta]

I have had the same thing happen. However over a month ago an editor assured me my site was in the queue to be included (not in the cat I want though). So it could be possible yours is in the queue also.

[namniboose]

Thanks - is it a good or bad idea to contact the category editor?

[Mike_Mackin]

namniboose

It is poaaible that an editor visited your site and moved it to unreveiwed in another cat in which case you would have to wait for another visit.

[Axacta]

Well I didn't contact them, they notified me, but I have read on the ODP forum that it is OK to e-mail the cat editor after three months. They say to be polite and to the point, and most editors will reply.

[fathom]

DMOZ log file probabilities

editors/editunrev2.cgi usually means the editor has checked the quene but page is still unedited

site=160832&cat=whatever the cat submitted usually mean accepted and added

site=48357&cat=whatever the new cat submitted&chainsaw means your page was moved by the editor to a more appropriate cat but the new cat can be seen in your log file.

the last one doesn't mean accepted, yet.

[Big_Balou]

namniboose,
have you checked to see when the cat you submitted to was last updated ? My site was reviewed and just as I was starting to get antsy it was added on the next update of the catagory. I visited the support forum at dmoz and was advized some editors will review a block of sites and then update afterwards especially if it is a large or busy catagory.

[ukgimp]

[webmasterworld.com...]

As they said, then it appeared in another cat 1 level deeper.

[sonny]

Is it the site in your profile?

[namniboose]

No, it's not the site in my profile.

[skibum]

No need to wait 3 months to email an editor. If its a busy cat with a big backlog, it might help to email at the time of submission or soon thereafter.

[namniboose]

This was in the logs:

[dmoz.org...]

and I see that the category hasn't been updated since mid May.

Would a polite call to action work in this case?