Adding your website to the Open Directory Project

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The Open Directory Project is a web directory of Internet resources. A web directory is a bit like a huge research library. The directory is arranged by topics arranged in a hierarchical order, the widest to the most specific. The ODP is maintained by community editors who evaluate sites for inclusion in the directory. They are our experts and all proposals are evaluated by an editor.

We pay great attention to the quality of the ODP. We are not a search engine and build pride in being extremely selective. We do not accept all sites, so please do not take a refusal of your site for harassment. Our goal is to make the directory as useful as possible for our users, not to ensure it contains all or even most, sites that could be described and is not more to make it a promotional tool for the organizations listed.
To keep the ODP a smooth operation and to help us in our editorial choices, we have established rules on proposed sites. We may refuse, delete or modify the proposals that violate these rules or that we think, in our sole discretion, that the corresponding site should not be included in the directory. We can also reject, delete or block other sites that we believe to be associated with a user who violates these rules.
We advise you to spend a few moments to assimilation of these rules and stages of proposal for a site before you start. Failing to understand and follow these instructions, you run a great risk that your proposal rejected.

Step One – Preconditions

Determine whether a site may be a proposal to the ODP:
• Do not submit mirror sites. These are sites that have identical content but different URLs.
• Do not submit URLs that have more or less the same content as other sites you have already registered in the directory. Sites with an overlap of content is not useful for users of the directory. Multiple proposals from the same site or similar sites can lead to exclusion and / or elimination of these and all affiliated sites.
• Do not disguised proposals to move the same URL more than once. Example: http://www.dmoz.org and http://www.dmoz.org/index.html.
• Do not submit a site whose address redirects to another.
• The Open Directory has a policy not to accept sites whose content is illegal under U.S. law, for example child pornography, defamation, materials that violate intellectual property rights, as well as any material that encourages , seek or endorse any illegal activity (such as fraud or violence).
• Do not submit sites "under construction". Wait until the site is completed before the offer. Sites incomplete, containing opinions "Under Construction" or graphics or broken links are not good candidates for the directory.
• Submit pornographic sites to the appropriate category from the "Adult".
• Provide English language sites in the appropriate category from the homepage (dmoz.org) and those in languages other than English or french in the appropriate category of World.
• Do not submit sites consisting largely of affiliate links.

Step 2 - Pre Search

Make a quick search in World , to ensure that your site is not already listed. This saves time for everyone.

Step 3 - Choose a category

Find what is the best category for your site. The Open Directory has a huge amount of topics to choose from. You should propose a site in the most relevant. The proposed sites in inappropriate categories or report may be released or moved.

Note: Some categories do not link "Suggest a site" or "update URL". These categories do not accept proposals, which means that you must find a more specific category for your site.

Step 4 - Proposal Site

Once you have chosen the most appropriate category for your site, go directly from World / , then click "Submit a Site." Follow the instructions in the Proposal Form. * Descriptions of sites should indicate concisely and accurately what their content.
• They must be free of advertising.
• Submit a description advertising objectives rather well written and can significantly delay the inclusion of your site in the directory or prevent.
• The automatic submission software is and has always been a violation of this procedure.
• Sites submitted automatically are marked and deleted after the submission accepted without qu'avertissement you done.
• Bid automatically repeated insistence may force us to ban you from DMOZ site enabling us to dedicate ourselves to the real human beings.

What happens next?

An ODP editor will review your proposal to determine whether or not included in the directory. Depending on the volume of proposals received for the category in question, it may take several weeks or more to be revised. Thank you to do one proposal. Again, many of the proposals on the same site or sites can lead to exclusion and / or deletion of this site and all affiliated sites. It is not allowed to disguise your proposal or offer the same URL more than once.

Updating your Website

If a site has been accepted into the directory but you do not agree with his description or title, you can go to the category where it appears and complete the form "update URL". If you disagree with the category in which your site appears, you can send an e-mail to the editor of the category explaining your disagreement. Be polite and correct - the threatening or abusive behavior will not be tolerated.

Inclusion of your site in the portals and search engines using ODP data

If your site has been accepted into the ODP, it can take between 2 weeks and several months to be listed on partner sites which use ODP data, such as Google, Netscape, etc.. We offer regular updates of data, but each of our partners has its own update.

Editorial choices

Recognize that making the ODP a useful resource requires our choices in the content and directory structure. These choices apply (without limitation) for the sites to include their location in the directory, the fact to include more than one link to a site where the "deep linking" is justified and the title and description of the site.

In addition, the location such as the presence of a site in the directory can be challenged at any time, in our sole discretion. You only need to assume any aspect of the presence of a site in the directory. Understand that the exercise of editorial choices can sometimes result in differential treatment between the proposals. You may not agree with our choices, but we hope you recognize that we are trying best to make decisions fair and reasonable.

The ODP team welcomes comments and feedback on the directory in general. Let us know what you think and how we can improve the service. Thank you!

Go to page: World / to choose a category in which you would like to submit a site.

(source: open directory)

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