Submit a Site to the Open Directory

Submit a Site to the Open Directory

Thank you for your interest in the Open Directory Project. Submitting a site is easy, but before you
proceed with the site submission form, we ask that you do two things.

Please take a moment to review some of our submission policies and instructions. It is important that you understand these policies. Failure to understand and follow these policies generally will result in the rejection of a submission.

Please check to be sure that this is the single category you think your site should be listed in. The Open Directory has a rich subject tree, and it helps everyone if you search around for the best category. This also helps expedite our review of your site.

EXAMPLE:

A site on Breast Cancer should be submitted to:

Top: Health: Conditions and Diseases: Cancer : Breast Cancer not

Top: Health: Conditions and Diseases

This is an important distinction in the world of web categorization, and it ensures speedy processing of your site.

Please note: We are not a search engine and pride ourselves on being highly selective. We don't
accept all sites, so please don't take it personally should your site not be accepted.

Category:

Business: Consumer Goods and Services: Watercraft

Before you submit your site please take the time to look around and review the guidelines below. Following these guidelines will speed the acceptance of your site and significantly reduce the chances of its deletion.
Open Directory editors reserve the right not to list your site and the right to delete it after its addition. Multiple submissions, especially to inappropriate categories, will not be tolerated.

Finding the Proper Location for Your Site:

Conduct a search of the Open Directory for a few keywords that relate to your site. The search results will serve up listings of different categories. Go to those categories and determine which one is appropriate for your site.
Be sure to review the subcategory descriptions, if available, to determine if your site is appropriate to that category or subcategory.
Review the site descriptions of the entries in the category that you intend to submit to. Prepare your description in advance. Please do not just send us your META description.

Guidelines for submitting sites:

The title should be the name of your company or organization.

Do not type in all caps
Do not include a list of keywords
Do not include a list of your products
Do not write a sales pitch.

The description should be a brief summary of what watercraft product your company manufactures.

The description should be in English and in coherent sentence form.
Do not include superlatives or a sales pitch.
Do not submit your company history.
Do not submit a list of keywords.
Do not use unnecessary capitalization, or include HTML tags.

Submit to only ONE category

Submit to the best category possible. If you cannot find the proper category in Business: Consumer Goods and Services: Boating, first look elsewhere in the ODP. If you still cannot locate an appropriate category, submit the site to the best category possible.

If your site is selling boating parts and supplies online, please submit your site to the proper subcategory of Shopping:Vehicles:Watercraft:Parts and Supplies.

Watercraft manufacturer sites that don't offer direct sales of products should be submitted to appropriate subcategories of Business: Consumer Goods and Services: Boating.

Watercraft manufacturer sites that also offer direct sales of products may be submitted to proper subcategories mentioned above for online sales.

Non-English sites should be submitted to the proper language in World. Non-English sites will NOT be listed anywhere in Business: Industries: Manufacturing: Water Craft.

category description

Are you sure this is the most descriptive category for your site? If you are unsure, please take a little extra time in searching the directory and find the most appropriate category.

Site URL:

What type of link is this? Regular PDF RSS Atom

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, which means your site address. Example: http://dmoz.org

Do not add mirror sites.
Do not submit an URL that contains only the same or similar content as other sites you may have listed in the directory. Multiple submissions of the same or related sites may result in the exclusion and/or deletion of those and all affiliated sites.
Do not disguise your submission and submit the same URL more than once.Example: http://www.dmoz.org and http://www.dmoz.org/index.html.
Do not submit any site with an address that redirects to another address.
The Open Directory has a policy against the inclusion of sites with illegal content. Examples of illegal material include child pornography; libel; material that infringes any intellectual property right; and material that specifically advocates, solicits or abets illegal activity (such as fraud or violence).
Do not submit sites "under construction."
Submit pornographic sites to the appropriate category under Adult.
Submit non-English sites to the appropriate category under World.
Don't submit sites consisting largely of affiliate links.

Title of Site:

Please supply a short and descriptive title.

Always opt for the official name of the site.
Do not use ALL CAPITAL letters.
Exclude promotional language in the title.

Site Description:

Keep the description of your site brief - no longer than 25-30 words. A well-written, objective description will make listing your site easier.

Do not use any HTML tags
Write in complete sentences and/or descriptive phrases using proper grammar, punctuation and correct spelling.

Do not use ALLCAPS in your description.
Avoid capitalizing every word in a sentence.
Don't repeat the title of your site in the description.

Avoid using promotional language and strings of key words and search terms. Words and phrases like "cool" and "best darn site" will be removed.

Your E-mail Address:

User Verification:

Word in audio:

Please verify the text in the image. The text in the image and the text you submit in the input field must match.

Submission Agreement

In exchange for ODP's consideration of the site I am submitting, I agree

To be bound by the ODP's Terms of Use.
To waive any claim related to the inclusion, placement, exclusion, or removal of this or any other site in the ODP Directory or to the title or description of any site appearing in the ODP Directory; and
To grant Netscape Communications Corporation a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, publish, copy, edit, modify, or create derivative works from my submission.

I also acknowledge that Netscape and the ODP have unfettered editorial discretion to determine the structure and content of the
directory and that, because a site's placement in the directory is subject to change or deletion at any time, I may not rely on any aspect of a site's inclusion in the directory. (i.e. "submission" means the title and descriptive information you supply for your site, not the actual website or its contents).

I have read and understand the submissions guidelines, and I'm ready to submit my site