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:

Computers: Software: Business: Small Business

This category is for business software and business software companies.

WHAT TO SUBMIT

Please only submit sites of business software and business software companies to this category.

If your software is not a full business package and provides other functionality (i.e. time scheduling) then please submit it to the relevant subcategory not to this one.

Please take the time to review all of the subcategories to see if your site would fit better in one of them than in the master category.

WHAT NOT TO SUBMIT

If you are a consultant, reseller, custom developer, shareware marketing, etc., please DO NOT submit your site to this category.

MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS

Please do not submit your site more than once.

If your site has not appeared in the directory it does not mean that it has been rejected, there is a backlog of sites to be reviewed at any point in time, and this can be quite large, we will get to your site in the end.

Submitting your site more than once, means more unreviewed sites to work through, and an increase in the amount of time it will take for us to get to your site. If you persistently resubmit your site to one category or to numerous categories, your site will be classified as a spam submission and may be BANNED.

Note: Submitting alternative urls that redirect to the same content is also unacceptable and will be treated as spamming. Please submit only the official url for your company - not glamour urls.

i.e.if:

www.crocodile-software.com
www.financial-accounting.com
www.management-accounting.com

all point to the same website, you should only submit the proper url (www.crocodile-software.com) and not the other two. Note since this behavior is harder to police than normal multiple submissions it is treated as a serious offense when it does occur.

TIPS FOR APPROPRIATE TITLE AND DESCRIPTION IN YOUR SUBMISSION

Title - this should be the name of the website, this will normally be the name of the actual software product itself or (if different) the name of the company.

Description - this should be a clerical description of the software functionality and then a list of the site's contents. (IT SHOULD NOT INCLUDE MARKETING HYPE OF ANY SORT, if such hype is included we will edit it out before listing, so do us a favor and don't include it in the first place! :-)

example of a GOOD title and description:

TITLE
Crocodile Software INC

DESCRIPTION
Financial accounting software for small to medium sized businesses. Product information, credentials, online ordering and contact details.

example of a BAD title and description

TITLE
Crocodile present The Ultimate Financial accounting software - general ledger, purchase ledger, personnel.

DESCRIPTION
We provide the greatest financial software in the world, all our customers love us, check us out today! Full general ledger, purchase ledger, personnel and much much more.

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