Submitting to search engines

hibeesmad · 5 Oct 2008 at 21:20

What other websites should I visit in order to get my website listed?

I have already submitted to DMOZ.

Cheers.

unwashed potato! · 6 Oct 2008 at 07:33

google are pretty good, should try them.

hibeesmad · 6 Oct 2008 at 13:14

Mammalian said:
google are pretty good, should try them.

I have obviously submitted to Google, Yahoo etc, I was meaning more in terms of free directores etc. How long will Google take to accept my listing?

Thanks.

Van Hellseek · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:50

They all use the DMOZ database releases anyway, so if you submitted to google and DMOZ then your job is done.

hibeesmad · 6 Oct 2008 at 20:08

Fetch said:
They all use the DMOZ database releases anyway, so if you submitted to google and DMOZ then your job is done.

Do you recieve a confirmation email from DMOZ that your website has been listed or that your application has been made?

I have recieved nothing from them yet.

Van Hellseek · 6 Oct 2008 at 20:12

Nope, you just get listed or you don't.*

And in my experience they are extremely strict (to the point of bing anal) so if your site isn't perfect when it gets reviewed then it will be another 6 months before it will be reconsidered.

I'm not a fan of DMOZ myself. I personally believe they are a bunch of elitist losers who have way more power over the net than they deserve. But meh... As website creators we are their bitches.

*Actually this is at the editors discretion. When one of my sites got listed on DMOZ the editor of that section actually joined my forum and told me about it there, although I imagine it's rather rare for this to happen.

hibeesmad · 6 Oct 2008 at 20:49

Fetch said:
Nope, you just get listed or you don't.

And in my experience they are extremely strict (to the point of bing anal) so if your site isn't perfect when it gets reviewed then it will be another 6 months before it will be reconsidered.

I'm not a fan of DMOZ myself. I personally believe they are a bunch of elitist losers who have way more power over the net than they deserve. But meh... As website creators we are their bitches.

Thanks.

If you could offer any input to my other thread I would appreciate it,
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17928118

Van Hellseek · 6 Oct 2008 at 21:03

Well as has already been mentioned in that thread it should just be a matter of waiting for google to update it's records. The same thing happened to me a while back.

In the meantime though, (if possible) it's probably worth leaving a php file at the old address which redirects people to the new address.

Let me know if you need the php code for redirecting.

hibeesmad · 6 Oct 2008 at 21:28

Having another major problem here!

I created a htaccess directory and uploaded the .txt file, now the whole website won't load and the directory had disappeared and I cannot find it to delete it.

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

What can I do?

Johnny.

Van Hellseek · 6 Oct 2008 at 21:34

I'd contact my host and ask them what was going on. But I guess it may be worth posting the contents of the htaccess file here and maybe someone will be able to help with that.

hibeesmad · 6 Oct 2008 at 21:40

Fetch said:
I'd contact my host and ask them what was going on. But I guess it may be worth posting the contents of the htaccess file here and maybe someone will be able to help with that.

Got it back to normal.