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sanity
25-10-2001, 00:06/12:06AM
I have a commercial website that has a section which details the latest computer security alerts (viruses, worms etc) as well as offering users the choice to subscribe to a mailing list and receive the alerts by email. Nothing is sold on this page and it is a free service.

Do you think it would be possible to submit this page (not the main website URL) to Zeal?I can give you the URL if you like.

Many thanks,
Soph
ihelpyou
25-10-2001, 00:27/12:27AM
Sure you can if you do not sell anything or get affiliate commissions in any way from anything.

You also have to take a quiz before you submit.
MsSearch
25-10-2001, 12:04/12:04PM
Sose--it can't hurt to try and submit that page to Zeal. I do see other (deeper) pages listed in Zeal...not all sites are listed by their root domain.

I can suggest sites to Zeal if you'd like to PM the URL to me, if you haven't taken those Zealot quizzes...
Advisor
25-10-2001, 23:03/11:03PM
You can certainly try submitting it...got nothing to lose!

According to the guidelines, there's a good chance they would allow it, but it depends on how much good content you have.

Give it a whirl!

Jill
Marina
26-10-2001, 03:30/03:30AM
From your experience, how long does it take for a page submitted thru Zeal to be included [into a Zeal category]? And are some other zealot's activities 'musts' to get listed? I submitted a non-commercial site to Zeal a week ago, but it is still pending. :(
Farhan
26-10-2001, 03:47/03:47AM
well my expereince has always been great ! i got my sites listed the within 12 hours ! when i submitted them
Advisor
26-10-2001, 08:55/08:55AM
The few I submitted were usually accepted within a few hours to a few days.

Jill
Perfection
26-10-2001, 10:28/10:28AM
I've had 7 pages added through Zeal, some within hours, some within a day or 2, some within 4 or 5 days, but nothing longer than that.
Marina
26-10-2001, 11:02/11:02AM
:( That's my bad luck, I think... OK, what should my next steps be? E-mailing to the category editor? I didn't notice any normal pending period mentioned. Do you know when it's gonna be OK to bother them?
Perfection
26-10-2001, 16:01/04:01PM
If it has only been a week then don't bother them. It will probably get listed in a few days. If for some reason it doesn't, I'd wait at least a month before bothering them about it.
Marina
29-10-2001, 02:10/02:10AM
Thank you very much for so helpful comments.
Marina
29-10-2001, 02:12/02:12AM
It's already in Zeal!
Marina
29-10-2001, 02:19/02:19AM
And in Looksmart too!!!:cheers:
ihelpyou
29-10-2001, 06:50/06:50AM
Contrats Marina! :thumb:
MsSearch
29-10-2001, 10:40/10:40AM
When a site is 'suggested'/submitted to Zeal, a Zealot/editor evaluates the submission and either lists the site or doesn't.
It has always been, in my experience, that the Zeal member who suggests the site will get an email saying it was listed or an email stating why it was not accepted. The longest I've waited for a site to be listed was a few days but then again, it's a human-edited directory done by volunteers so the wait time will vary depending on the amount of sites waiting to be evaluated and on the amount of time the editors have to volunteer.
Marina
29-10-2001, 11:10/11:10AM
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm already in MSN too. All keywords are perfect targeted. Champaign for everybody (and beer for programmers)!!!:cheers:
Advisor
29-10-2001, 11:21/11:21AM
Originally posted by Marina
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm already in MSN too. All keywords are perfect targeted. Champaign for everybody (and beer for programmers)!!!:cheers: I'll drink to that! :cheers:

Jill
MsSearch
29-10-2001, 11:34/11:34AM
:up: good job!!

:drink:
sanity
30-10-2001, 17:45/05:45PM
:cheers:
Just wanted to say thanks to all of you for your help and especially to MsSearch. I am now in Zeal and doing the Happy Dance.

So now how long is it usually till it shows up in LookSmart? Also is it found through cats or searches? I am a bit new to the Zeal/LookSmart angle...

Sose