DMoz, can I submit 3 top level domains?
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Hi Guys,
I have 3 top level domains, does anyone know if it is okay to submit all 3 domains? they all cover different countries, NZ, AUS, USA - The NZ one has been submitted, but our main site is the .com (USA) after running a few adwords campaign we decided to work the .com instead!
Does anyone know the terms or guidelines around this?
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Hey Edward,
Yes, even I could submit the same. For now, I'd suggest you to try submitting your site (.com) in US category again and see how editors responds. Sometimes, editor or the staff respond you back and you can explain them your situation.
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Hi Umar,
Thanks for your response! The content is identical on a 3 sites, so I take it I should only submit 1? The problem is, how can I identify which one to submit? If I were to choose, it would be the one that we work the most which is the .com (the other two we work, but for our specific Niche most of our clients are in the USA, which is the com) though, when we had SEO agency work on our co.nz they had already submitted the co.nz site only for them to finally get back to me the other day saying they had re-submitted my site again. So I guess its too late to submit the .com
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Yes. That is a good way to go, assuming all are top level domains.
They will scrutinize each website carefully, then may contact you - explain why they will only list one site etc. If it gets passed onto a good moderator - you may get a bit of contact.
Good luck with getting listed.
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Hello Edward,
I don't think there will be any problem in this. Usually, a business with multiple locations is listed at a particular regional category. If it has one location, then it would be listed in only appropriate category but if it has multiple offices all over the world (like yours), then it can be listed at the related regional categories.
Make sure, your sites doesn't have identical content as it is against their policies. Do check out their guidelines here:
http://www.dmoz.org/help/submit.html
Hope this helps!
Thanks,
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