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Press
For interviews, profile pieces, editorial coverage, and citation requests. We answer within two business days and can provide high-resolution portraits of the founding team.
Write to
[email protected]Submissions Desk
Submit a Site
The directory accepts suggestions from site owners, editors, and readers who have stumbled across a page they think belongs in ListOfWebsites. Every URL is read by a human curator before it goes live — there is no instant approval queue, and inclusion is never guaranteed.
A typical review takes two to four weeks. You will hear from us by email whether the site is published, re-categorized, or declined with a brief reason.
The Form
Editorial Submission Form
Five fields, one consent box. Required entries are marked with a rule; everything else is optional but genuinely helpful. We treat every submission as correspondence, not as a transaction.
Editorial Process
What happens after you submit.
A submission enters a queue, is read by a human, and emerges on the other side as one of three things: a published entry, a re-categorized entry, or a polite decline. There are no automated placements, no instant approvals, and no payments that change the verdict. The process is slow on purpose — a directory's authority is only as deep as the patience of the people who built it.
The 27-point quality check.
Every URL is opened in a fresh browser profile by a category specialist. They score the site against twenty-seven criteria grouped into four families: technical health (HTTPS, load time under three seconds, no broken navigation), content depth (original material, real authorship, a point of view), ownership (verifiable registrant, working contact channel), and editorial fit (does the site genuinely serve a category, or is it a thin affiliate wrapper around a better-known source). Sites that fail two or more families are declined.
Timeline, honestly stated.
The full review takes two to four weeks from the day your acknowledgement email is sent. Most decisions arrive inside that window; outliers — sites that need a second specialist's read, or that are parked in a slow-moving category — can take six. We will not chase you for more information unless your notes are too brief to act on. If you have not heard from us after six weeks, write back: we lose track of fewer than two percent of submissions, but we would rather hear from you than wonder.
Three outcomes, every time.
If the site passes the check, it is published inside its suggested category — or a closer one — within forty-eight hours of approval, and you receive the permanent listing URL. If the site is sound but better fits a different category, the curator moves it and explains the move in the reply. If the site is declined, you receive a two-or-three-sentence reason naming which family of criteria it failed and, where applicable, what would have to change before a future submission would succeed.
The directory does not promise that a good site will be included. It promises that a submission will be read by a person, on its merits, and answered in writing.
Other Inquiries
Not a submission? Use the right door.
The form above is for sites you'd like to see indexed. The three channels below route press, partnership, and corrections requests to the editors who handle them directly.
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Partnerships
For research collaborations, dataset licensing, sponsored category editions, and co-curated collections. We are selective; we reply to every serious enquiry even when the answer is no.
Write to
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Corrections
For flagging a dead link, an outdated description, a misattributed author, or a listing that no longer belongs in its category. Every report is logged and reviewed inside one week.
Write to
[email protected]For everything else — feedback, complaints, kind notes — the general inbox is read daily: [email protected].
Submitter Questions
Submitter Questions, Honestly Answered.
Five things we are asked most often. If your question is not here, write to us — there is no such thing as a silly one.
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01Does submitting a site guarantee it will be included?
No. The directory publishes roughly one in seven submissions. Inclusion is an editorial decision made by a human curator after the 27-point quality check, and the curators reserve the right to decline without further explanation. The promise is that your submission will be read and answered in writing — never that it will be listed.
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02How long does the review take?
Two to four weeks for the average submission. Categories with a slower editorial cadence — niche topics like cartography or vintage audio — can take up to six weeks. We acknowledge every submission within one business day so you know it has been received.
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03Do you accept paid placements?
No. The directory has never sold placement and does not intend to. A submission fee, a sponsored listing, or a paid review cannot influence the editorial verdict, the category an entry is placed in, or its rank inside the directory. If you are offered either by anyone claiming to represent ListOfWebsites, it is not us.
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04Can I submit more than one site?
Yes, as long as each URL is submitted in its own form entry. Bundling several sites into a single notes field slows the review for everyone. If you are submitting on behalf of an organization with a portfolio, mention that in the notes — a category specialist may batch them into a single review.
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05How do I follow up if I have not heard back?
Wait six weeks from your acknowledgement email, then reply directly to that thread — not to the general inbox — with the original URL and a short note. We will either share the verdict or tell you where the review is in the queue. Polite persistence is welcome; chasing the same submission more than twice tends to lengthen the timeline rather than shorten it.
A Final Note
The best path into the directory is being genuinely useful.
Every entry that has survived a re-audit began as a site that solved a real problem for a real reader. The submission form is the front door, not the test — what we look for is the site itself. If you have one, send it over. If you would like to see what the editors have been reading this week, today's Site of the Day and the daily newsletter are below.
— The Editors, ListOfWebsites