• Conduct a search of the Open Directory for a few keywords that relate to your site. The search results will serve up listings of different categories. Go to those categories and determine which one is appropriate for your site.
• Be sure to review the subcategory descriptions, if available, to determine if your site is appropriate to that category or subcategory.
• Review the site descriptions of the entries in the category that you intend to submit to. Prepare your description in advance. Please do not just send us your META description.

Guidelines for submitting sites:

• The title should be the name of your company or organization.

• Do not type in all caps
• Do not include a list of keywords
• Do not include a list of your products
• Do not write a sales pitch.

• The description should be a brief summary of what watercraft product your company manufactures.

• The description should be in English and in coherent sentence form.
• Do not include superlatives or a sales pitch.
• Do not submit your company history.
• Do not submit a list of keywords.
• Do not use unnecessary capitalization, or include HTML tags.

• Submit to only ONE category

• Submit to the best category possible. If you cannot find the proper category in Business: Consumer Goods and Services: Boating, first look elsewhere in the ODP. If you still cannot locate an appropriate category, submit the site to the best category possible.

If your site is selling boating parts and supplies online, please submit your site to the proper subcategory of  Shopping:Vehicles:Watercraft:Parts and Supplies.

Watercraft manufacturer sites that don't offer direct sales of products should be submitted to appropriate subcategories of  Business: Consumer Goods and Services: Boating.

Watercraft manufacturer sites that also offer direct sales of products may be submitted to proper subcategories mentioned above for online sales.

Non-English sites should be submitted to the proper language in World. Non-English sites will NOT be listed anywhere in Business: Industries: Manufacturing: Water Craft.

Sites submitted to this category must manufacture complete, water ready, boats and not just a part of the boat.

Please review the general submission notice for all of Business: Consumer_Goods_and_Services: Boating: Boats, before proceeding. Following the guidelines there should result in quicker review of your submission.

• Submit to only ONE category
• Submit to the best category possible. If you cannot find the proper category in Business: Consumer_Goods_and_Services: Boating: Boats, first look elsewhere in the ODP. If you still cannot locate an appropriate category, submit the site to the best category possible.

Please submit only businesses who make or manufacture parts, accessories and supplies used in the building or rigging of a boat or water craft to make it a complete or whole unit.

Please suggest sites of manufacturers, fabricators, and distributors of non-military submarines, submersibles, ROVs, and AUVs, including tour, research, surveying, recovery, and other commercially used underwater vessels to this category.

Manufacturers of non-military submarine and submersible command and control systems may also be submitted.

Manufacturers and distributors of vessels primarily designed for use as scuba diving aids (e.g. DPVs) should be suggested to this category.

Sites generally not listed in this category:

• Online shopping: Sites that exist primarily to sell goods and services directly to the consumer should be listed in the Shopping category. See the Shopping category description for more detail.
• Sites that focus on providing information to consumers are listed under Home: Consumer Information. See the Consumer Information FAQ for more information.
• If the website serves only a limited geographic area, submit it to the proper locality listing within Regional. Duplicate listings, other than in Regional and one other branch, will not usually be considered.

Please take the time to find the most appropriate category for your submission, click on the link leading to that area, and then submit your site. This will allow your submission to be reviewed much sooner.

Please do NOT submit affiliate sites, mirror sites, non-English sites or sections of a larger site (deeplinks). Non-English sites should be sent to the correct category in World/.