The Recreation category covers English language sites about hobbies, activities, and pastimes that are meant to give enjoyment during a participant's leisure time. The purpose of the category is to provide resources and information on a multitude of recreational activities. These resources should be of far-reaching or worldwide interest and not mainly of interest to a specific regional area.
To avoid delay in listing, please review prior to submission:
Suggest websites once to the most relevant category. Multiple submissions or careless submissions will slow the process.
Review the Recreation sub-topic descriptions to find the most appropriate category for submissions. Find the lowest level category appropriate for the site being submitted.
There are various DMOZ categories related to Recreation. Review these also for proper category selection:
- Arts/ - for activities meant to entertain an audience more than the participant.
- Sports/ - for physical competitive activities.
- Games/ - for less physical competitive activities.
- Shopping/ - for sites primarily intended to sell a product, rather than provide information.
- World/ - for sites in any language other than English belong in the appropriate language subcategory. Any adult material or illegal topics will not be listed in Recreation. These should be submitted to the proper Adult/ category.
Descriptions should include specific information of the unique qualities and features of the site contents.
Avoid advertising hype, overuse of capitalization, and emphatic punctuation.
Do use the English language, proper grammar, and a spell-checker.
Affiliate sites, multiple URL's for the same organization, and mirror sites are not desirable.
DMOZ reserves the right to alter or replace a proposed description at any time at its sole discretion and editorial judgment.
Please review the additional Category FAQ for further insights.
Sites listed herein generally provided information, news and resources for the hobbyist or audiophile, and provides this information for public use without any intent to profit financially from the information or material provided.
This category does NOT list sites related to individual bands, musicians, equipment manufacturers, online shopping, or retailers.
This category contains sites targeted to the audio hobbyist or enthusiast. Manufacturer sites as well as those selling audio products and services are not listed here. Submitting such sites will to this category will significantly delay the review of your site.
If your site does not fit the definition of Recreation: Audio, use the following guide to help you find the correct category:
- Shopping: Consumer Electronics: Audio: Category for sites selling consumer audio electronics online to consumers.
- Business: Consumer Goods and Services: Electronics: Audio: Category for manufacturers, importers and distributors of consumer audio electronics and resource sites about the industry. Company sites that focus on selling audio products to consumers are listed under Shopping/Consumer_Electronics/Audio/
- Business: Arts and Entertainment: Tools and Equipment: Audio: Companies providing a broad range of sales and services related to professional audio equipment used in the entertainment industry.
- Science: Technology: Electronics: Audio and Video/: Information and resource sites focused on the science of audio technology.
DO NOT submit sites related to music, including bands and artists, media production or record labels, and related material.
DO NOT submit sites unless they are written in English.
Please try and find the most specific subcategory that your site would be suited to. This will help our editors get your site listed as quickly as possible.
Sites devoted to a particular make or model of car should be submitted to that car manufacturer''s category in Recreation/Autos/Makes and Models.
Personal sites about cars in general, or older model cars should be submitted to a suitable subcategory of Recreation/Autos/Enthusiasts.
Auto dealership sites should be submitted to the proper location in Regional. Dealership links will NOT be listed anywhere in Recreation/Autos.
If your site is selling products online, please submit your site to the proper subcategory of Shopping/Vehicles. Such sites will NOT be listed anywhere in Recreation/Autos.
Manufacturer sites that don''t offer direct sales of products should be submitted to appropriate subcategories of Business/Industries/Manufacturing/Automotive. Such sites will NOT be listed anywhere in Recreation/Autos.
Manufacturer sites that also offer direct sales of products should be submitted to proper subcategories of Shopping/Vehicles. Such sites will NOT be listed anywhere in Recreation/Autos and will be deleted if submitted here.
Non-English sites should be submitted to the proper language in World. Non-English sites will NOT be listed anywhere in Recreation/Autos.
This category is intended for sites dealing with general aviation as a recreational, sporting pastime. The top level category is used only for sites that deal with all aspects of aviation. Sites dealing with a particular aspect of aviation, piloting etc. should be submitted to the appropriate category or the next level up if no suitable category exists.
Sites of aircraft manufacturers should be sent to the appropriate sub category in the Manufacturers area.
Sites related to birding holidays or tours should be suggested to Recreation/Travel/Specialty_Travel/Ecotourism/Birding.
Sites dealing with birds as pets go to the appropriate subcategory of Recreation/Pets/Birds.
Please suggest sites related to the scientific field of ornithology to Science/Biology/Zoology/Chordates/Ornithology.
Sites dealing with a particular group of birds go to the appropriate subcategory of Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Chordata/Aves.
Thank you for your cooperation.
To avoid delay in listing, please review prior to submission.
Submit websites once to the most relevant category. Multiple submissions or careless submissions will slow the process.
Review the Recreation: Boating sub-topic descriptions to find the most appropriate category for submissions. Find the lowest level category appropriate to the site being submitted.
Any adult material or illegal topics will not be listed in Recreation. These should be submitted to the proper Adult category.
Descriptions should include specific information of the unique qualities and features of the site contents. Avoid advertising hype, overuse of capitalization, and emphatic punctuation. Do use the English language, proper grammar, and a spell-checker.
Affiliate sites, multiple URL''s for the same organization, and mirror sites are not desirable.
The ODP reserves the right to alter or replace a proposed description at any time at its sole discretion and editorial judgment.
If your site''s focus is selling boats AND lists prices, please submit your site to the proper subcategory of Shopping: Vehicles: Watercraft Sites that do not include prices should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory in Regional.
If your site is selling boating parts or accessories online, please submit your site to the proper subcategory of Shopping: Vehicles: Watercraft: Parts and Accessories.
Manufacturer sites that don''t offer direct sales of products should be submitted to appropriate subcategories of Business: Industries: Manufacturing: Water Craft. Such sites will NOT be listed anywhere in Recreation: Boating.
Manufacturer sites that also offer direct sales of products may be submitted to proper subcategories mentioned above for sales.
Non-English sites should be submitted to the proper language in World. Non-English sites will NOT be listed anywhere in Recreation: Boating.
Sites for campgrounds should be sent to the proper regional area of Recreation/Outdoors/Camping/Campgrounds.
Sites should be of general climbing interest, relating to multiple climbing disciplines (i.e. bouldering, aid climbing) and multiple climbing locations. For more specific climbing sites, please find the appropriate subcategory for submission.
All sites which offer products and collectibles for sale should be submitted to Shopping/Antiques_and_Collectibles. Commercial sites will not be accepted in this category.
Please submit the site to the one most appropriate category. Failure to do so will most likely result in the submission being deleted.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
If the site is about a restaurant, catering service or *any* business which is not selling products online, please submit the site to the proper location in Regional. Such sites submitted here WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT REVIEW..
If the main purpose of the site is to sell products online, please suggest the URL in Shopping:Food. Such sites will NOT be listed in Recreation/Food, and most likely will be deleted without review.
If the site is providing recipes or cooking instructions, please submit it to Home: Cooking.
Please try to find the most specific subcategory for the site. This will help our editors get the site reviewed as quickly as possible.
If the site is selling products, please submit it to the proper subcategory of Shopping/Recreation/Guns. Such sites will NOT be listed anywhere in Recreation/Guns.
Manufacturer sites that don''t offer direct sales of products should be submitted to appropriate subcategories of Business/Consumer Goods and Services/Firearms . Such sites will NOT be listed anywhere in Recreation/Guns.
Non-English sites should be submitted to the proper language in World. Non-English sites will NOT be listed anywhere in Recreation/Guns.
To avoid delay in listing, please review prior to submission.
Do not submit web sites to the main Recreation/Kites category unless you cannot find an appropriate sub category.
Submit websites ONLY ONCE to the most relevant category. Multiple submissions or careless submissions will slow the process.
Descriptions should include specific information of the unique qualities and features of the site contents. Avoid advertising hype, overuse of capitalization, and emphatic punctuation.
Affiliate sites, multiple URL''s for the same organization, and mirror sites are not desirable.
Non-English sites should be submitted to the proper language in World. Non-English sites will NOT be listed anywhere in Recreation/Kites.
The ODP reserves the right to alter or replace a proposed description at any time at its sole discretion and editorial judgment.
Example:
A group in England reenacting the American Revolution should be filed under North_America/United_States/Revolutionary_War.
Sites selling models and related related products should be listed under Shopping:Recreation_and_Hobbies:Models, or a specialized sub-category.
General information about collecting models should be listed under Recreation: Collecting: Models.
Nudism/Naturism is the pursuit of non-sexual nude recreation. Sites with any sexual content or links to sites with sexual content will not be listed here.
If your site is about one activity, please find the category devoted to it and submit your site there. For example, submit fishing sites to the most appropriate subcategory in Recreation/Outdoors/Fishing.
Any site offering information only of interest to people within a local area, please submit your site to that location''s Recreation and Sports subcategory in Regional.
Please submit your travel sites to the proper subcategory in Recreation/Travel and NOT to Recreation/Outdoors. Thank you.
If your site contains "adult" material, please look in Adult for the proper place to submit.
If you have a product or service to sell, please submit it to Shopping.
Please note: We do not list all party resources here. Many party resources are of a local nature and should be listed within the Regional section of the directory.
Resources in languages other than English should be submitted to the proper language category in World.
Thank you.
The sites listed in Recreation/Pets are primarily informational in nature.
The first sub-area of Pets consists of categories that are species specific. Listed within each species category are sites dealing with species-specific breed information, clubs, forums, general and personal interest pages.
The second sub-area of Pets consists of categories, which address the relationship that pets in general have with us. Websites within this area are not species specific and usually address more than one species of pet.
Resources is a general pet interest subcategory.
The third sub-area of Pets is for Chats and Forums that discuss pet concerns and species-specific Organizations devoted to pets.
This category is for sites in English or with substantial English content.
Some sites involving pets are not listed in Recreation/Pets but are listed in other areas of the directory:
For example:
Shopping/Pets - Online stores and other sites focusing on online sales
Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Pet_Supplies - Manufacturers and distributors of products for pets
Regional/(country)/(locality) - Individual animal organizations, veterinary practices, boarding facilities, local businesses
Health/Animal/Pets - Sites dealing with diseases, conditions and treatments
Health/Animal/Veterinary_Medicine/Veterinarians - Individual veterinary practices within the appropriate locality
Additional related categories include:
Arts/Visual_Arts/Genres/Pets
Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Pet_Supplies
Business/Healthcare/Animal_Health/Pets
Home/Consumer_Information/Pets
Society/Issues/Animal_Welfare/Pets
Check the "See also:" listings for other areas of the Directory, which list sites addressing other aspects of pet concerns.
Please also refer to: Where should I submit my website about animals? Or, where will I find the animal topic I am looking for?
Sites in other languages should be submitted to the appropriate language category in World/
Sites with versions in two or more languages may be listed in the categories for each language.
Sites offering online consumer sales of pet-related merchandise should be submitted to the appropriate breed/species category under Shopping/Pets
Commercial sites will only be listed if they include substantial non-commercial content.
Recreation/Pets/Animal_Assisted_Therapy is for sites dealing with the concepts and methodologies of this field or for national organizations. Local groups should submit their sites to the appropriate Regional/ locality.
Breeders'' sites should consist of more than just contact information.
Recreation/Pets/Sitters_and_Walkers is for informational sites only about the practice of professional animal caretakers. Services should submit their sites to the appropriate Regional/ locality.
Recreation/Pets/Travel is for sites about traveling with pets. Transportation agencies and boarding facilities should not be submitted here.
Recreation/Pets/Travel/Transportation is for pet transportation and quarantine sites.
Boarding facilities should submit their sites to the appropriate Regional/ local category.
Pet sitters, small-animal trainers and other local businesses or groups that provide pet services on a strictly local basis and are primarily of local interest should submit their sites to the appropriate Regional/ local category.
Pet health sites with content of a general nature or diseases, conditions and treatments should be submitted to Health/Animal/Pets
Veterinarian practices may submit to Regional/ and Health/Animal/Veterinary_Medicine/Veterinarians
Pet franchises should submit their sites to Business/
Some sites offer head-to-head ratings; where two or more images are displayed simultaneously and the user is required to select the best.
Other features often include a facility to add comments, contact the submitter and view a profile of the submitter, and lists of new, hot or ugly pictures.
- View pictures
- Submit pictures
- Rank or score images; best / most attractive first
- Filter out adult content
Sites with adult content should be submitted to the Adult category.
Sites which break the "best/most attractive first" rule should be submitted to Recreation/Picture_Ratings/Parodies
Pictures do not have to be of humans. Pet and car ranking are okay. However novelty categories (such as poo or riced up cars) should go in the Parodies category.
Where to submit:
- Sites with no English content should be submitted to World.
- Online stores should be submitted to the appropriate category of Shopping.
- Sites about aspects of the entertainment radio industry, including Internet broadcasts, talk radio, and radio personalities, should be submitted to the appropriate category of Arts: Radio.
- Sites of retailers and manufacturers should be submitted to a subcategory in Business.
- Sites of businesses, including public broadcast radio stations, may also submit to their locality in Regional.
- Informational sites about amateur, shortwave, CB, family two-way radios, and scanners should be submitted to a subcategory of Recreation: Radio.
Submit sites with photographs taken from the road, but not of the road, to Recreation: Travel: Travelogues or one of its subcategories.
Scouting aims to develop the mental, moral and physical capabilities of youth through a progressive program emphasizing outdoor activities. Scouting is well regarded for introducing young people to environmental issues, outdoor skills, community service projects, and co-operative activities. Scouting is a team that works on the patrol system and as such is a uniformed organization with a Promise and Law.
Sites must be in English or have significant English content. Sites in other languages should be submitted to the appropriate World (Language) category.
Topical Scouting Sites
The Scouting category has been divided into various topical sub-categories. Please consult the Directory sub-categories for an appropriate subject when submitting a subject oriented site.
International Scouting Organizations should be submitted to: Organizations sub-category.
National, regional and local council sites; Group, and Section sites:
Step ONE
consult the sub-category listings under Organizations
Step TWO,
Listed Scouting Associations
If the Scouting association to which your group belongs is listed please submit your site to the appropriate sub-category.
Unlisted Scouting Associations
If the Scouting association to which your group belongs is not yet listed under Organizations then select the country listed under Organizations and submit it to that Country sub category. If neither the Organization nor the Country is listed as a sub-category of Organizations then submit the site to:
Regional under the appropriate Geographic Area or Country
If you do not know where your site belongs submit it to this top category and we will find the proper placement.
Please submit entries in the following form:
Title: Title of park or web site
Description: Site includes hours of operations, photographs, and park history. [City, State, Country]
Note: Country can be omitted for parks in the United States.
In general, amusement center sites may be listed both in the appropriate Recreation: Theme Parks subcategory and the appropriate locality in Regional.
Submitting your site to the wrong category will delay your listing in the directory.
To speed the review of your site and its listing in the directory, please go to /Recreation/Trains and Railroads and use the add request form in the most appropriate category.
- Engage in the business of travel, whether it be direct travel providers (airlines, hotels, etc.), tour operators, or travel agents. Such sites may be considered for a maximum of one listing in Recreation/Travel categories.
- Offer personal travel accounts (primarily in Recreation/Travel/Travelogues)
- Offer travel tips and advice.
- Multiple submissions of the same site or multiple sites for the same business is abuse and against guidelines.
- Travel agents, tour operators, and travel providers may be considered for a maximum of one listing within the Recreation/Travel subcategories.
- Sites for all lodging establishments (including hotels, motels, inns, resorts, vacation rentals, bed and breakfast establishments, and hostels) will be listed once in the Lodging category for the city or town where they are located. Please submit such sites directly to the most specific category, starting here: Recreation/Travel/Lodging.
- Personal travel accounts with significant narrative content should be submitted to the Recreation/Travel/Travelogues category and its subcategories.