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g1smd
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Joined: Jul 28, 2002
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Posted: 2005-Mar-10 21:59
It hasn't. That's another myth. A link is a link.
Get links from somewhere; it doesn't have to be ODP.
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webprod
Joined: Jan 07, 2000
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Posted: 2005-Mar-11 08:56
I think google places a lot more importance from ODP than from another directory that has a similar page rank. Well thats what Ive always thought. For instance If I submitted a site to 30 top directories and I submitted another site to ODP the second one would have its listings higher than the other site.
Plus the big difference is that many search engines and directories pick their listings up from ODP including google and Yahoo & AOL used to as well (I'm not sure if they still do?)
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rodders
Joined: Aug 01, 2005
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Posted: 2005-Aug-01 14:44
<It hasn't. That's another myth. A link is a link.>
Google treats links from high pr sites different than those from low pr sites. Also the relevancy of the site comes into play.
If you have a site listed in a Dmoz category, lots of other site use this info to propagate their own listings pages. Google picks these up as links to your site and this helps increase your google PR.
I agree totally that people should go and get links from other sites but they should ensure the relevancy of that site and check it's PR before doing so.
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macdesign
Joined: Sep 13, 2004
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Posted: 2005-Aug-01 17:51
I have two sites for a business, from a DMOZ point of view they are fraternal mirrors, since the contents are essentially equivalent.
The one listed in DMOZ has a PR of 3, but that's because I have many more other sites linking to it.
The one not in DMOZ has a PR of 2, and has almost no other sites linking to it.
The bottom line of course is which one makes me money, and it turns out that 90% of my business comes from the one that is not in DMOZ and has the lower PR.
Same thing for another business - two sites with virtually identical content. One in DMOZ and one not. Google likes them both.
Lots of other sites I have that are not in DMOZ and rank well in Google.
Your DMOZ listing and the efforts towards getting it, should not take out more than 15 minutes of your life. If it does, you are wasting time. On the other hand if you do want to get listed - if you spend less than 1 minute writing a description and choosing a category [as many submissions I look at seem to reflect], don't expect an editor to be rushing to list it.
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Hampstead
Joined: Feb 20, 2001
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Posted: 2005-Aug-01 22:50
As long as I can remember.
Google shares the dmoz index and assumes that because a human editor has visited your website and deemed it fit for inclusion, your website is given a higher credibility rating.
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