Napoleon - 11:24 am on Aug 20, 2001 (gmt 0)

>> is anybody keeping checks on exact date google re-indexes spiders etc <<

Seems broadly to be between 19th-23rd... at least as far as the first iteration is concerned(usually www2).

>> i believe dmoz is more important to google than yahoo! <<

My experience is that there is not much in it... but if I had to call one or the other, however, I would probably agree with you.