hutcheson - 4:43 pm on Dec 14, 2005 (gmt 0)

There's a bit of priority clash here. Google uses the ODP tags because they think most of the time that's best (for Google search results). But the ODP guidelines do not take into account uses like that -- the descriptions should be written to be best IN THE CONTEXT OF THAT CATEGORY (for the ODP directory).

What's best for the webmaster doesn't enter into either calculation. And that's OK: what's best for Google or the ODP doesn't enter into many webmasters' calculations either, or the web wouldn't look anything like it does.