Reno - 6:11 pm on Aug 20, 2007 (gmt 0)

Is it possible that Google does some sort of compare on the ODP to determine its authorities?

If that's true then it sure would be nice if DMOZ was an up-to-date functioning property, as opposed to what it appears to be now, which is an old snapshot of the WWW from several years ago.

I mean, think about it -- we know Google is presenting a PR bar which has a numeric value which is not necessarily current, and if what you're postulating is true, they may be using a directory (ODP) for authority verification which is also not current! Maybe it's the best anyone can do under the circumstances, but if so it does not engender a heckuva' lot of confidence, at least in regards to accuracy.

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