DMOZ effect on Google

[Tradnor]

Site A has PR6 and is listed on the relevant DMOZ page, which is also PR6. Site B (same topic) has PR5 and is not listed on the DMOZ page.

A Google search using the two primary keywords turns up Site A as the first result, Site B as the second result.

The DMOZ page has only three links, and the immediate category name is the same as those two keywords. Also, the domain name of Site B is those two keywords separated by a hyphen.

If Site B was added to the DMOZ page, do you think it would become the first result? Is it possible to tell?

[Robber]

Hi Tradnor,

Welcome to the boards. There is usually more to story than that, but it should certainly help.

[chiyo]

On a related note, I'm finding the category title of the DMOZ/Google directory listing, has perhaps the major influence on search returns by keyword.

Im assuming they are trusting DMOZ to a large degree to categorize sites, and much of the relevance quotient is derived from DMOZ.