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Google VS. Google Directory?

Listed high on web search, not at all in directory!

         

Aaron Michaels

3:36 pm on Feb 14, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Could someone please explain to me why my site is listed in the top 10 using any of 14 of my chosen key phrases, yet not at all listed in the Google Directory?
How can I determine my site's PR?
Thanks for your help!

RussellC

3:43 pm on Feb 14, 2003 (gmt 0)

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You need to me listed in DMOZ to be listed in the Google Directory.

choster

3:46 pm on Feb 14, 2003 (gmt 0)

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The Google Directory is a Google-enhanced version of the directory provided by the ODP (http://dmoz.org/ ).

The time it takes to get your site listed in the ODP database can range from one hour to one year. The time it takes to generate an RDF file (http://rdf.dmoz.org/ ) from the listings in the directory database is normally one week, although a combination of technical problems prevented one from being created for several months. The time it takes from new RDF generation to appearance in the Google Directory ranges, but we often hear one month bandied about.

Aaron Michaels

3:50 pm on Feb 14, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Thank you for your replies.
I have been trying to get my site listed in DMOZ for months but to no avail, as yet. Is there any other way I can figure out my sites PR?
...I know...I know...patience is a virtue :)

rogerd

4:02 pm on Feb 14, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Welcome to WebmasterWorld, Aaron. Download the Google Toolbar to check your PR.

stuntdubl

5:41 pm on Feb 14, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Sometimes you can find out what the hold up is at at DMOZ's 'resource zone'.

[resource-zone.com...]

It's a nice way to contact the editor in your category.

WindSun

9:39 pm on Feb 14, 2003 (gmt 0)

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"I have been trying to get my site listed in DMOZ for months but to no avail.."

If you are already high on keyword searches, not likely that being listed in ODP will make any difference at all.

A while back one of our sites was dropped, and our PR actually went up (although I doubt that being dropped had anything to do with that). ODP is only one of about 300 inicoming PR4+ links to our main site, so its' effect is pretty much nil.