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Old 04-26-2006, 10:58 AM   #1 (permalink)
John Scott
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Exclamation DMOZ Listing Penalty

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=v7+inc

I noticed this a while back, and it is really starting to get me down.

Google is using the title from DMOZ listing instead of the page title on the indexed page.

Quote:
Originally Posted by V7 Page Title
<TITLE>V7 Quality Web Hosting - Voted Best Host of the Year</TITLE>
That page title gets clicks and converts.

But Google shows it as:

Quote:
V7 Inc
And they are getting that from DMOZ.

Same thing is happening on this search.

Instead of using the actual page title, which mentions "discount", it just uses the DMOZ listing title.
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