Google bans DMOZ?

cowren · 04-06-2006, 08:11 AM

i hear from somebody in the web that Google banned some sites in the DMOZ, is it real? when i start my site, i submit to DMOZ also. worrying....

http://www.seoearnings.com/seo/googl...open_directory

cowren

**GuyFromChicago** · 04-06-2006, 08:44 AM

The chatter is about dmoz clones, not dmoz itself.

http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/003614.html

sixty6 · 04-06-2006, 08:46 AM

oh my god, I ought to smack you for writing the title as "Google Bans DMOZ", especially since I thought Google banned their own website, change your title and don't believe everything you hear. I ought to give you bad rep, but you joined around a week ago, so I will spare you from my wrath.

Submitting to DMOZ is not 100% going to get indexe. Firstly the biggest problem is for them to ACCEPT your site, which they rarely do unless your PR5 or PR6 I think. DMOZ also doesn't gaurantee your inclusion in Google, it just gives you a link to your site, which Google picks up. However, they are a little bit powerful since it's an open directory working with Google.

sixty6 · 04-06-2006, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cowren

i hear from somebody in the web that Google banned some sites in the DMOZ, is it real? when i start my site, i submit to DMOZ also. worrying....

http://www.seoearnings.com/seo/googl...open_directory

cowren

Also you said you heard it from "somebody", but why do you have it in your sig? I bet you own it and are desperate for traffic

Joking... That's strike two if I find out it's your site!!

Mong · 04-06-2006, 10:12 AM

I would be happy if google will ban big website which has hundreds of adult entries

**John Scott** · 04-06-2006, 10:33 AM

cowren, we already have one of your posts in the spam can. Any more posts like these directing people to your own site will be shot on sight.

irka · 04-07-2006, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by sixty6

Firstly the biggest problem is for them to ACCEPT your site, which they rarely do unless your PR5 or PR6 I think.

Wrong!!!

I submitted plenty of websites who has no PR (now they have) and got accepted in 1 to 2 months, so did Zeal.
I think if your website is a free content website or an international organization they tend to add them into their web directories more quickly.

stoner3221 · 04-09-2006, 11:24 AM

I remember a couple of months ago reading a Google patent article using DMOZ clone sites specifically as a poor quality website. The article was related to trust rank.

sixty6 · 04-09-2006, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by irka

Wrong!!!

I submitted plenty of websites who has no PR (now they have) and got accepted in 1 to 2 months, so did Zeal.
I think if your website is a free content website or an international organization they tend to add them into their web directories more quickly.

It depends on the directory...

**cldnails** · 04-09-2006, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnScott

cowren, we already have one of your posts in the spam can. Any more posts like these directing people to your own site will be shot on sight.

I gave you some rep for that. lol
Hell, anything controversial to gain some page views.