Google Not using DMOZ and reflects Meta Tags

[geoffreygag]

I have noticed thatin the last three weeks, Google ha not used the DMOZ title on my site. In addition, search resulstshave a high correlation to meta tags.

Is anybody else getting that recent change from Google results? To what degree has Google lowered their dependancy on DMOZ directory listings and listing title and respective description? Geoffrey

[kibiz]

well, if that's true, i would be soooo happy!

for goodness sakes, never knew what's so good about dmoz once the search engines came along ... who still uses directories to look for stuff?

would be best to not use their data at all

KIBIZ
Kinetics Innovation
Creative 3D Lenticular Gifts Packaging Designs

[maniactive]

For a while now, DMOZ.org has appeared to be understaffed....and I am wondering how relevant their model will continue to be.

Thousands and thoustands of new sites with pages and pages of content go up just about every day. Can a comparative handful of part-time volunteer editors handle the enormity of the task of viewing each submitted page, evaluating the content, and write descriptive liners?

The bugaboo is that DMOZ continues to count in terms of page rank. And it enhances visibility at the search engines. So the Open Directory Project's historical relevance as a human-edited, volunteer undertaking for-the-people, by-the-people is in need of a serious upgrade.

(Caveat: I used to be a DMOZ editor and loved the experience. But it requires a lot of unpaid work. When paying work comes pouring in, guess what activities tend to go to the wayside?)

And although I still have several sites listed at DMOZ....I get nary a visitor from them. But the description at Google is priceless.

Is Google going to cling to DMOZ....or is DMOZ going the way of the dinosaur....or will DMOZ revamp its model and become more relevant?

I would love to know.

[cspelts]

If you don't want Google to use the DMOZ description for your site, it's easy to fix!

<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOODP">

For more info:
http://sitemaps.blogspot.com/2006/07...-snippets.html

[Webnauts]

As mentioned above, if your listing does not show the content of your description meta tag, but instead shows information about your site taken from the Open Directory Project (ODP), you can force the search engine to use your description tag by including a robots meta tag like this: <meta name="robots" content="noodp">.

The "noodp" robots meta tag is fully supported by Google, Yahoo!, and MSN.

The description tag contents may not always be displayed in the search results. Often the search engines will display portions of your page's content which contain words used in the search query. This helps people to see if your page is relevant to their search request.