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« on: November 22, 2003, 07:35:20 AM » |
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I finally show up in a google search which is great. That being said I want to tweak my google description or keywords I submitted the first time to Google and the DMoZ. Do I just resubmit my site again or will this piss them off?
Also, everytime I make extensive changes to my website should I be resubmitting to google? Or once I'm listed does it automattically update from there.
Thanks for your continued help.
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Coon
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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2003, 10:41:20 AM » |
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Google usually updates your site one their own, but it won't hurt to submit your site again just in case. As long as you don't submit your site 50 times in a week, you should be fine.  Google updates many sites differently. The sites with higher PRs get updated on a daily basis usually, however the ones with lower PRs or no page ranks at all get crawled once or twice a month. Some sites do get lucky though and get updated quite a bit even with low PRs. |
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dedmond29
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« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2003, 11:41:39 AM » |
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Make sure you follow the guidelines for DMOZ to the tee - otherwise, you can be fairly certain to get ignored. And, depending on the category and the editor - and how many submissions get sent in, it can take days to months. 2 sites I work with actually got listed within 2-3 weeks, and one I had - which I thought was the best one, took almost 6 months!
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« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2003, 01:38:48 PM » |
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Yeah, it can be a long wait. I submitted my site more than 6 months ago and it's still not listed with DMOZ. I even asked the editors and they said it's a normal wait... I should be patient. I don't believe them though. There hasn't been one site added to the category that I am submiting to. That tells me that the editor is not active or isn't even there any longer.
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dedmond29
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« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2003, 02:24:12 PM » |
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I had a situation where I was submitting to a category with no editor - and the category above mine had an editor who may have been running/or associated with a competing business.
I ended up posting a thread in Resource Zone to get more information - and after a lengthy discussion - finally got in.
In general, it has been my opinion, that as long as you are doing the right things to get in - and being professional and courteous, and they haven't told you you won't get in, that eventually you'll get placed.
I have heard of many though, who never get in and still do pretty well - so not being in DMOZ is not an end all for a business!
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« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2003, 02:25:35 PM » |
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That's another helpful tool for information on The Open Directory: http://www.resource-zone.com/Open Forum for DMOZ information - very helpful. |
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« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2003, 09:08:53 AM » |
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Hi expert_21,
How are you searching for your site in DMOZ? Are you using key words or the exact url?
When I tried to look for my site using the url, I never found it, and that is why it was weeks after it was placed that I finally noticed it was there. I don't know how a person can search for a url listing on dmoz b/c that search capability doesn't appear to work right.
A sad, sad thing that this "premier" search engine has so many little quirks and glitches that keep it from even being a pleasant experience to search for sites on it. If it didn't provide backup results for Google, how important would DMOZ be?
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dedmond29
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« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2003, 09:09:16 AM » |
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Once you get listed it can take a few weeks for you to appear in the search strings - congratulations on getting in btw!
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« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2003, 09:19:20 AM » |
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I don't know if it powers the results of Google - rather, Google uses DMOZ for it's Web Directory, the same as a large range of other websites, catalogs and SE's (use the ODP).
It's not really a search engine, and I wouldn't ever recommend people use it for consumer based searches. But it's the largest, and (in my opinion) best human edited directory of websites out there and is completely volunteer based - which in many ways (especially in these days) makes it completely unique in design and concept. Only an opinion - feel free to disagree!
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« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2003, 09:20:51 AM » |
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Hi dedmond29, I didn't say that it powers Google's results. It is a backup to Google's results. If Google doesn't have a link it can find for your search, it looks at ODP for a link. Thanks. Addendum: Here is a chart at http://searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/article.php/2167981 that shows where various search engines get their backup results. |
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« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2003, 09:26:09 AM » |
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For Google according to the link: I think that means where they get their Directory Data from - not necessarily backup results in this case. - I could be mistaken.
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