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marissa · 07-10-2006

My problem with the use of dmoz titles is this: one editor at dmoz thinks their choice of title is best... versus the very significant number of citations other websites have given us so we can earn our place at #4 (out of 78 million).

Wouldn't it be better to make the title the most common anchor text used if it is to be taken out of the hands of the website author?!?!

Our site on homelessness has fared well recently, now number four on Google for [homeless] and number one or two on yahoo and well who really cares what msn does... but damn Google for using our dmoz title 'Homeless - Australia' as that really puts off a lot of international traffic. The site is very international, but due to the dmoz crap we are missing out.

I am happy we have several listings in dmoz but it's certainly got it's downside.
Marrissa

07-10-2006	#1 (permalink)
marissa Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 28 Posts: 5	Google's use of DMOZ titles is hurting traffic My problem with the use of dmoz titles is this: one editor at dmoz thinks their choice of title is best... versus the very significant number of citations other websites have given us so we can earn our place at #4 (out of 78 million). Wouldn't it be better to make the title the most common anchor text used if it is to be taken out of the hands of the website author?!?! Our site on homelessness has fared well recently, now number four on Google for [homeless] and number one or two on yahoo and well who really cares what msn does... but damn Google for using our dmoz title 'Homeless - Australia' as that really puts off a lot of international traffic. The site is very international, but due to the dmoz crap we are missing out. I am happy we have several listings in dmoz but it's certainly got it's downside. Marrissa