I have a site in dmoz that got 302 hijacked last year and I think it got my site banned in google. At first I emailed them the site got stolen and filed a DMCA with them, and they complied and deleted that redirect from the db. But my site never regained from it and is obviously being filtered for some reason. So I kept writing them... and pointed out that when I go to my cat page in their directory, my site is listed at the bottom of the page with a white bar.
...now, most of you are sitting there saying, "...and? what do you want us to do about it?", right? Well, I got the strangest email back from them finally that basically just makes no sense to me and I'm hoping anyone there can confirm any of this one way or the other...
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"Hi Rob,
Thank you for your reply. Please be assured that your site is not
currently banned or penalized by Google.
That said, we are aware of the problem that you are reporting. As you
may
know, the Google Directory is built on work done by the Open Directory
Project, a network of thousands of volunteers managed by Netscape.
Please
be assured that we are actively working with the ODP to find a
solution.
You may be interested to know that the Google Toolbar features an
integrated PageRank tool. This tool will allow you to see the PageRank
of
any site in the Google index.
You can learn more about the Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer at
http://toolbar.google.com/index_2, or the Google Toolbar for Firefox at
http://toolbar.google.com/firefox/index.html
We appreciate your interest in Google, and thank you for taking the
time
to contact us.
Regards,
The Google Team"
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...what do you all make of that? I mean that isn't your standard protocol reply. I mean, it just doesnt make any sense. Why would dmoz have anything to do with their directory.... you all just provide the data, THEY are the ones that arrange it in terms of PR. Why would they even SAY they they are going to contact you?
...now, most of you are sitting there saying, "...and? what do you want us to do about it?", right? Well, I got the strangest email back from them finally that basically just makes no sense to me and I'm hoping anyone there can confirm any of this one way or the other...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
"Hi Rob,
Thank you for your reply. Please be assured that your site is not
currently banned or penalized by Google.
That said, we are aware of the problem that you are reporting. As you
may
know, the Google Directory is built on work done by the Open Directory
Project, a network of thousands of volunteers managed by Netscape.
Please
be assured that we are actively working with the ODP to find a
solution.
You may be interested to know that the Google Toolbar features an
integrated PageRank tool. This tool will allow you to see the PageRank
of
any site in the Google index.
You can learn more about the Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer at
http://toolbar.google.com/index_2, or the Google Toolbar for Firefox at
http://toolbar.google.com/firefox/index.html
We appreciate your interest in Google, and thank you for taking the
time
to contact us.
Regards,
The Google Team"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
...what do you all make of that? I mean that isn't your standard protocol reply. I mean, it just doesnt make any sense. Why would dmoz have anything to do with their directory.... you all just provide the data, THEY are the ones that arrange it in terms of PR. Why would they even SAY they they are going to contact you?