Just a quick question about site description

Hi all!

My question is very simple:

Is it advisable (or does it make enough sense) to specify the geographical location in the site description taking into account that the geographical location is already determined by the category where the site is listed? To be more specific, I'm talking about submitting a multilingual site that offers accomodation facilities in an determined geographical location targeted to international guests. Thinking about search queries from users searching info through the directory.

Thank you.

If you have point exactly where your site can be listed - like "Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: England: Bristol" i suppose that it is not necessary to give description that your business is in Bristol.

However, there also will be editor to see your site and to decide how and where to list it.

And if there is no Cat exactly matching to your business - by writing, that your business is related with geographic region you will help editor

Thank you, Budalata, for your reply!

I'm still thinking of a user trying to find accomodation facilities in an determined geographical location, e.g., if the user searches for "accommodation in Bristol", wold he get the relevant results if the geographical location is not mentioned in the site description?

ODP is primarily a directory, not a search engine. The user looking for accommodation in Bristol would simply navigate to the ../Bristol/../Accommodation category. There'd be no need to include the Bristol keyword in the description.

ODP's rudimentary search is best used to get close to the appropriate category, not to look for individual websites.

For a search engine, what you say is true. That's why most search engines index the sites content.

But a directory is not a search engine. A directory is meant for those searches where you want to find a group of similiar sites, not just a single one. So searches are on directory content, not on site content. If you search for "accommodation bristol", a category with sites offering accomodation in bristol should appear.

That our search shows listings below the categories is just a shortcut for those users who know exactly what they search, not for those searching sites for a specific topic.

...and of course, the best place for that information is on the website itself, not in the suggested description.