How DMOZ and Google co-operate...?

[Buket Tunc]

For the past several years I've made some applications to http://Dmoz.org to be listed in the directory --alike many webmasters. Because being listed in DMOZ to the fact means higher SERP in http://Google.com and http://Yahoo.com or http://Bing.com. While doing my daily routines on the web I saw that google had my website description changed --actually I never had a description

 

I was amazed to find out that DMOZ had recently added me to their directory <url removed> --and even more surprised to see that Google.com had taken up the description from DMOZ..com and now shown under SERP results.

 

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Now I have added a description to my website --and want to see if Google.com does continue or drop the description from DMOZ.

[Elper]

The short answer is that there is no cooperation... They and other search engines do as they wish, which sometimes includes using ODP descriptions in results... Imo the only way to consistently guarantee that they don't (if that's what you want) is to use the noodp tag...

[Buket Tunc]

I see now that Google.com has dropped the DMOZ description and taken up mine. This would only justify how credible DMOZ data is to Google.com

[pvgool]

I see now that Google.com has dropped the DMOZ description and taken up mine. This would only justify how credible DMOZ data is to Google.com

No, just the opposite.

If Google can find a good title and description on the website it will use that title and description. If Google can not find one or both on the website it will use the title and/or description as provided by DMOZ (if available).

So if Google uses the DMOZ title and/or description it means that the website itself lacks them.

[sjw]

No, just the opposite.

If Google can find a good title and description on the website it will use that title and description. If Google can not find one or both on the website it will use the title and/or description as provided by DMOZ (if available).

So if Google uses the DMOZ title and/or description it means that the website itself lacks them.

 

I'm glad to hear that. Our (company) website has the title and description showing up in G's search results as we want them (eg, as written ourselves), and I wondered if the details listed in DMOZ would show up instead after having been entered into the directory.

 

By the looks/sounds of things, often the description given in DMOZ isn't quite what the site owners want search results to show. I guess it's a good way to tell people to check their meta data.

[jimnoble]

You might like to research the NOODP metatag.

[Eric-the-Bun]

often the description given in DMOZ isn't quite what the site owners want search results to show.

The DMOZ description should tell people what is on the website allowing them to decide whether they want to visit.

 

An owner often wants an advertisement of sorts to get people to visit irrespective of whether they offer what the searcher is looking for.

 

The two are rarely the same

 

regards