Comments on: Google removes Yahoo & DMOZ recommendation from its webmaster guidelines

By: Tom Doyle

Tom Doyle — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:00:26 +0000

I’d have to disagree with you John.

I’ve seen it have a huge effect in SERPs for numerous clients. It’s nothing to do with it being indexed quicker. Google gave some extra weighting for having your site listed in one of these directories.

And note I said “was”. With DMOZ you couldn’t submit a site to it for nearly a year, possibly more.

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registrazione nelle directory DMOZ e YAHOO! - Google dice che non serve più — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:20:18 +0000

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By: John

John — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:36:41 +0000

> Having links in these directories was a great benefit to your sites ranking
Only in the eyes of so called SEO experts. People with real knowledge knew that this myth has never been a fact.
Being listed in these directories increased your chance of being found by Google (and other SE). Ofcourse all links to your site increaed that chance. Nothing has changed. Having a listing in the big directories still makes your site found by Google.
A listing in DMOZ or Yahoo does not increase your ranking in the search results and never has.