Google Directory Lists BupmZee! For My URL

By Fr Vlad Zablotskyy April 23, 2007

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(UPDATE: Scott Explained Why it Happened. Thanks Scott!)

Whether it is a side effect of my domain being difficult to spell or remember or just simple a result of so called “collective intelligence”, Google Directory really has catching up to do. I have just recently installed Aaron Wall’s SEO Tool for Firefox and while checking out this domain I have noticed that it showed my site being listed at Dmoz, when it fact it is not:

Initially I thought it may have been just listed there in last few days but after checking out Dmoz Directory my site is no where to be found. Evidently Aaron’s widget is pulling in results from Google Directory but as you will see in the image bellow it is wrongly attributes BumpZee’s listing when you search for this blogs URL:

After reading Sam’s post about Google acquiring “claim your content” URLs, I wonder if BumpZee‘s creator and developer would have a case against me in the future? I hope not! Any thoughts?

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http://www.bumpzee.com Scott Jangro
It's not listing BZ as your URL. That just happens the only search result in the google directory that has your entire website address indexed in it.
Look at the cached page. Your entire domain is listed in a zee you posted. That's why it's showing up for that search, “www.volodymyrzaplotskyy.com”
http://www.volodymyrzablotskyy.com Vlad
Darn it, I thought I was was onto something lol
http://www.volodymyrzablotskyy.com Vlad
On the other hand it is quiet interesting. I wonder if anyone ever gets much traffic from Google Directory?
http://finaltag.com Pranav
“I wonder if anyone ever gets much traffic from Google Directory?”
- the Directory listing is actually worth a lot in terms of linkback value. so most traffic is indirect and heavily influences your SE score.
You are not listed in google directory because it's a very old version of dmoz, I don't remember the last time they update to fresher content from the dmoz database. it's best just to search dmoz for your domain to see where you are listed.
http://www.bumpzee.com Scott Jangro
It’s not listing BZ as your URL. That just happens the only search result in the google directory that has your entire website address indexed in it.
Look at the cached page. Your entire domain is listed in a zee you posted. That’s why it’s showing up for that search, “www.volodymyrzaplotskyy.com”
http://www.volodymyrzablotskyy.com Vlad
Darn it, I thought I was was onto something lol
http://www.volodymyrzablotskyy.com Vlad
On the other hand it is quiet interesting. I wonder if anyone ever gets much traffic from Google Directory?
http://www.volodymyrzablotskyy.com Vlad
@Pranav
“I don't remember the last time they update to fresher content from the dmoz database.”
Evidently they do refresh it often. The “zee” Scott is referring to was written by me just a few days ago.
“it's best just to search dmoz for your domain to see where you are listed.”
I did that and there is not a sign that my site is anywhere at dmoz (huge wink to a dmoz editor)
http://finaltag.com Pranav
“I wonder if anyone ever gets much traffic from Google Directory?”
- the Directory listing is actually worth a lot in terms of linkback value. so most traffic is indirect and heavily influences your SE score.
You are not listed in google directory because it’s a very old version of dmoz, I don’t remember the last time they update to fresher content from the dmoz database. it’s best just to search dmoz for your domain to see where you are listed.
http://www.volodymyrzablotskyy.com Vlad
@Pranav
“I don’t remember the last time they update to fresher content from the dmoz database.”
Evidently they do refresh it often. The “zee” Scott is referring to was written by me just a few days ago.
“it’s best just to search dmoz for your domain to see where you are listed.”
I did that and there is not a sign that my site is anywhere at dmoz (huge wink to a dmoz editor)
http://www.domaininform.net jame kingsted – domain name ex
I guess that means the tool is pretty much worthless ha. I bet you got really excited about about a dmoz listing.
http://www.volodymyrzablotskyy.com Vlad
@Jame
I think the tool may have been good a while back. Many similar tools due for update now. I noticed that MSN does not report incoming links the way they used to. I am not sure if that is an option anymore.
http://www.domaininform.net jame kingsted – domain name expert
I guess that means the tool is pretty much worthless ha. I bet you got really excited about about a dmoz listing.
http://www.volodymyrzablotskyy.com Vlad
@Jame
I think the tool may have been good a while back. Many similar tools due for update now. I noticed that MSN does not report incoming links the way they used to. I am not sure if that is an option anymore.

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