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Most Internet searchers are aware of the Google Directory. Not everyone understands how it works, however.
Searching the Google Directory is quite simple, as it's arranged by topic. Search terms narrow down through categories, until the appropriate sub-category is found. In that way, the Google Directory is similar to most other Internet directories.
When the appropriate search page is found, you will notice the results placed in Google PageRank order, from highest to lowest. PageRank is Google's own system, for measuring the importance of a website, based on the number and quality of its incoming links. By listing the results by PageRank, Google deems which results are more authoritative, by its own measurement system.
To get your site listed in the Google Directory, you must first have your site listed in the Open Directory Project, better known as DMOZ. At unspecified times; Google adds DMOZ results to its own Directory. Note that there is no relationship, between Google and the Open Directory Project, other than as a supplier of directory listings.
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