Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'noodp'

Title tags in the search results are very important, they drive clicks, which drives sales. It now appears that Google is pulling the title for some listings from Google Maps and not from the title tag in the page's source...

Posted on July 16, 2009 9:07 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread reports that Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, which launched the other day, does not seem to support the NOODP tag. The NOODP tag tells the search engine not to use the Open Directory Project's title or description...

Posted on June 2, 2009 8:32 AM

I wanted to squash a theory before it even gets out there, well, I may be a bit too late for that... As we know, Yahoo! Adds NOYDIR Support To Exclude Yahoo! Directory Titles in Yahoo! Search Results. And at...

Posted on March 1, 2007 7:08 AM

Middle of December we reported that Yahoo! said they would be adding support for a no Yahoo Directory tag, similar to the NOODP tag, by the end of this month. Tim Mayer of Yahoo! has posted an update in the...

Posted on January 31, 2007 8:19 AM

The eleventh edition of the Search Pulse has now been archived. We were able to discuss in detail about half of the topics I wanted. This week, we had on Eric Ward to discuss one of the most discussed topics...

Posted on December 20, 2006 7:01 AM

Back on October 26th, we reported Yahoo! To Add No Yahoo Directory Tag. Since then, it has been very quiet on the Yahoo! front for this topic. Finally, Tim Mayer of Yahoo! replied to the questions as to when it...

Posted on December 18, 2006 7:33 AM

Outstanding news, Tim Mayer from Yahoo! has told us via WebmasterWorld that Yahoo! is working on a No Yahoo Directory Tag, to compliment their recent support of NOODP Tag for Yahoo! Search. Tim said; Yes we are working on it....

Posted on October 26, 2006 8:04 AM

The Yahoo! Search Blog announced support of the NOODP tag, which enables site owners to tell Yahoo! to not display the ODP title and description in the Yahoo! search results. This is a direct response from webmasters communicating in the...

Posted on October 25, 2006 7:06 AM

Last night on the sixth edition of the search pulse Tim Mayer came on the show to remark on my Request To Yahoo! To Add Support For No Directory Tag. He said that in about a week, Yahoo! like Google...

Posted on October 11, 2006 7:33 AM

I pleaded with Yahoo in the past to Please Enable a No Yahoo! Directory Tag, and I am doing it again. It is especially important now, that Yahoo! adds support for this tag. Webmasters are confused, they think that because...

Posted on October 4, 2006 7:16 AM

Yahoo!, please enable a method of requesting that you do not display the Yahoo! Directory title in the search results. I mean, I know I like my title, because it is cute, but still, I rather the title listed in...

Posted on August 30, 2006 8:14 AM

On July 13th, Google added support for the NOODP tag and Webmasters rejoiced. But there seems to be a number of reports that claim the NOODP tag is hurting their rankings. All claim that the only change they made to...

Posted on August 1, 2006 7:44 AM