My web site is www.mybes.com . 
I have my site listed in DMOZ.ORG as well as in Google directory.
However Google does not take into consideration the link from
directory.google.com and also from dmoz.
When I type into Google's Toolbar and click search, then follow by
clicking "pages link to", there are only a few links from other sites.
Most of it is listed by Google under "pages contain the term".

I saw most of the sites that were listed by DMOZ / Google directory,
one of it will sure appear in the Google's "link to" page and be
considered as very powerful link !! This will sure enhance the
PageRank in Google.

Can anyone tell me why there are 2 rules stick to this matter : some
listed as link and some not ? and also some links from partners are
treated as "pages contain term" while some are treated as a real links
?

What I need is real link recognized by Google, not just as "pages
contain the term" !!

Thank you.

Hello Mybes ~

When I perform a search in Google for www.mybes.com, I get the
following results:

  "Cheap web site hosting company. Low cost web hosting
   reseller ... 
   Low Cost Web Site Hosting Service. MyBes.com cheap web
   site hosting company offers low cost but reliable Linux
   web site hosting service ... 
   Description: Offers web hosting and web design. Profile,
   services, payment information and FAQs. Located in Taman...
   Category: Regional > Asia > ... > Sungai Petani > Business
   and Economy"

  "Google can show you the following information for this URL:

   Show Google's cache of www.mybes.com 
   Find web pages that are similar to www.mybes.com 
   Find web pages that link to www.mybes.com 
   Find web pages that contain the term "www.mybes.com"

The link to the Google search results is below:
  - ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=www.mybes.com

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Then clicking on "Find web pages that link to www.mybest.com" returns
36 results.
Here's that Google link:
  - ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=link:9C0QJdl3Zb4J:www.mybes.com/


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Clicking on the "Find web pages that contain the term www.mybes.com"
returns 109 results.
Here's the Google link:
  - ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22%2Bwww.mybes.%2Bcom%22


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Searching on DMOZ.org for www.mybes.com produces the following
results:

   "Search: www.mybes.com
    No Open Directory Project results found"


Searching for mybes.com (without the www) produces the following
results:
   "Open Directory Sites (1-1 of 1)

    Ewanstop Internet - Offers web hosting and web design.
    Profile, services, payment information and FAQs. Located
    in Taman Sejati Indah.
    -- http://www.mybes.com
    Regional: Asia: Malaysia: States: Kedah: Localities: Sungai
    Petani: Business and Economy   (1)

The dmoz.org search results are here:
  - http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search=mybes.com


Searching on Google for mybes.com (without the www.) produces the
following results:

   "Sorry, no information is available for the URL mybes.com

    If the URL is valid, try visiting that web page by clicking
    on the following link: mybes.com 
    Find web pages that contain the term "mybes.com"

Clicking on "Find web pages that contain the term mybes.com" produces
317 results.
  - ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22mybes.%2Bcom%22

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Finally:

Using Google's link:tool -entering the term "link: www.mybes.com"
(without the quotation marks) - returns 31 links

Entering just "link: mybes.com" (again, without the quotation marks)
returns 153 returns.

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I performed and mention all the above searches for a reason. The first
being that so far as search engine results are concerned, HOW you
search for those links makes a difference. You will get different
results for mybes.com depending on whether or not you use the www in
front of it. To get an accurate count, you should always use the www
for your links, it reduces the amount of confusion.

The reason DMOZ.org doesn't show up in your search is because your
site is listed in DMOZ.org *** WITHOUT *** the www in front of it, as
evidenced by the search above.


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Finally, the difference between "Find web pages that LINK TO
www.mybes.com" and "Find web pages that contain the term
"www.mybes.com" is that the "links" have the search term + PageRank of
at least PR4; while the "contain" have a lower PageRank.

This has been discussed several times in Webmaster World. Here's a
discussion thread on this subject here:

  - http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/16990.htm

A random check of the "links" pages and the "contain" pages for
www.mybes.com, and this proved out. Those sites listed as "link to"
have at least a PR of 4 (and some higher), and those that were in
"contained the term" had lower or no PR at all.

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You can read more about Google's PageRank in "PageRank Information"
   - ://www.google.com/webmasters/4.html

And "Our Search: Google Technology"
   - ://www.google.com/technology/index.html


Search Terms used -
  - Google: "links" + "contain the term"
  - Webmaster world: links + contain the term


I hope this helped clear up the matter for you,

Serenata
Google Answers Researcher

Thanks a million.
Very clear and detail with links to related resources given.
Keep up this good standard.