Google Directory Listings in multiple countries

[AaronParrish]

I was doing some competitive link research and one of the sites I was looking at has links in multiple Google Directories of other countries. By that I mean a listing in:

• www.google.pl
• www.google.hu
• www.google.pt
• www.google.co.nz
• www.google.ie
• www.google.com.sg
• www.google.vg
• and a few others

It seemed kind of odd because the site getting these links is a ranch in Oregon. Here is the Open Site Explorer info.

I'm a bit of a noob so I've never seen this before. Are these kinds of links worth pursuing? If so, how did they get these multiple listings?

[leadsprofi]

Hi,

Yes this is fully correct, google is using the directores ODD and this is normaly, my websites have the same thing, because the ODD is in multiple language, and google for each ccTLD domain like, google.co.uk / google.de etc.. for each one is using the odd on the parent language.

Your competitor websites is for a long time registered on ODD and for that reason.

bye

[RyanKent]

I looked at the site. It is 8 very simple pages. The site is 100% in English. There is nothing to indicate in any way that it supports or relates to people from other countries. The URL is 10 years old. I don't see any links to the site from the Linking Domains.

As far as links from foreign directories, it can never hurt to receive links from Google directories. With that said, it really depends on your market. Are you set up to sell to customers from other countries? If so, you can explore many avenues such as translated pages, VAT, currency exchange rates, does your shopping cart support these other countries, and so forth.