SEO Tycoon

**otssolutions** · 11-13-2009, 02:17 AM

we are already listed in Dmoz.com should I spent money to list my website in Yahoo directory and Best of the web? whichh are the best paid directories to submit? and what the benefit to submit in yahoo and botw directory? does they worth the money I'll spend on them?

**Hosting24** · 11-13-2009, 09:12 AM

Do you really believe paid directories are the way to go? I think you may get identical results by submitting your site to free directories (and there are many of them). Unless you really, really believe that only paid directories will bring new customers to your site.

**chrishirst** · 11-13-2009, 09:32 AM

Depends on what you expect for the money.

**edgray** · 11-13-2009, 10:05 AM

I don't know anyone that uses directories. It's an appalling way to actually find things compared to searching in Google... the links are pretty low value too, personally, I wouldn't bother with any of them.

**KennyGee** · 11-13-2009, 10:05 AM

DMOZ is more than good enough. The money is better spent for some other improvements like getting additional content from service providers.

**Mike Smithfield** · 11-14-2009, 01:11 AM

Dmoz is the only one i will pay to get listed on. When you check the pr, it has 9. It means : seo benefits. I think is worth getting listed on it.

**larryatwt** · 11-14-2009, 02:26 AM

If you have budget you need to spend, then you can pay to list in yahoo directory. Otherwise I don't recommend.

**chrishirst** · 11-14-2009, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike Smithfield

Dmoz is the only one i will pay to get listed on. When you check the pr, it has 9. It means : seo benefits. I think is worth getting listed on it.

Totally wrong. Toolbar PR has absolutely NO SEO "benefits".

AND even if it had. IS YOUR link going to be on the "PR9" page?

No of course it isn't. It is going to be on some page buried 8 or 10 clicks away from any kind of "value", real or imagined.

Stop believing the hype put out by strangely enough directory owners who are preying on the gullible that the useless PR of the "home" page somehow makes it essential that you pay them for a listing on some page that is so remote from the "home" page not even they cannot find it!

**FlashRecorder** · 11-14-2009, 06:26 AM

Hope you get this in time. Yahoo is discontinuing the $299 cost for Yahoo Directory at the end of this year.

**Hosting24** · 11-16-2009, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike Smithfield

Dmoz is the only one i will pay to get listed on. When you check the pr, it has 9. It means : seo benefits. I think is worth getting listed on it.

Hey, where are you from? Year 2000?

**sampeterson** · 11-16-2009, 06:05 AM

Spending for yahoo directory is not worth IMHO.

**otssolutions** · 11-17-2009, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by chrishirst

Depends on what you expect for the money.

I have posted the same question in 3-4 webmaster forums, 70% them told me not to invest in yahoo directory but 30% does recommend it. what i can see is most of the sites which are ranking very well in google are listed over there. my website is ranking very good for my present keyword which are longtail keywords and dosnt bring much visitors to my website. now we are going in to phase II and we'll target some more competitive keywords. my question is would my website get any benefit from being listed in yahoo directory? My God m so confused :

**chrishirst** · 11-17-2009, 05:21 AM

Again it depends on what YOU mean as "benefits"

**otssolutions** · 11-17-2009, 05:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Again it depends on what YOU mean as "benefits"

by benefits I mean / ok another question, what is the benefits of listing in yahoo directory?

**chrishirst** · 11-17-2009, 05:34 AM

Ok. I'll put it another way.

What do you EXPECT to gain from being listed?

**otssolutions** · 11-17-2009, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Ok. I'll put it another way.

What do you EXPECT to gain from being listed?

see since I will complete for more competitive keywords now so I want it to support my next phase of SEO. obviously I'll continue all the other seo activities also. would listing in yahoo directory support my website?

**chrishirst** · 11-17-2009, 05:53 AM

Probably not.

It's just one link buried several "clicks" down in the pages, highly unlikely that it will be ever found by any real person to gain traffic from it.
The "link weight" from it is probably minimal, and should your "home" page appear in the Yahoo! SERPs, it will show the title and description from the directory entry.

**taylorutah** · 02:56 PM

I think it depends on the clients budget.

Benefits of Yahoo directory

Visibility

For a new website, a position in Yahoo directory adds to its exposure. It is seen by the human visitors as well as Yahoo Slurp, especially if the slurp is finding it difficult to crawl your site. In other words, Yahoo directories enhances your web presence.

Help in organic listing

Yahoo has never admitted this, but from the existing users, the hint is that being in the directory helps a website to be included in the organic listing of Yahoo. Though the impact is not very high, it indeed creates an effect indirectly.

Quality inbound link

Yahoo directory also serves as an inbound link to your site depending on your position and the category in which you are positioned.
Yahoo directory is not as relevant as it used to be. Still, it brings the necessary visibility to a new website. And if you are careful of the category in which you place your website, you can reap the benefits you had in mind while enlisting.

**taylorutah** · 07-14-2010, 02:56 PM

More support for Yahoo directory:

The benefit of the yahoo directory is mainly that yahoo's directory pages typically all have a pr 6 and up, which if you know something about buying links, $300 for a pr 6 site, for an entire year is considered dirt cheap. Pr6 links typically range $200 per month.