I got accepted to Yahoo Directory!

[shauner]

Well I was contemplating paying up the $300 submission fee to get my MySpace resource site listed in the Yahoo directory, but I decided to try submitting for free and see what happens. Well I just checked my stats and I saw a few dozen hits from directory.yahoo - and sure enough there it is. I submitted less than a week ago.

I hope this new listing really gives a boost in traffic. What kind of traffic have those of you in the directory already gotten?

[mjewel]

Traffic is fairly minimal in most cases, but it really depends on the category. The main benefit is that it should help you in search rankings - although yahoo currently gives a listing a lot less weight that it used to - supposedly because directory listings were dominating their natural search results.

[noppid]

Congrats. Way to go! I need luck like that.

[danielbruzual]

That's great news.

Do you have any particular tips for other people that want to get accepted for free?

[mjewel]

The myspace url in your profile isn't in the yahoo directory. Are you sure it wasn't an editor checking the site you submitted?

[shauner]

The myspace url in your profile isn't in the yahoo directory. Are you sure it wasn't an editor checking the site you submitted?

I did notice the editor visited my site a couple days ago too. But the link for my directory listing is this:

http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Cultures_and_Groups/Cyberculture/Social_Networks/MySpace/


That's great news.

Do you have any particular tips for other people that want to get accepted for free?

As far as tips I think it is pretty much luck, much like getting dmoz listed. My description was changed by the editor as well, so I consider it the luck of the draw. That and I run YPN on my site. I noticed most of the MySpace resource sites in the directory run YPN and not Adsense. Could mean nothing, could mean everything.

[jnash]

i got good results my first week with website i used to have i think i got around 5000 hits a month

[shauner]

i got good results my first week with website i used to have i think i got around 5000 hits a month

What type of site was it?

[mjewel]

Thanks. The listing is so new it isn't coming up in the directory search yet.

[jnash]

it was called expresswallets.com and i sold leather wallets from marshall wallets my pricing structure was low and i still could not compete with the bigger more established sellers i think it's a parked page now i dont own the domain anymore.

[Deadlock]

Congrats.. I just submitted my gaming site as well. Maybe I'll get lucky and have the same results as you did.

[hotpop]

I did notice the editor visited my site a couple days ago too. But the link for my directory listing is this:

http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Cultures_and_Groups/Cyberculture/Social_Networks/MySpace/
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How did your know thar editor visited your site?
Is this link lifetime?
Will you have to submit again next year?
Thanks

[patentinformation]

Congratulations. I have tried several times, but all failed.




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[imteaz]

congratulatation, i have submitted my site too.. lets see:)

[vistadivine.com@gmail.com]

Thats great news so do you get any traffic from the Yahoo Directory.

[ablaye]

Congratulations. I should try too.

[jacksmith]

it seems to be your lucky day... congrats. hope it brings lot of traffic to you :)

[PowerMoney]

I've had bad experience with yahoo, i've submitted there but really no answer. so yes, i think it is luck indeed as you say. plus i do think that it favors your site that you got ypn. its a great asset to show to a company that you are a syndicate. they feel good about it. :)

[ablaye]

So how is your traffic like now??
I am thinking about paying the $299 fee to get included in the directory.

[motheninja]

Congratulations. I have tried several times, but all failed.




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same here. ONE DAY though. ONE DAY. or maybe not :D

[glorybeme]

So how is your traffic like now??
I am thinking about paying the $299 fee to get included in the directory.

The $299 only gets them to look at your site, it does not guarantee that your site will get it.

I didn't know that you could submit your site for free, what page did you use to submit for free?

[ketan9]

Well I was contemplating paying up the $300 submission fee to get my MySpace resource site listed in the Yahoo directory, but I decided to try submitting for free and see what happens. Well I just checked my stats and I saw a few dozen hits from directory.yahoo - and sure enough there it is. I submitted less than a week ago.

I hope this new listing really gives a boost in traffic. What kind of traffic have those of you in the directory already gotten?

How do you get included for free in yahoo directory?? I could not find a link to do that, please share some info. Thanks,


---edited===> I found that now, thanks for posting.

[quick5pnt0]

Goto the category your site should be in and on the bottom of the page is a "Suggest a Site" link. From there you can select paid or free submissions.

[shauner]

Goto the category your site should be in and on the bottom of the page is a "Suggest a Site" link. From there you can select paid or free submissions.

You're correct, that's how I submitted mine. So far traffic from being listed in the MySpace category on the Yahoo Directory is about 10 uniques a day... not anywhere near where I thought but I am getting an increase in my Yahoo search rankings since being accepted.

[PokerDIY]

Nice one Shauner - I personally paid the cash a little while ago for PokerDIY - I'll never know if I could have got in free ;)

[chriscoop]

Thanks for the tip. I submitted also a requested to get listed. Now fingers crossed. I have also submitted a feed with the yahoo site explorer tool to get more pages indexed.

[ablaye]

The $299 only gets them to look at your site, it does not guarantee that your site will get it.

I didn't know that you could submit your site for free, what page did you use to submit for free?

You can only submit for free non-commercial websites. If you are making money of your website (i.e. selling goods and services), then the free submission does not apply to you.

I did pay the $299 fee for Yahoo to take a look at my site. I do hope that I will get accepted.