When I do a Yahoo Backlink search on my competitors: link:www.competitor.com Some are listed in various directories. How do i know which directories Yahoo will count? Is it only the reputable paid ones? I see all kinds of stuff from small directories to big ones. If I want to buy into a few...how do I know they will be counted by backlinks in Yahoo? If I buy into a directory that my competitor is in (that is counted by Yahoo)...will I be guarenteed that Yahoo will count that as a link for me too? I just want to make sure that every directory i pay for will be counted as a backlink in Yahoo. Do Share!
Nobody can guarantee you your link in any directory will be counted by Yahoo, even if your competitions is. The variables are far too many.
This is a very clever way to know that your link will be indexed and count (nobody can guarantee that will have a great inpact to your site rankings allthought).From my experience the better one are listed in the top of the results and less important follow.As for Google is different you have to type the full url of the competitor in the search box and see which links are more close to the top.
dont botter exploring your competitor's backlinks and stuph . Mind your own backlinks, dont mind the quantity. Sometimes its better to have a strong quality link per week , then a dozen scapy links per day
I have to disagree with what the others said. I often go through people's links in Yahoo and get links on the same pages. It stands to reason if it "counts" for them it will do the same for you.