Can you still get listed in the Yahoo Directory for free?

and if so, how long does it take?

 

With about 4 sites (non-commercial) i'm in the 8tm month. Still no inclusion.

Four different domains for the websites, four different categories.

 

I've been waiting about 5 months so far.

 

Yes you can. I got my site listed and it was accepted in less than a week. But it has to be non-commercial to apply for the free listing.

 

I submitted my Dog Forum Which is non comercial....so we'll see i guess.

 

Good luck. I was very surprised at quickly my site was added. In fact, it was added to the wrong category. I contacted one of thier editors and they very kindly moved it to the correct category. As much as I hate Yahoo, I was very pleasantly surprised by how nice and fast they were.

 

having my site listed in dmoz should help i would think

 

What do they consider "commercial"? Does having Adsense ads make it a commercial site in their eyes?

 

They only state "non-commercial".

There is no mention whatsoever about any broader description of that term

 

That's a good question. In my mind, I would say "no". I think adsense is so prolific that unless you're actually selling something, that they would understand that adsense allows website owners to monetize their websites.

 

was actually wondering about the adsense as well. I would say "no" too

 

Yahoo directory picked up one of my sites two days after it launched. I'm not sure how they found it though; I didn't submit it. It was featured here: http://picks.yahoo.com/

 

as others have said, yes, you can. In fact you do not even have to submit. I had a traffic jump in one site last month, figured out it had become yahoo listed.