Do you think $299 worth or not ?

Discussion in 'Yahoo' started by wkcalvin, Apr 12, 2007.

  1. #1
    I want to pay Yahoo $299 to list at Yahoo directory, how do you think ? is it worth ? How many traffic I can get ?

    Thanks
     
    wkcalvin, Apr 12, 2007 IP
  2. mjewel

    mjewel Prominent Member

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    #2
    This exact question has been asked and answered many times. You can do a search to see the many different opinions. The short answer, yahoo directory isn't usually going to produce a lot of traffic, but it should help you in rankings with yahoo and google.
     
    mjewel, Apr 12, 2007 IP
  3. apnagopal

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    #3
    why one should pay this much money. ????????????
     
    apnagopal, Apr 13, 2007 IP
  4. ZeRo_CoOl

    ZeRo_CoOl Peon

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    #4
    Cause of the exposer as well as page rank you could receive.
     
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  5. 2bnumber1

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    #5
    Google and other search engines place a lot of trust in Yahoo's Directory which results in high and quick page rank.
     
    2bnumber1, Apr 13, 2007 IP
  6. wwwhome

    wwwhome Active Member

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    #6
    one of my client's site ranks well in yahoo results,after been in yahoo directory.but seems only little help in google ranking.
     
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  7. FeverMan

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    err It's too much but i don't know about traffic that u get
     
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  8. Dubz

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    #8
    If you are established and want a boost. SURE.

    If not. NO - spend it on other things.

    I'm in the Yahoo Dir and I get minimal traffic from it. It's just good for PR and of course Page Strength as SeoMoz takes it into consideration with Wiki & Dmoz.
     
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  9. swapnil90

    swapnil90 Well-Known Member

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    #9
    You better invest it in Google than Yahoo
     
    swapnil90, Apr 13, 2007 IP
  10. glorybeme

    glorybeme Well-Known Member

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    It works out to about $25/monthly. I have read posts like this and some people say it worked for them, others thought it was a waste of money. My site is 3 years old and it does okay in G & Msn but Yahoo, terrible rankings so last week I paid the $299. I will update in a few weeks to see if getting in the directory increased my position in the serps.
     
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  11. jabb

    jabb Peon

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    #11
    Yahoo use the yahoo directory listing title and description of your homepage in their results, you can actually lose traffic because of that, homepage wise anyway.
     
    jabb, Apr 13, 2007 IP
  12. Zerosleep

    Zerosleep Established User

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    #12
    I think you should Invest it in Yahoo Directory, because it will help your site improve ranking in Yahoo and Google too ;)
    Also a Good PR Backlink :D
     
    Zerosleep, Apr 13, 2007 IP
  13. glorybeme

    glorybeme Well-Known Member

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    Can you explain how you would lose traffic? I got an email my site was excepted, and it would show up in the directory in 2-4 days. It didn't say what the title, and description was.
     
    glorybeme, Apr 13, 2007 IP
  14. login

    login Notable Member

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    #14
    Its not worth it, buy high PR links instead.
     
    login, Apr 13, 2007 IP
  15. jabb

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    #15
    Yahoo directory doesn't allow keyword title and description in your submission. Since in most cases yahoo search pulls the data from your directory listing, your page in the search results won't show up as it does in your meta description (with keywords in title etc) it will just show up as your sitename. The title tag is an important part of ranking, which is how you could lose rankings for that page, i have anyway.
     
    jabb, Apr 13, 2007 IP
  16. Pixelrage

    Pixelrage Peon

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    #16
    because the newest thing is charging exorbitant amounts of money just to get somewhat noticed on the internet :mad:
     
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  17. bigrollerdave

    bigrollerdave Well-Known Member

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    I did this a while ago. I made a thread on it that tracked my progress. At first it was amazing I shot all the way up to #4 with a keyword that has 30,000,000 results. I stayed there for about 2-3 weeks bringing in a total of about 50,000 uniques. That was back when I had ypn which was making like 1,000-1,500 a day =). After the 3 weeks was up though I started to fall back down. I didn't change anything on my site or anything I just fell for no reason. I'm now like #100 and no one ever finds my site. They also change your title and description and you have no way to change it back. Instead of having an informative title it just shows your domain name. All in all it was worth it for me because of ypn paying so well. If you have adsense and you're not making a decent amount per click I wouldn't do it if I was you. It also was no help for my google rank it still stayed the same. Hope this post helps a little.
     
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  18. Pixelrage

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    #18
    I'm surprised that it doesn't help your Google rank - considering dir.yahoo is PR10
     
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    #19
    too much cash...
     
    cyberhacker665, Apr 13, 2007 IP
  20. Zoro

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    #20
    I think that too much. Better buy high pr links or something... $299 is a nice cash...
     
    Zoro, Apr 13, 2007 IP