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?
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.
That's great news. Do you have any particular tips for other people that want to get accepted for free?
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/ 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.
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.
Congrats.. I just submitted my gaming site as well. Maybe I'll get lucky and have the same results as you did.
How did your know thar editor visited your site? Is this link lifetime? Will you have to submit again next year? Thanks
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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.
So how is your traffic like now?? I am thinking about paying the $299 fee to get included in the directory.