I am sure this has probably been discussed before so bear with me... Does being listed in the Yahoo Directory and having a premium sponsored listing (on a high PR page) in the Yahoo directory have any benefit on Google PR? Thanks - Gene
Yahoo directory uses a redirect starting with rds.yahoo.com/..lots of information.. I've seen people reporting it as a backlink but imo it will not pass pagerank. You should get one of those listings for traffic.
I have read different ideas on Yahoo directory links passing PR. I would also think that the redirect would prevent that from happening. One site of mine that is listed gets about 40 to 50 visitors a month from the listing. Not a lot but every visitor that makes a purchase makes that a good link.
I am not sure if people go to directories to search for sites. Its almost entirely Google, MSN and Yahoo search engines.
Not according to the 50 visitors the yahoo directory gave me last month. And thats not even in a hugely popular category.