Yahoo Directory - Is it worth it?

Bill · 2005-03-12, 05:11 PM

Well, there are a couple of issues with that...

It used to be well worth it to buy into the directory. But, the return on investment and the directory traffic dropped big time over the years as yahoo changed the way it delivered results. Because of this I, at least, haven't bought in a new site for some years.

That's issue 1.

issue 2 is that a linklist or a tgp type site might have a hard time getting accepted- it's been discussed here before that yahoo seems to have a policy of blocking at least some linklists, and in theory some tgps, because, presumably, linklists don't actually have content, but only point to content.

I don't have any direct evidence that something like philes wouldn't be accepted, but, let's say, it would surprise me if it got accepted.

It certainly doesn't fit the well known formula of what is known to get accepted, which is something like a big old-fashioned 100 pic persian kitty type site.

2005-03-12, 05:11 PM	#1
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Well, there are a couple of issues with that... It used to be well worth it to buy into the directory. But, the return on investment and the directory traffic dropped big time over the years as yahoo changed the way it delivered results. Because of this I, at least, haven't bought in a new site for some years. That's issue 1. issue 2 is that a linklist or a tgp type site might have a hard time getting accepted- it's been discussed here before that yahoo seems to have a policy of blocking at least some linklists, and in theory some tgps, because, presumably, linklists don't actually have content, but only point to content. I don't have any direct evidence that something like philes wouldn't be accepted, but, let's say, it would surprise me if it got accepted. It certainly doesn't fit the well known formula of what is known to get accepted, which is something like a big old-fashioned 100 pic persian kitty type site.