Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'yahoo directory'

Google Says, Yahoo Directory Does Have PageRank

On Thursday, we broke the news that the Yahoo Directory had no PageRank via a WebmasterWorld thread. Matt Cutts of Google quickly commented saying that the Yahoo Directory has a PageRank of 8. Matt was referring to the home page,...

Yahoo Directory Has No PageRank

Just a few weeks ago, people started noticing that the Yahoo Directory lost Google PageRank. Well, not the home page of the Yahoo Directory, but the inside directory listing pages. The pages that link to your site and, in the...

Yahoo Directory Displaying Images on Sponsored Results

We rarely talk about the Yahoo Directory these days, but Loren Baker at Search Engine Journal spotted Yahoo serving images near the sponsored listings within the Yahoo Directory. For example, the NY Internet Consulting directory has tons of ads, most...

Yahoo Stop Supporting the No Yahoo Directory Tag?

I am seeing reports from both WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums that Yahoo is not supporting their own NOYDIR tag. The NOYDIR is a tag you can use to tell Yahoo not to display your Yahoo Directory title in the Yahoo...

Why Does My Yahoo Cached Page have a Different Title?

A High Rankings Forum member has run into a very strange issue on Yahoo. She has recently optimized her page and sees that it is updated in Yahoo, but not all elements seem to have been updated. I just completed...

When Buying Links, PageRank is Not the Final Answer

A WebmasterWorld thread talks about how they noticed how the Yahoo! Directory pages are showing a PageRank score that is typically lower than what they showed in the past. A member says based on that, "Looks like that $300 link...

Yahoo! Removes Category (Directory) Links From Under Search Results

digg_url = 'http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/012844.html'; David at Search Engine Roundtable Forums reports that Yahoo! has removed the directory (category) links from within the search results (directly under each search result. A search on google at Yahoo! Search confirms this to be...

NOYDIR Tag By Yahoo! Does Not Impact Rankings

I wanted to squash a theory before it even gets out there, well, I may be a bit too late for that... As we know, Yahoo! Adds NOYDIR Support To Exclude Yahoo! Directory Titles in Yahoo! Search Results. And at...

How Does The Yahoo! Directory Rank Sites?

A WebmasterWorld thread asks how Yahoo! ranks sites within the Yahoo! Directory. As I explained years ago with Yahoo! Directory Ranks Pages by Popularity, but let's look at an example close to home. Yahoo! has a Search Engine Optimization (SEO)...

Yahoo! To Support No Yahoo Directory Title Tag in January

Back on October 26th, we reported Yahoo! To Add No Yahoo Directory Tag. Since then, it has been very quiet on the Yahoo! front for this topic. Finally, Tim Mayer of Yahoo! replied to the questions as to when it...

Yahoo! To Add No Yahoo Directory Tag

Outstanding news, Tim Mayer from Yahoo! has told us via WebmasterWorld that Yahoo! is working on a No Yahoo Directory Tag, to compliment their recent support of NOODP Tag for Yahoo! Search. Tim said; Yes we are working on it....

Yahoo! To Add NOODP Tag Support But Not No-Yahoo-Directory Tag Support

Last night on the sixth edition of the search pulse Tim Mayer came on the show to remark on my Request To Yahoo! To Add Support For No Directory Tag. He said that in about a week, Yahoo! like Google...

Another Request To Yahoo! To Add Support For No Directory Tag

I pleaded with Yahoo in the past to Please Enable a No Yahoo! Directory Tag, and I am doing it again. It is especially important now, that Yahoo! adds support for this tag. Webmasters are confused, they think that because...

Is The Yahoo! Directory Worth The Money?

Andy Hagans at the Link Building Blog wrote his Final Word on the Yahoo! Directory, saying the $299 per year for the listing is well worth the money. I tend to agree, I feel that the listing does add some...


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