Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'yahoo directory'

On Friday afternoon, there was this rumor spreading through Twitter that the Yahoo Directory was no longer accepting submissions. Maybe it was true for a minute or two, but as of a few minutes after the rumor, it seems like...

Posted on September 14, 2009 8:20 AM

There is an excellent thread at WebmasterWorld on the topic of web directories. Moderator, incrediBILL, runs directories and he goes off on how many of the submissions are not able writing your titles and descriptions to be click worthy, but...

Posted on May 21, 2009 8:24 AM

A HighRankings Forum thread asks how does one distinguish between a good and bad web directory. Web directories are often the first step for many link building campaigns. The obvious directories that come to mind to submit to are dmoz.org...

Posted on March 26, 2009 5:10 AM

The Yahoo Directory is rarely talked about any more, but it was one of the first search engines (i.e. human based search). In January 2002, Yahoo began charging an annual fee for your site to be submitted to the Yahoo...

Posted on March 18, 2009 8:33 AM

We all know about Google's latest change to the webmaster guidelines, where they removed directories as a good source of links. Having seen that, SEOs and webmasters ask themselves, if seeking links from directories is worth it anymore. A WebmasterWorld...

Posted on October 13, 2008 10:28 AM

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,...

Posted on June 8, 2008 3:34 PM

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...

Posted on June 5, 2008 10:28 AM

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...

Posted on January 11, 2008 7:31 AM

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...

Posted on September 5, 2007 7:30 AM

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...

Posted on July 3, 2007 11:09 AM

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...

Posted on June 1, 2007 7:22 AM

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...

Posted on March 26, 2007 7:11 AM

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...

Posted on March 1, 2007 7:08 AM

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)...

Posted on February 20, 2007 7:28 AM

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...

Posted on December 18, 2006 7:33 AM

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....

Posted on October 26, 2006 8:04 AM

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...

Posted on October 11, 2006 7:33 AM

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...

Posted on October 4, 2006 7:16 AM

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...

Posted on September 6, 2006 7:26 AM