Renew Our Yahoo Directory Listing?
-
Our yearly renewal for the Yahoo Directory is coming up. Has anyone cancelled their renewal, and if so, did you see a drop in SEO? Not sure whether to renew this or not. Thank you for any insight.
-
Hello Christopher,
As a general rule, a single directory link to your website is fairly insignificant (assuming you have a strong link profile for your website already). It is unlikely that cancelling this subscription will result in a significant rankings drop, unless it is your business' only inbound link, in which case I would strongly advise you to contact an SEO to provide you with link-building services (or you could do it yourself, there are plenty of link-building guides out there).
Here are some articles on ways you might build up a link profile:
Basic:
Beginner's Guide: https://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo/growing-popularity-and-links
Beginning a Link Campaign: https://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-link-building/campaign
Difference between "Good" and "Bad" links: https://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-link-building/metricsAdvanced:
Link-Building Tactics: https://moz.com/blog/high-value-tactics-futureproof-link-building-whiteboard-friday
Link-Building Tactics: https://moz.com/blog/eight-link-building-tips-whiteboard-fridayThere are plenty of ways to provide your website with a decent link profile. I would be happy to help you put together some ideas for future SEO work revolving around your link profile. Feel free to reach out any time!
Hope this helps and best regards,
Rob
-
It certainly could have an impact if it is one of the few backlinks you have. I would do the following...
1. In Google Analytics, check to see if you received any referral traffic from the directory over the last year. If so, you might want to keep it on those grounds alone.
2. Check in Open Site Explorer to see how many referring domains you currently have. Does the yahoo directory and sites that syndicate it represent a substantial proportion of your links? If so, you might want to hold onto it until you can build a larger, healthier link profile.
Charles is correct in that you shouldn't have to worry about a link from Yahoo (in an ideal world) because you should work to build a better link profile such that losing the directory link wouldn't have an impact.
Hope that helps!
-
Uhm, "drop in SEO"?
How do we measure that?
I hope you meant "drop in rankings". Well, listing on a directory doesn't affect any rankings, that's for sure. And this is surely not the most important thing in SEO world to worry about. If you have concerns about your rankings dropping from removal from a single directory, you got much bigger problems, my friend
Got a burning SEO question?
Subscribe to Moz Pro to gain full access to Q&A, answer questions, and ask your own.
Browse Questions
Explore more categories
-
Moz Tools
Chat with the community about the Moz tools.
-
SEO Tactics
Discuss the SEO process with fellow marketers
-
Community
Discuss industry events, jobs, and news!
-
Digital Marketing
Chat about tactics outside of SEO
-
Research & Trends
Dive into research and trends in the search industry.
-
Support
Connect on product support and feature requests.
Related Questions
-
Should I add my company website to Applegate a free product and services directory?
A colleague of mine has been sent a marketing pack from www.applegate.co.uk - is it good SEO practice to use free directories, or are these days over?
Link Building | | Catherine_Selectaglaze0 -
Paying for listing rather than a link
Hi If you pay to have a website listed within a web page as it will be beneficial to have it there for both the business and website audience, is this considered a dangerous tactic? The link is relevant to the situation and its not being done simply for a link Thanks in advance
Link Building | | TheZenAgency0 -
Yahoo Answers
Hey Everyone, I was wondering about the merit of using Yahoo Answers to build back links. I find it valuable to keep my ear to the ground but have not seen any of the links coming back. Forgive me if this is a newbie question but I'm still trying to figure it all out. Best, Mike
Link Building | | Rvinyl0 -
How to make directory submission & link building easy
Hi guys, sometime ago I found a website who submits my website to few 100 directories for lessthan $100. I cant find the link anymore. Can you guys please tell me how to get my site submitted to many directories easlilly? and if someone can think of a service provide? Thanks guys.
Link Building | | Uds0 -
Why does Open Site Explorer list SEOMOZ forum links so high ?
When I was checking my back links in Open Sight Explorer I was surprised to see that because I have asked three questions recently here on the forum about my business website www.endeavourcottage.co.uk and they are now listed near the position 3 to 5 Of course I was not putting my business website link on their with the motivation of gaining some SEO benefits but when you get these no follow links do they have any usefulness in that direction? I read that say no follow links have no link juice so is any beneficial aspects? I It wouldn't be the ideal situation to encourage that kind of activity, but if they have no value at all why does Open Site Explorer list them? seo.JPG
Link Building | | whitbycottages0 -
BOTW & Yahoo Directory
Hello! Typically how long does it take for these links to show up in Opensite Explorer? I sumbitted these approx 3-4 weeks, OSE has just updated, and I still cannot see in my link profile? Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks guys!
Link Building | | TP_Marketing0 -
How Long for Google Directory and Search.com to update with Current Dmoz.org Data?
So I recently had a site added to dmoz.org and I'm wondering if anyone knows when Google Directory & Search.com update their site with new Dmoz.org data? They both use dmoz.org for their directory listings. Regards,
Link Building | | qlkasdjfw0