Yahoo Directory paid submission adds value?
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Dear all,
One of my sites currently is not listed on yahoo directory, my question is from the natural linking perspective is really fine for SERP improvement to be listed there supposing this is a paid inclusion?
My doubt is google say "Natural links" and to be included in yahoo I'll paying for.
Really is a good choice or not ?
Thank you for your valuable opinions
Claudio
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Claudio,
These are directory sites that have reputacion and Google knows that. This is not a link-building tactic to fool the search engines.
Anyway you can check this video from Matt Cutts, and if you pay attencion you will hear him talking about directories
This video from July 2012 as more interesting things about SEO. Check it out
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Dear Pedro,
I agree 100% about one link is better than zero, but they are paid links and you know what google say about paying for links.
Claudio
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If you have the money, you have the chance to get links that maybe ur competicion doesnt have. Try to check if they are there. If they aren´t is a small step ahead and is a secure one
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There's no harm in getting the yahoo link if it's within your budget. It's certainly not a bad link to have! If its within budget, then it's something you should do! Edit: I should also add that yes, it will increase your number of unique c blocks, unique number of linking root domains, and it will add something to your overall link profile and DA, whether or not it becomes immediately noticeable though I cannot say.
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The site to be improved after Google Penguin is freesharewaredepot.com actually it has SEOMOz domain authority only 56 and I know it is very low compared with other similar directories.
We need to get quality links from reputable directories, so I was thinking paid for inclusion in yahoo and other reputable directories and for us $300 by/Yr is not expensive at this time.
So I should paid for inclusion and it can help to extend our link profile and SERP ?
Thank you
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Claudio, What is your annual link building budget? From your concerns I would assume that Yahoo shouldn't be a priority of yours right now. Guest ousting on blogs should be your main focus, and then, once $300 is a smaller portion of your link budget, it may be worth adding it for completeness in the long run.
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I tryed in the past several submissions to DMOZ with no success, Now I'll paid $300 for inclusion on yahoo directory (yearly) this could help our site to get more domain authority?
What do you think, Im paying for inclusion and google say "natural links will be taken into account" ?
Claudio
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Hello Claudio,
Yahoo directory along with DMOZ, Best of the Web and Business.com are consider by most of SEO´s as important backlinks to a website.
Do I recomend it? Well it really depends on the budget that you have, but yes they are important backlinks.
I hope it helped!
Regards,
Pedro M Pereira
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