Yahoo directory submission - Go or No Go?

Yahoo- a search engine and a directory both.

Yahoo directory has been recommended by Google. Do you know why? Because this is human edited directory similar to DMOZ unlike millions of SEO friendly directories offering automated listing submissions.

By submitting your site to Yahoo's human-edited directory, you may have a better chance of being found by purely spider-driven engines (such as Google).

You will be surprised to know that there are eight submission options with Yahoo, i.e.:

* free site submission
* free mobile site submission
* free media content submission
* Yahoo search index submission
* sponsored search
* product submission
* travel submission
* Yahoo directory submit
* Yahoo standard submission

Yahoo Directory is not free since you have to pay $299 to have your website reviewed by the Yahoo editors. Although this fee doesn’t guarantee your website listing in Yahoo Directory. It just guarantees that your website will be reviewed by the editors within one week exclusing business holidays and if approved, it will be listed for one year.

Pre-requisites for the web sites to be listed in Yahoo directory:

* Well designed, good content professional web site
* No broken links
* No under construction pages
* Support multiple browsers
* Accessible 24X7

Benefits of being listed in Yahoo Business Directory:

* Effective link popularity
* Effective ranking in Google search

If you can afford to pay the $299, then it is highly recommended to submit your website to Yahoo Directory. The traffic and the strong back link you will get for your website would be worth paying $299 for a year.