Yahoo Not Charging For Directory Renewals?

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Yahoo Not Charging For Directory Renewals?

Not too many people use the Yahoo Directory any more. At least I don’t think they do. But it remains a good SEO choice for some to make in order to build quality standing in search engines. The directory is considered an authoritative source, and a good title and description can give immediate results not just in Yahoo, but Google also as these directory pages often carry a lot of PageRank.

In 2002, Yahoo started charging $299 a year to appear in the directory. However, lately, many are reporting that Yahoo is not charging anything to renew in the directory and yet sites are remaining in it.

My guess is that somebody is behind, or there’s a problem, because $299 is nothing to sneeze and it’s doubtful Yahoo really gains anything from this. What is the point? They haven’t announced anything, and it’s basically free money that they rake in without much work.

Yahoo may be letting some quality sites remain free for the sake of having good results. Some site owners are reporting that Yahoo is charging them for renewal. So perhaps Yahoo isn’t behind and really is trying to do something helpful for its directory.

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