Anybody ever paid the $600 for inclusion in the yahoo directory and been REJECTED?

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  • kush2
    Confirmed User
    • Dec 2002
    • 495

    #1

    Anybody ever paid the $600 for inclusion in the yahoo directory and been REJECTED?

    Anybody?

    If so, can you please post the site?
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  • fsfaz
    Confirmed User
    • Apr 2003
    • 747

    #2
    Yes & No. What reason did they give you? You can appeal the decision. I'd say it's pretty hard to get rejected by Yahoo! so you must have fucked up pretty bad.

    What's the URL?

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    • johnbosh
      Confirmed User
      • Aug 2002
      • 8965

      #3
      Originally posted by kush2
      Anybody?

      If so, can you please post the site?
      do you get much traffic if you are in it?

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      • kush2
        Confirmed User
        • Dec 2002
        • 495

        #4
        I myself have never taken yahoo up on their service.

        I just want to know if they reject sites often, and I would like to take a look at a rejected site so I can see how bad it is.

        It would be shame to throw away $600
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        • kush2
          Confirmed User
          • Dec 2002
          • 495

          #5
          Originally posted by fsfaz
          Yes & No. What reason did they give you? You can appeal the decision. I'd say it's pretty hard to get rejected by Yahoo! so you must have fucked up pretty bad.

          What's the URL?
          What do you mean Yes and No?
          Can you share the url that your'e talking about?

          I haven't paid for inclusion.... yet
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          • Wilbo
            Confirmed User
            • Feb 2001
            • 2082

            #6
            It's not worth paying $600 for the Yahoo directory. I have many sites listed for free before they started charging and I don't get $600 worth of traffic from any of them. Save your money.

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            • SMG
              Confirmed User
              • Aug 2003
              • 1798

              #7
              yahoo can't even make a search :-p thats why its powered by google now
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              • fsfaz
                Confirmed User
                • Apr 2003
                • 747

                #8
                Originally posted by kush2


                What do you mean Yes and No?
                Can you share the url that your'e talking about?

                I haven't paid for inclusion.... yet
                Yes I've been rejected and posting the URL would be worthless to you.

                The reason I was rejected was because my members area had some fucked up links and thumbnails. Once I corrected them and appealed it, it was accepted.

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                • fsfaz
                  Confirmed User
                  • Apr 2003
                  • 747

                  #9
                  Originally posted by SMG
                  yahoo can't even make a search :-p thats why its powered by google now

                  That is true indeed. By default, Yahoo! used to search their directory (where you site gets submitted) and the hits were actually decent (before Google stormed in and took over). Now, not only are they using Google, they have changed them as the default search. It's actually insane. Your listing barley comes up anymore. It's not worth it anymore if you ask me.

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                  • wimpy
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 607

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Wilbo
                    It's not worth paying $600 for the Yahoo directory. I have many sites listed for free before they started charging and I don't get $600 worth of traffic from any of them. Save your money.
                    I dunno. I, too, have multiple free listings, none of them get any traffic anymore. But the new site that has a $600 listing gets several hundred hits per day.

                    No promises, but unless I'm just lucky I think they funnel some traffic to the paying listings.
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                    • fsfaz
                      Confirmed User
                      • Apr 2003
                      • 747

                      #11
                      See, the problem with Yahoo! is that now they actually want to offer valuable and good results because they know that's how Google won over the net. How can they do that with sites that are only submitted and paid for?

                      Yahoo! is fucked, period.

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                      • SENSEX
                        Confirmed User
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 1159

                        #12
                        I had a website rejected because my content was not "original" enough. You only get one appeal, (sucks) and explained that my content for this particular website is actually exclusive. I was very polite and explained in detail what the future plans were and the website was accepted. That was the last website I ever paid the $600.00 for. In all ive submited 4 and this includes going back in the day when it was only $199.00 Now those were the days. That 199.00 was usually paid for within hours of being listed. The $600.00 fee is a little high, but it was worth it for me. However this was 3 years ago when the search results all pointed to their directory listings. It's a joke if you ask me. Alot of people paid good money, and helped Yahoo earn big $$$$ and then they go and fuck us all. I still get traffic from them, and but nothing compared to the good ole days. The 600.00 fee is a joke now. Concentrate on a high Google ranking and your website will have a high Yahoo ranking.

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                        • johnbosh
                          Confirmed User
                          • Aug 2002
                          • 8965

                          #13
                          google rocks over yahoo

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                          • Vitasoy
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                            • Oct 2003
                            • 58202

                            #14
                            yea, google is better


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                            • DarkJedi
                              No Refunds Issued.
                              • Feb 2001
                              • 28301

                              #15
                              paying 600$ for inclusion is yahoo is stupid

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                              • KRL
                                Entrepreneur
                                • Oct 2002
                                • 31429

                                #16
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                                • http
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Oct 2001
                                  • 1811

                                  #17
                                  A total waste of money, plus their reviewers are rude and stupid beyond belief

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                                  • goBigtime
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Nov 2002
                                    • 7761

                                    #18
                                    For $600 you could probably pay someone on GFY to do a couple days worth of SE work for a small niche (mainstream or otherwise).... depending on the niche, this could go A LOT farther than $600 @ Yahoo.

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                                    • Basic_man
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                                      • Oct 2003
                                      • 27360

                                      #19
                                      600$ ?? Better read on SE optimisation
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                                      • adjektiv
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Jan 2003
                                        • 381

                                        #20
                                        If you look closer you'll see that I think it's not just $600, but $600 per year. Am I wrong about this?
                                        That's one big rebill!

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                                        • KingK7
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Jun 2002
                                          • 6372

                                          #21
                                          Submitting to Yahoo now is just not worth it. $600 per year.
                                          Last october, they started to include Google into their results, but some preference was still given to Yahoo directory sites.
                                          Until about a month ago, except on a few select terms.
                                          Now it is all Google results.
                                          Yahoo is worthless and fucked as it is now.

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                                          • radical
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Oct 2003
                                            • 2876

                                            #22
                                            Fuck paying 600 squid to get into yahoo!!




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                                            • Jon
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Jun 2002
                                              • 2578

                                              #23
                                              I paid for inclusion into Inktomi. That right there was worth it. Got me listed in Yahoo! and I get decent flow of traffic. Then again, it's a mainstream site, so results may vary.
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                                              • kush2
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Dec 2002
                                                • 495

                                                #24
                                                Thanks to those that have made the good posts.

                                                But for fuck's sake, some of you are so ignorant.
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                                                • Ray@TastyDollars
                                                  • May 2002
                                                  • 6797

                                                  #25
                                                  Take your $600 to www.cybercatinc.com instead. Much more profitable im sure.

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                                                  • bjs24
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • May 2003
                                                    • 313

                                                    #26
                                                    Go build a ProAdult Site and submit that to yahoo. Proadult will pay you an extra $50 a month all year so your listing at yahoo cost you nothing. If the traffic is good then you can decide if you want to pay for your other site.

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                                                    • brand0n
                                                      been very busy
                                                      • Nov 2002
                                                      • 26983

                                                      #27
                                                      fuck that, id pay nitechatdotcom 400 bucks and watch him do wonders
                                                      want to buy this spot for cheap? it is of course for sale. long term deals are always the best bet. brand0n/ at/ a o l dot commies.

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                                                      • Deepsy1
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Jul 2003
                                                        • 506

                                                        #28
                                                        fuckin newbies
                                                        ...but still im having memories of high speed,when the cops crash, pushing a cock into my ass,while my tiny pecker blasts.

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                                                        • johnbosh
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Aug 2002
                                                          • 8965

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by bjs24
                                                          Go build a ProAdult Site and submit that to yahoo. Proadult will pay you an extra $50 a month all year so your listing at yahoo cost you nothing. If the traffic is good then you can decide if you want to pay for your other site.
                                                          cool :D Will you earn it back ? how ,much traffic you can exspect?

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                                                          • Oracle Porn
                                                            Affiliate
                                                            • Oct 2002
                                                            • 24433

                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by Deepsy1
                                                            fuckin newbies


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                                                            • Bill8
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Oct 2001
                                                              • 1901

                                                              #31
                                                              I had a site rejected back when it was till worthwhile to buy into the directory, appealed it, and won, but they gave me a shitty description.

                                                              Is it worth doing now? Doubtful. They changed their serps so many times, you really can't trust them. Worth a try, just for the experience, I suppose.

                                                              Make sure you put some sort of unique content in the site. Probably easiest to write your own sex story. Short of that, make sure you have at least 50% brand new content. If you can't make some sort of exclusive or new content argument you are fucked, and they could give a shit.

                                                              Like I'm gonna post a url to one of my sites on gfy if I don't absolutely have to- oh yeah, that would be bright.

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