DMOZ or Yahoo?

web20 · Apr 30th, 2008, 02:39

If i get a link in DMOZ or pay yahoo will it help me?
what about the .EDU, .GOV, links? what are they good for?
lastly how to get listed on wikipedia?
thanks

Therefore · Apr 30th, 2008, 09:08

Not sure. Try to get free listings. I would recommend you avoid paying for directory listings.

web20 · Apr 30th, 2008, 18:40

why are paid links bad?who knows they are paid? thanks

onlineseo · May 12th, 2008, 10:07

DMOZ listings can do wonders for your website if you are targeting rankings within a specific geographic location or country listed under DMOZ.

Yahoo directory is also nice, but you need to make sure that your website gets listed on the first page of the category. If you are paying $299 and your link gets embedded in deep pages 5-6, then it wont help you much.

As far as edu and gov links are concerned, they receive priority by both Google and Yahoo.

Wikipedia on the other hand uses a section "external links" where you can submit some useful articles from your website. However you should try to submit only relevant and useful articles.

lpab · May 13th, 2008, 10:15

I think that it doesn't matter. I personally like DMOZ but never tried to get listed there because I think that irt useless.