There she blows ~ $299

[highman]

Yahoo! now charge $299 as per L$mart <cringe> its expensive but still nessesary, a bit of a warning would not have gone a miss.....:cheers: NOT

I can see SEO's all around the world loosing $100 over this sudden price rise.... just glad im not one

[Farhan]

Shew!
then i was lucky enough to save $100 as a submitted my site through biz express just 6 days before. ;)

[ihelpyou]

Utterly Preposterous. Oh well... :rolleyes:

It's all a shame cause it will put the small business at a distinct disadvantage. Now we're up to $600 for 2 directories, plus all the rest of the stuff out there. Getting steep.

yea highman, Yahoo simply said **** the SEO's. At least LS did not do it that way.

[Advisor]

Things are looking even better and better for DMOZ.

Very, very hard to recommend either Yahoo or LookSmart at $300. Would really depend on the site.

Jill

[highman]

By raising the prices do you think Y and LS are leaving an opening in the market? As you say DMOZ is becoming more and more important for the smaller site

I just wonder if this could open things up a bit in directory land as the attentions of many webmasters turn to their purse

Sure for many sites this is a 'peanuts' price rise, but as they increase so does the 'need' for cheaper alternatives

[Advisor]

Well, they're certainly leaving an opening in the submitting to directory market. However, since the average surfer doesn't know or care that companies have to pay to get in, I'm not sure it will make a different. Possibly if they stop getting a lot of quality sites submitted because they can't afford to submit, then it might have some impact. If they're finding that only "rich" companies are submitting, it could definitely impact the quality of their results. But somehow, I don't think it will be noticeable enough for them to care.

Like you said, it's pretty much a drop in the bucket for many big companies that are already paying big bucks for SEO work, but it's a real shame for small businesses, that's for sure.

Jill

[Mel]

Just think what might happen if DMOZ could somehow organize themselves so that you could expect a good site to be included in a week or so?

I would imagine that most would choose DMOZ as first choice. with Yahoo and LS as secondary preferences.

I have recently had to make this choice myself, and after waiting for several months (and for many unanswered emails) decided to bite the bullet and pay LS. Within two weeks that site had a #1 ranking at MSN, and ranks very well on Yahoogle, but still have not been able to get it into DMOZ!

[ihelpyou]

yea, with things standing where they are now, DMOZ would only have to show a little more ummmph and motivation to stand way out from the other directories. They are much too slow to respond to anything. They could really take this opportunity to distance themselves way above the rest.

[Advisor]

One would think the natural thing for DMOZ to do though, would be to start charging. I wonder if things would move faster there if they started charging like 50 bucks or so? It would still be a great deal over the other two.

Jill

[ihelpyou]

ooooh no. :)

Well, if they did start charging, they would have to make it a much quicker listing to be worthwhile.

[Mel]

Much as I would like to see a reorganization of DMOZ happen, I don't hold out much hope for it. How to reorganize 30,000 volunteer editors quickly and easily???