The Yahoo Directory is the most powerful paid directory on the web. If you are serious about getting good rankings in the search engines then you should definitely get listed as being listed in the directory let's the search engines know you are serious about search engine optimisation and it will help your rankings.

In order to get listed you need to pay an annual fee to have a Yahoo representative review your site to make sure that it meets their requirements. Providing your website is a genuine business website then you shouldn't have any problems getting listed however do make sure that you read the Yahoo Directory terms of service before you submit, just to make sure that your site is definatly suitable.

Yahoo Directory terms of service

Once you have read the terms of service and you are sure that your site is suitable get ready to submit, create an objective description of your company to use for your directory listing, get your credit card ready to pay the review fee and then click on the link below (you need to create a Yahoo account if you don't already have one, instructions are given on site).

Submit to the Yahoo Directory

Once you have submited, Yahoo guarantee to review your site within 7 days, Yahoo will select the most appropriate category for your site and when it is first listed you will also be featured in the What's New category of the directory which gives you a good amount of traffic to your site and a nice little kick in the search engines. You will have to pay the fee every year to make sure that your website still meets thier requirements.