ponyboy96 - 1:11 pm on Jun 6, 2008 (gmt 0)

Pardon me if I am wrong, but we know that Google frowns on paid links and sites selling paid links for SEO purposes. Isn't that what Yahoo's Directory became when it started charging? Why would Google treat Yahoo different than any other site selling paid links?

I'm with you there. It also makes me wonder about Business.com. They will link to anyone that wants to pay them. What makes them any different than any other paid directory? They also now rank in the top 5 for all my targeted KWs (1 or 2 in a lot of cases) with the Dewey update and their pages are complete junk, IMO.