Do Yahoo directory links help a site's rank anymore?

[ichthyous]

I am considering buying a Yahoo link again for myself and a family member's web site. Is it really worth the $299? I checked the directory pages for rank...one is a 4 and the other is unranked...also Yahoo now uses some kind of indirect links...are they being picked up and counted by the search engines at all? Thanks

[martinibuster]

They might help, but by themselves, probably not enough to push you above others who have thousands of IBLs. The links themselves are indexed in the non-US Directory mirrors.