Is the $300 review fee and annual subscription to the Yahoo Directory worth the money?

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

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  Morten Madsen: Dunno about the value for money aspect for sure, but I would do it.
  However, as far as I recall they don't accept casino related sites, in which case it's $600 down the drain 
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  Jared Bates: No, they do have listings for gambling and online casino sites, as well as "adult" ones too. +Morten Madsen ;Thanks, that's +1 for id do it. I am leaning toward doing it more.
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  Morten Madsen: Really? Is that something new?
  Either that or I was blind when I checkede. 
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  Jared Bates: Not sure, but here ya go ;http://dir.yahoo.com/recreation/gambling/ :) maybe newish? Edit: I did the deed, and feel nervous about losing $300 but excited to see if it will be accepted.
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  Dave Elliott: If you search for a web directory yahoo is 24th.(well for me on my phobe right this second) Where do you think an individual business listing comes in a serp for a keyword you will remotely care about. Is that worth $300 a year to your business or would it be better served sending out an email campaign or an ad in a local paper? Or umm lots of other things. 
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  Jared Bates: https://www.google.com/search?q=web+directory&rlz=1C1CHKD_enUS411US489&oq=web+directory&aqs=chrome.0.69i57j69i65l2j69i61j0l2.2690j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Yahoo Directory 4th - In fact it is showing the relevant results of news and media directories in the Yahoo directory meaning Google understands whats there to say the least...
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  Dave Elliott: try it with an unpersonalised search! (add '&pws=0' to the end of your search string)
  e.g ;https://www.google.com/search?q=web%20directory&pws=0 (i did mine on co.uk)
  
  Its also a rubbish directory. ;
  
  Wikipedia: Online Casinos ;
  Discusses online casinos, how they compare to traditional casinos, games offered, signup bonuses, fraudulent sites, cheating software, and related issues.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_casino
  
  $300 a year? For that? No page authority, no moz rank(page rankish) or anything else of any benefit. ;
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  Jared Bates: Even when searching using the pws=0 tag it still shows up in the 4th position as a deep link to their news and media directory listings. I am not arguing, and I appreciate the new tag I can use :) but I am wondering why it looks different to me than to you.
  
  Can someone else please search for "web directory" on google and tell me if you see a deep link to the Yahoo directory around 4th or not. Seems odd to me +Dave Elliott ;and thanks again for the unpersonalized search info!
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  Morten Madsen: Try www.impersonal.me
  It gives you the possibility to search from any Google TLD - and get results that aren't influenced by your own search history
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  Jared Bates: Ok so I searched using the link above and found it to be showing up on the first page from just about every country I start with, including Sweden... the swede's never lie!! ;http://dir.yahoo.com/news_and_media/ shows up on the first page everywhere I look, using different browsers and your links. Why am I the only one seeing it, or can someone else please confirm they see this link when searching for "Web Directories"
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  Morten Madsen: I get it as fifth after dmoz when searching from US +Jared Bates ;
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  Pixelar Diseño Web: ninth when searching from Mexico
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  W.E. Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 01:55:33 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/is_the_300_review_fee_and_annual_subscription_to_the_yahoo_directory_worth_the_money