Toto, we’re home. That’s the weblogs category in the main Yahoo directory, courtesy of Jeremy Zawodny. He’s right… I didn’t know that existed and I’m obviously too lazy to check before posting. I don’t mind the differences Jeremy points out between the My Yahoo mini-directory and the main directory, as I expect that if it matters, those will eventually be corrected. What I do wonder is whether or not the main directory is still vibrant and growing in an upaid manner. Having seen up close the work that goes in to maintaining a directory of any size, I think Yahoo should do what’s best for Yahoo. I see that there continues to be two options for submitting your site, and one of them is free. Good for Yahoo. I do wonder how much time and attention goes to that queue over time. Again, I don’t begrudge Yahoo their choice, but I’m still curious about the answer. I just submitted this blog. We’ll see what happens.
This “conversation” is more drawn out and public than email, but I appreciate Jeremy’s time in participating, even without a threaded aggregator. Of course, do we really need a threaded aggregator when so few folks are even using a plain and simple aggregator?