Originally Posted by signupdamnit

At one time Yahoo Groups was a real powerhouse. I remember getting nearly 20 full $30 joins in one day not from spamming but simply by posting one link in the link section to about 200 relevant adult groups. Those were the days! It's really changed. You're right the traffic isn't there but there still are some conversions. I doubt most people would see it as worth it as anything other than an automated process these days though.

It used to be too that Google gave a lot more weight to links from Yahoo Groups. Now there is some evidence that in some cases it could actually trigger penalties since it might get classified as spam.