Re: Adding URL to Yahoo

Hi Caryl,

I had a similar problem with one of the sites I submitted. I just 
checked the URL you provided and the suggest a site link does send 
you to a Help page, not the actual submit page--they may have the 
wrong link at the bottom of the page. To get around this (as I 
recall) I backed up one category and then listed this additional 
category when they gave me that option and told them that other link 
wasn't working.

Here is another thing I noticed with Yahoo--they used a shortened 
version of my description on one page--didn't use all the words that 
I wanted and I was well within the word limit. Now my page will not 
come up in searches under certain words and I can't get them to 
change it. BTW, keep the letter they send you when they confirm your 
page so you have someone to contact--I haven't been able to find a 
page where I can send them an email other than that one.

This must be why a recent search engine newsletter said lots of 
webmasters are fed up with Yahoo!.

Lori



>Bob Craycroft wrote:
>
>>  I had the same problem, Caryl.  You have to go the next step past the
>>  Category page, then you will find the link you need to submit a site.  You
>>  have to drill down the a page that contains pages similar to the one you are
>>  submitting.
>>
>>  Good luck,
>>  Bob Craycroft
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org]On
>>  Behalf Of C. A. Milton
>>  Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 5:59 PM
>>  To: hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
>>  Subject: Adding URL to Yahoo
>>
>>  Arrrrgghh . . . you assistance is requested.  I've successfully added
>>  one web site to Yahoo, but it was so long ago I can't recall having this
>>  problem.  Each time I go to the appropriate Category and scroll to the
>>  bottom of the page to "Suggest a Site", when clicking there instead of
>>  getting to their Input Form, I get the page of instructions on how to go
>>  about adding sites.  I went to about 4 potential Category pages,
>>  scrolled to the bottom, and still got that same result.  Never found the
>>  link that takes you to the initial input form.  I did find the input
>>  form for changing info for an already included web page, but not for
>>  that first time.  FYI, the category is:
>>
>>  Business and Economy>Shopping and Services>Apparel>Children's
>>  or
>>  Business and Economy>Shopping and Services>Children's>Apparel
>>
>>  I tried both and other combinations for kid's clothing, but never could
>>  find that initial input form.
>>
>>  Please let me know the secret    :-)
>>
>>  Thanks,
>>
>>  Caryl Milton
>
>Hello again,
>
>I thought I'd "drilled down" as far as one could go in that 
>category.  The link
>reached was:
>
>http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Apparel/Children_s/Retail/
>
>That page only had links for children's clothing web pages.  At the 
>bottom, the
>Suggest a Site link was _still_ the info only page . . . not an 
>input form.  Any
>suggestions?
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Caryl

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