Re: Search engines...Specifically Yahoo

In fact, a good listing in Yahoo is so important that it is suggested that
you list with them first and wait to see your position with them before  you
register with the rest of the SEs. It will go  along way towards link
popularity.

Ken Soule
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karin Ransdell" <kransdell(at)squishedmosquito.com>
To: <hwg-business(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: Search engines...Specifically Yahoo


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Welcome to TeleSouth Network" <welcome(at)telesouth1.com>
> To: <hwg-business(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 4:36 PM
> Subject: Search engines...Specifically Yahoo
>
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> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I notice that Yahoo seems to want to charge for commercial listings. One
> of
> > our clients wants to be listed with them, yet can not find any way to
list
> > for free as a commercial business. Is this the case or is there
something
> > being hidden from the public.
>
> The short answer?  Commercial sites pay.  Other sites stand little or no
> chance of ever being listed.  Yahoo has been doing this for nearly two
> years.
>
> Hidden from the public? Considering the dismal organization of most such
> sites, Yahoo gets a gold medal.
>
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> http://www.yahoo.com
> Go to the bottom, click on "How to Suggest a Site"
> It's a short page, read it.
>
> Under Step 3. Suggest Your Site From the Appropriate Category,
> see the second paragraph, the one under the image.
>
> "When you click on "Suggest a Site" in the appropriate category, you'll
see
> an online form asking for information about your site. (If you are
> suggesting your business site somewhere within our main commercial
> categories, you will see a link to the fee-based Yahoo! Express submission
> process -- required for commercial sites. For more information about
Yahoo!
> Express, please read our FAQ. To suggest a site through Yahoo! Express,
> click here.) "
>
> If the 'required for commercial sites' didn't make it clear enough, the
> first of the Top 5 Questions in the Yahoo Express Help FAQ is "What is
> Yahoo! Express?"  Second sentence of the answer includes "This service is
> required for sites submitting to certain commercial categories in
> Yahoo.com".
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> Second question in the Submission Questions category - Why do I see Yahoo!
> Express as the only option under certain categories?
>
> The first paragraph of the answer is "The Yahoo! Express program is
required
> for commercial site submission in certain Yahoo! Directory categories and
is
> an option elsewhere in the directory."
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> While many people still think of Yahoo as the be-all-end-all of search
> engines, we don't prioritize it for our clients.  We submit them to Yahoo
> because some people think if you're successful enough to *buy* search
> results, you're worth looking at.  Google and AlltheWeb.com get our first
> priority.
>
> /k
>
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> Karin Ransdell  kransdell(at)squishedmosquito.com
> Escapade Development Team
> Squished Mosquito, Inc.
> http://www.squishedmosquito.com  or  http://www.escapade.org
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