Re: Search engines...Specifically Yahoo

If we're being picky, it's a "search engine" that's an index (a
searchable one), Yahoo is a directory (and a searchable one at that).

So I suppose as they're all searchable, and they must have an engine to
do it, that makes both Yahoo, Google, Altavitsa, and whichever other one
you care to mention, "search engines".

Oh, and Google also has a directory (it actually runs the Yahoo one too
but that's another story), and they're both searchable (the index and
the directory)

Why do people have to get so hung up on what we call things, we all
know what we're talking about.

What term would you have prefered to be used as an all inclusive term
for Yahoo, Google, Altavista, ODP etc.

I think "search engines" was a pretty good choice.

Nigel

>>> "Mark Lewis" <markalewis(at)hotmail.com> 02/07/29 12:51pm >>>
Yaho has never been a "searxh engine."    It is an Index.

Thanks,
Mark Lewis
MLI Enterprses
http://mlienterprises.tripod.com 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karin Ransdell" <kransdell(at)squishedmosquito.com>
To: <hwg-business(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: Search engines...Specifically Yahoo


>
> ----- 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
>
>
> > 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.
>
>
> 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".
>
>
>
> 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."
>
>
>
> 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
>
> -------------
> 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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