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Yahoo! I'm in!Home > Promote > Search Engines > Submissions > Yahoo by Michael Wong After months of frustration, I have finally made it into the Yahoo directory! I initially submitted my site in the beginning of November, last year. It has taken over 3 months to get accepted. It has been a long hard struggle and to say I am delighted is an understatement. We all know that Yahoo is the #1 search engine, or rather web directory on the net. A listing in Yahoo can do wonders for your traffic. Not that I have done too badly without the help of the search engines. I will let you know next month, if the promise of an influx of visitors does occur as a result of the listing. For those of you who haven't had any luck so far, don't give up yet! Here are a couple of tips you could try. Did you know that Yahoo have a listing email support address for those of you having problems getting listed in the directory or getting change requests processed? Send a polite note with the exact URL you submitted to this address: They recommend that you only write to them if you have made at least 2 submissions, several weeks apart, via their online form. Only then should you submit your query to their support address. I suggest you follow their rules, otherwise it might do more damage than good. I wrote to them on the 28 January and on the 19 February, they wrote to me to inform me they have accepted my Web site. Yahoo! Here is a copy of the letter I sent: ------------------------- Subject: Can't get listed! Help! (www.eboz.com) Hi Support, I have submitted my Web site. to your US directory, twice since November of last year and I still can't get listed in your directory. My Web site. address is: <http://www.eboz.com> I understand you are very busy and you may have accidentally overlooked my submission. My second submission was at least 6 weeks after my first submission and I do have a quality Web site. I have received many compliments from various sources and received a cool Web site. award. Please would you consider my Web site. for inclusion in your directory. If I need to resubmit my Web site. again, please let me know and I will duly oblige. Please note that I have just resubmitted to the UK version of your directory a couple of days ago, as I am based in the UK. I am not sure if this has any effect on my listing in your US version. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you soon. With regards, Michael Wong. ------------------------- If you are having problems getting change requests processed, you can call either email them at the above address, with your URL and the EXACT date when you made the change request. Or you can also contact them on this support number: (001)-408-731-3300 When you hear the
answer phone message, press "option 2" for "Other". Leave a short polite message about the nature of your request, along with name, phone number, email address, your URL and the EXACT date when you made the change request. Please note that they will only consider your change request, if your listing is incorrect or one of their editors deem your request to be appropriate. I wouldn't recommend sending in requests for minor changes to your descriptions. In fact my site is listed under 2 categories, totally different to the two I suggested. Not ideal, but considering how hard it was to get listed in the first place, I think I will wait to see what kind of response I get to the current listings. If they don't attract too many visitors, I might consider writing to them to get the listings moved to the categories I originally asked for. Good luck! |
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