Liebe NetWorkerInnen,
nun ist das passiert, womit ich schon seit laengerem
gerechnet habe, dass Suchmaschinen resp. Kataloge
die Hand aufhalten, dass man gelistet wird.
Goto.com war der Vorreiter und wenn YAHOO mit der
Sache erfolgreich ist und das werden Sie! ist abzusehen,
was folgt: Alle werden um eine kleine Spende bitten.
Gruesse
Klaus
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Quelle: eMarketing-Digest, 12.02.99
>Yahoo! asks sites to pay for privilege
>By Margaret Kane, ZDNet
>
>Want to get to the front of the line? That'll be $199, please.
>
>A new marketing program from Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) would
>charge commerce sites a $199 fee for "express" consideration of
>their web sites for inclusion in the company's main search directory.
>
>Unlike other search sites, which use automated spiders or robots
>to scan through the Web and pick up URLs, Yahoo has a team of
>"surfers" who individually examine every entry placed in its
>directory, deciding which category to put it under. Users can
>suggest sites to the surfers, but the final decision is up to the company.
>
>Waiting ... and waiting ...
>
>But it can take Yahoo! weeks or even months to get around to
>reviewing a suggested site, and in some cases the company may
>never get to it, said Tim Brady, vice president of production and
>executive producer at Yahoo!.
>
>The service being announced today is part of a broader package
>aimed at small businesses. The Yahoo! Business Express service
>gives commerce-enabled online stores "express consideration" for
>a one-time non-refundable fee of $199.
>
>"There are a certain set of folks whose lifeblood is to sell
>stuff online. For this set of folks we want to offer a service to
>guarantee that we'll look at the site within seven days," Brady said.
>
>No guarantees "People that sell things can still go through the
>submission queue. But
>there's no guarantee on the time."
>
>more at:
><http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/technology/zdnet/story.html?
>s=n/zdnn/technology/19990210/199902101406>
>
>(Watch that URL, it's very long and may go to two lines)
