On 8 Jan 99, at 11:09, Charlotte Entrepreneurs Onlin wrote:
> Do other webmasters who are responsible for indexing their clients sites
> find it difficult to get their sites listed in Yahoo?
I had some trouble as well. I called Yahoo and they called me back.
The next site I wanted to register was registered with them. I tried
to get it in many sections but it landed in only one but my
description brings it up when you "search yahoo". I would not waste
my time trying to get a site listed in so many different directories
the next time. I would really try to find the right category and put
it there even though I may want it somewhere else.
> Are you of the impression that Yahoo is a "search engine"?
I have actually tried to dissuade people from believeing Yahoo is a
search engine. They are a directory. You can search their directory.
If a match is not found in their directory then they will use your
search terms at a search engine for you. Yahoo is definitely not a
search engine.
> According to the Cust. Support Mgr., they are a "directory". They are a
> directory that is striving to list "only the best of the best" of the
> internet. They have criteria, but "that criteria is not publicly
> available". They have editors who review our sites and based on this
> criteria, which he did offer is "content driven", yea or nay our sites. But
I have always thought this. In the beginning they were probably less
selective but as the web matures, so matures their selection process.
> My "beef" is that I believe they have represented themselves as a search
> engine. My impression and experience is that the vast majority, if not all,
> of the general internet population believes them to be a search engine.
That is like blaming microsoft when the blame is with people and
their lack of discrimination. I agree that most people would say
that Yahoo is a search engine. I would also say that most people have
no idea what a search engine is.
> If they are a "directory" that is determined to list only the "best of the
> best", then why don't they say that on their submission area? Why is it you
Yes, they should be more up front.
> not worth the bandwidth they are displayed on? Why are there so many dead
> links? Why can one site get rejected numerous times, then all of a sudden
> get listed?
Good complaints.
> My conclusion, as it has been all along, and was confirmed during my
> conversation with this Yahoo representative, is that they no longer find it
> "resourceful" to serve the internet community as a whole...instead focusing
> their attentions to the small minority with the big checkbooks...their
> advertisers.
> I know for us, this misrepresentation has a direct impact on our business.
> The first thing clients want to know is "will we be listed in Yahoo?". If
I once read that yahoo was going to allow people to pay for
submissions. It would be tricky.
Yahoo is always tops in my referrers but remember, this is only one
part of the package as The Rainmaker would tell you.
What is "Surfers' Picks" at Yahoo? Why not become a surfer and then
list the site you want listed as "your pick". You may not get in
your category but I bet most people search yahoo rather than drill
down through categories.
Peter
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