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best not to have any affiliate links up on my
site when Yahoo! reviewed it. Allan didn't
want to give Yahoo! even a faint hint of a
reason to decline entry of my site into the
directory and waste the $299!
If Yahoo! don't like your site they can take your
money and not list you. Be careful!
SO, the QUESTION is:
What make yahoo does not like your site?
The first step in achieving a good Yahoo!
listing is to research the directory so that you
get your site in the right area. You want to
have a good look around the directory so that
you submit your site into a category that the
reviewer will agree with and one that will get
you traffic.
The category I found that my site most suited
was this one:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Disc
_Jockeys/
To submit your site to Yahoo! you go to the
category your site suits and click on the
"Suggest a site" link. You will be asked if you
want to pay for an "Express Review" or wait
for the free service. The paid listing is
required for commercial sites so the fee is
only fair. You could try the free listing but
you'd have to wait with your site doing nothing
sitting there with no affiliate links.
When you submit or suggest a site to Yahoo
they ask you for a brief description of your
site. At the time I made my submission it was
a good idea for you to include as many
keywords as possible to maximize the traffic
you get from Yahoo. Recently Yahoo! has
switched to displaying results from Google
so most of your traffic from Yahoo! will result
from a high ranking in Google. It still makes
sense to put keywords in your Yahoo!
description, because Yahoo! may change
again in the future.
Here's the profitable keyword-loaded
description I submitted to Yahoo:
How to use DJ equipment, turntables and
make your own dance music with audio
production software.
Here's the description Yahoo actually used
for my site next to the listing:
Addresses equipment, turntables, dance
music production, and more.
So the Yahoo! reviewers describe your site
however they want. There's not much you can
do about it except make sure you do
everything right, have a keyword loaded
description and choose the right category.
You must also have a minimum of 10 articles
on your site to make it a useful addition to
their directory. Remember the money you pay
to Yahoo! is only to get them to review your
site. If your site is not good it will not be
included and your money will be lost.
One thing that is good about Yahoo! is that
they are efficient. I submitted my site on
March 14th 2002 and I started receiving
visitors from Yahoo! on the 16th March. I was
very impressed as I started getting 60 unique
visitors a day on 16th March and now I get
well over 100 unique visitors a day from the
Yahoo! directory alone.
The link from the Yahoo! directory also helps
my link popularity in Google. I am sure a
number of my top ten rankings are due to the
fact that my site is listed in Yahoo. In addition
I was getting no traffic from Google for
months until my site got into Yahoo!
My point is, in my experience Yahoo! listing is
essential if you want to succeed.
