tryintoohard - 6:49 pm on Jul 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

Can't figure it out.
Submitted new site (optimized, has 27 linked pages to home)to Yahoo (300 bucks), it was included in the directory, but not in search. Google picked it up right away and listed in its search.

It has then still remained far and away by its lonesome in directory (unavailbale even with exact words in search), and suddenly Google has either eliminated it also or bottomed it. I have added many outside links to the site since then as well.

I did this process with a much less important site 4 months ago and it appeared everywhere (Yahoo, Google, searches, directories,etc,) without optimization or links (besides its own 2 pages).

I am marketing with others (adwords, smaller listing directories) but darn it I paid to be included. Similar sites I have seen ranked in the first 2-3 pages are not optimized and NOT listed in the directory. I feel I am being punished for paying for the directory inclusion..

I originally just wanted to be in the Yahoo search results, to heck with the directory.

Thanks for any advice
TryinTooHard