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Anyone have problems with Yahoo/Overture Australia listings?

Since the Yahoo's switch to Overture web results, our site has vanished!

         

selasra

1:27 am on May 4, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Hi everyone,

I just wanted to know if anyone else out there was experiencing disaster with Yahoo's new web results?
Basically our site has vanished from Yahoo AU SERPs entirely. We have a directory listing with them and plenty of incoming links. Our site is performing well in Google AU but has dropped out of Yahoo completely since Yahoo stopped using Google. I have tried submitting to Yahoo's free submit and have had no luck. I do not want to have to resort to Overture site match due to the heavy costs involved. Am i left with any other choice?

Krapulator

4:48 am on May 5, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Are you listed in Ink?

selasra

5:16 am on May 5, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Yes, I paid for the inclusion of our home page along with some other key pages late last year.

Im have no idea where to from here! Help! ;)

selasra

5:18 am on May 5, 2004 (gmt 0)

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I am also experiencing the same problem with AltaVista. (more fun)

Warren

7:34 am on May 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

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"I just wanted to know if anyone else out there was experiencing disaster with Yahoo's new web results?
Basically our site has vanished from Yahoo AU SERPs entirely. We have a directory listing with them and plenty of incoming links. Our site is performing well in Google AU but has dropped out of Yahoo completely since Yahoo stopped using Google. I have tried submitting to Yahoo's free submit and have had no luck. I do not want to have to resort to Overture site match due to the heavy costs involved. Am i left with any other choice? "

On April 15th, Inktomi URLs were removed from the index, unless they were picked up in the free crawl.

You don have a couple of options:
1) Site Match
2) Site Match Xchange
3) Free Submit and wait

Don't forget, that Site Match can limit your traffic to Australia/New Zealand only using the geotargeting facilities - if that is applicable for your business.

Hope that helps.

Warren

7:35 am on May 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

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"Yes, I paid for the inclusion of our home page along with some other key pages late last year.
Im have no idea where to from here! Help!"

Ask your reseller! That is part of what you paid for. Support!

selasra

11:17 pm on May 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Thanks for your help Warren. :)

Warren

1:23 am on May 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



No problems - happy to help our fellow Aussies as much as I can :)