No little red arrow

with 'www' in URL makes the difference?

[bill]

I have a site that has been listed in Yahoo forever (i.e.,free), and recently I got them to change my URL as I had moved the site. The new URL I told Yahoo about was mysite.com. Using .htaccess I have my server set so that requests to www.mysite.com get a 301 redirect permanent to mysite.com.

I see that Yahoo lists my site's URL as www.mysite.com. As a result I don't seem to be getting the little red arrow in my Yahoogle listings as my Google listing is under mysite.com. I was wondering if I should try to get Yahoo to change my URL to get the little red arrow? I cannot use the Yahoo Change Request Form because I get an error:

Yahoo! Change Request Error
Your change request was not accepted because:
The new URL <url:http://mysite.com/> already exists in Yahoo!

Is it worth the trouble? If so, how do I get in touch with Yahoo as I can't use the form?

[DaveN]

Hi Bill, is it Yahoo.com or a regional office?

DaveN

[bill]

Yahoo.com

[bill]

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Any ideas on this?

[2_much]

Hi Bill,

It sounds to me more like it's an issue with Google, not Yahoo. However, I'm not sure how to fix that in Google.

As to requesting Yahoo to change, here are a few ideas:

1. Email a bizex editor from a paid submission and request for his/her help.

2. Request a change through a local yahoo, like asia.yahoo.com or yahoo.co.uk

Let me know if you need a bizex's email address. Good luck!

[bill]

Thanks for the advice 2_much.

This particular account has several listings, all of which were added back in the free era. I assume that this would fall outside the juristiction of a bizex editor's realm?

I have tried running the change through Yahoo Asia, but I get the same error. It seems they use the same form as on the yahoo.com site.