Multi lingual site & 1 domain.

Can I get international directory listings

[Dubya_J]

I'm promoting a website, that is fully rolled out in 5 languages, but exists only on one .com domain.

How can I get it listed in each of the regional yahoo variants.

Will they require each language to be on its own country specific domain.

[2_much]

Hi Dubya,

I don't have experience with this, but my suggestion would be that you submit the index of each language to the corresponding regional Yahoo. Another option would be to use subdomains - that might work.

I think Rumbas has experience with this - I'll try to get him to post on this thread.

[heini]

That differs from one local Yahoo to the next.
The main thing to look at is if it's PFI or not.
Most Yahoo's are PFI now.
Paying strangely enough increases the likelihood of being accepted.
Also paying gives you a chance of getting into contact with some customer service people before the act.

From my experience it's not neccessary to have seperate domains. It helps a great deal of course.

Related thread:
[webmasterworld.com...]

[Dubya_J]

Cheers guys, and thanks for the pointer to the other thread. Although it focusses on english language mirrors, rather than country versions of a site.

I think we'll have to make do with our existing tech set up, as they are intent on going with a single .com domain with a single splash page index, filtering to a range country and language specific versions via a link on the splash page that is dynamically built built in js by a combination of drop downs.

(I know I know I know....and all this still, after an extensive audit by 2 of our best consultants who said "NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DON'T DO IT". Makes you wonder they bother paying us for, but whatcha gonna do.

Still.... I need to to know if the Yahoo editors are gonna be the lazy types they usually are, or will the bother to go to the country specific offshoots if I submit the .com to 5 regioanl variants.

Be good to know before a part with a cool grand. (thats' £1000.00 GBP to the US chaps)

cheers guys. any pointers warmly appreciated

Dubya