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Here are some Newbie Yahoo-submit questions:
SITE DESCRIPTION:
Are the words in the Yahoo directory description used as keywords when someone searches in the Search Engine (Google) portion of Yahoo? Or when the link is indexed by search engines?
CATEGORY CHOICE:
There are several categories my site could fit into, because of overlap.
What is better: A category with higher PR and many listings? Or a category with lower PR and fewer listings? Example:
PR5 with 250 listings
vs.
PR4 with 60 listings
Is it better to be in a higher category, regardless of the PR?
Which is more important: The number of time a category page repeats "keyword"? Or the keyword density (e.g., "keyword" makes up 4% of the words on the page)?
Does the PR of adjacent site-links make a difference? In one category, I would be listed between two PR5 sites. In another, I would be between a PR4 and a PR3.
LENIENCY:
How lenient is Yahoo these days? If I submit to a category 1 or 2 steps below "Shopping and Services," what are my chances?
It looks like some categories have lower standards for what they will accept (! #1 Britney Spears Widgets").
BAIT-AND-SWITCH
How much can you change your home page after you get listed?
This is my first website. It's spam-free, banner-free, ad-free. No pop-ups. Clean navigation. Viewable on 3.0 browsers (maybe 2.0). It has about 8 pages.
Thanks for any info.
-SkinnyJoe
Sorry for the delay in response, but here's a go at your questions:
1. Site Description - they seem to display the results from the directory, if the site is listed.
2. Category Choice - there are several factors to consider:
How many sites in the category? What categories are displayed on top? Is your keyword in the category? What are the PR's. As a rule of thumb, I try to get up as high as possible, if I can't, then I go for keyword in the cat name, if I can't, then I try to get in a category that gets returned in the SERP's, if I can't, then I try to get in a cat with few sites, if I can't, then I go in with a high PR cat (sharing with many others). That's my order.
3. I've never looked into keyword density of the cat page, but that's an interesting thought. I'd imagine that density would be used.
4. I don't think PR of adjacent links matters. That's not how PR works.
5. Leniency - they are very lenient these days. They'll let almost anything in, but they may move you down a couple of categories.
6. Bait and Switch - very doable. They rarely check after a site is listed, so I'd say this is a green light.
It looks like you're ready to go! Good luck!
