Top of the Yahoo Directory with a #

[traveldog]

How have these Yahoo listings achives a # at the start of their names?

search [dir.yahoo.com]

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(edited by: Brett_Tabke at 2:24 pm (utc) on Jan. 23, 2002)

[EliteWeb]

Yahoo lists in alphabetical order for the most part. People have known that if you have a title in your website that starts with a number that it goes before the letters.

in this order:
ie: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... a b c d
the sites will be displayed. So the companies add a number to their domain name and put it in the description.

[satanclaus]

Yahoo orders site in ASCII order actually

[angiolo]

Does Yahoo accept this trick easily?

Is it sufficient just to change the title in your main page?

I learnt that Yahoo editors usually check the WhoIs database to discover the real name of the site owner.

Are these titles fruits of the new Yahoo! Express fee?

[Brett_Tabke]

Everytime I've tried the trick, it has gotten nuked.

[2_much]

It works. You have'd have to change the Title of the site to reflect that, and if you can, change the Whois. I've seen quite a few listings like that, especially in highly competitive industries.