Yahoo's policy on listing in more than one category

[scorpion]

Curious thing happened. I was placed in one category and I appealed, then they placed my listing in both a new category AND kept it in the original. Maybe a mistake, but it got me thinking, what is yahoo's policy on this? Can they/will they list you in say two relevant categories if it is warranted? How do you go about asking?

[Travoli]

We have a site in the directory. We built another, similar-looking site for a targeted niche. for example, the original site was widgetsforyou.com and the niche site was flyingwidgetsforyou.com. They took the $299 and said <paraphrased> "nope, flyingwidgetsforyou.com is linked from widgetsforyou.com, we consider that to be already in the directory".

So be careful to make it look different and unique enough.

[scorpion]

thanks, i guess i mean will Yahoo list a single submission in more than one location, knowing it is one submission but feeling two categories are more appropriate than one. Kind of what dmoz says, that you *might* be allowed the same listing in more than one cat.

[Travoli]

I believe the answer is no, they will not include it twice.

[Dante_Maure]

It does indeed happen on occasion, but is entirely dependent upon the editor's discretion.

[steveb]

There are many multiple deeplinks in the Yahoo directory. There are instances where the exact page is listed more than once (and not in a regional category either).

[rogerd]

This practice used to be fairly common in the old days. I recall the form having an "alternate category" box or similar, and if you chose well, you might get a couple of listings PLUS a regional...

I think it's mostly a moot point now - until Yahoo figures out how to display its directory, the number of listings won't make much difference.

[scorpion]

sorry, i think i was a bit confused.

You know the little alphabetical bar at the top of a top-level category?

Well i was listed under the letter 'S' and also in the subcategory under the top-level category.

I think, but not sure, this is actually one category because the alphabetical bar just is a index of all the sites under the category.

Is this correct?