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I received confirmation e-mail 5th(feb)searchable by the 8th,hope this helps.
Free submissions? Or paid? Or both?
Mine was a paid submission.
I'd tried 4 times and had been rejected. Laisha got it on her first try.
Webmaster hero of the month award for service above and beyond the call of duty. Thank you Laisha.
I came back here to post a timeline on exactly that submission and found that you'd posted about it! :) Thank you, Brett. You're gonna make me cry!
The timeline, for anyone interested, is not an unusual one. It's a little slower than the BizExpress one:
Submitted - 1/31
Notification of Acceptance - 2/9
Appeared on What's New Page (also retrievable via the search feature) - 2/10
Shows in cat - 2/14
Cheers for Laisha! Now all you need is some well-deserved sun-glasses for WmW.
or for the ultimate in branding, a Webmaster World tatoo
Submitted on Monday - Rejected on Wednesday - we appealed that same day - Received Email today - Hasn't appeared yet (usually it takes 24 hours).
This case was an anomaly because we usually get listed on the first attempt. But I found it interesting because it added the whole appeal perspective.
So, my suggestion: if you use BizEx and your site gets rejected, try to appeal. We've been pretty successful with this in the past.
Congrats Laisha!
I have *never* received word back from them except when using biz express. And even then, they did not read my appeal, but sent me a standard form email.
Honestly, I don't think they have the time. They get so many emails every day they are just swamped. Keep trying...someday your email will get to the top.
-G
Of course, I get email every time with BizExpress.
Of course, I've never been known to refuse the charity of others... ;-)
>>>I get acceptance email for free submissions about 75% of the time. <<<
OMG, jaw drops to the floor. 75% of the time on FREE submissions? What is the secret to that? What kind of time period from submission to listing?
I submitted a site for well over a year every month to six weeks or so. I never ever heard anything, and got no replies to inquiries. Just the other day, I broke down and went with the biz express, and it was listed in two days, with no probs, and no modification to the title or description. Apparently everything was A-OK it just took 200 bucks to get someone to look at it.
Are you submitting, killer informational sites like WMW, non profits, or something that YAHOO sees a need to pay more attention to? I'm absolutley amazed at a 75% success rate on Free submission.
Should I remain patient or email them now?
Your thoughts appreciated.
Cheers
Steve
Like ODP, Yahoo editors leave a trace in your logs when they visit. If an editor visits and then your site doesn't get listed you are doing something wrong- improve the site and resubmit.
If your site isn't visited within four weeks resubmit. If this persists, time to dig into your pockets.
I'm cute? :)
Actually, I don't know the secret. I didn't realize that it was that uncommon.
>I submitted a site for well over a year every month to six weeks or so.
I never submit more than 3 times. After that, it's Plan B.
>Are you submitting, killer informational sites like WMW, non profits, or something that YAHOO sees a need to pay more attention to?
All my clients have killer information. If they don't when they come to me, they do before we submit. It's the key to ranking.
I also approach all submissions and communications from the POV of an editor, who would be looking for benefits to their consumers.
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