Tried free submit many times for no avail.

Subj.

[Larvef The Wanderer]

Maybe someone here on the forum has some ideas as to what could be the reason of the following. I am a web-master of a certain web-site featuring a certain town. The web-site is pretty well designed with a very easy navigation, with no flash, very little JavaScript (albeit heavily using CSS), and has lots of information about the town and as far as I now the only web-site concentrating solely on that town.

During the last couple of years I tried adding the web-site through free submit to Regional/Countries/ several times. And always failed to see the web-site added to the catalog.:( Instead Yahoo chooses to keep there some less relevant web-sites. What could be the reason of all this?

P.S. The web-site is non-profit, so I cannot afford spending money on paid submission.

[NFFC]

Hi LTW,

It may be best to in effect start over again with the submission and go back to basics.

1. Are you submitting to the correct category

2. Does the Title and Description comply with the Yahoo guidelines.

3. Does the site render correctly in a variety of browsers.

One of the main browsers that you *must* ensure the site is compatible with is Netscape version 4.7. If your site is the one I think [the town begins with an "S"?] then this is an issue you need to address before resubmitting.

[Larvef The Wanderer]

I'll answer positive to all your questions except the last one. However hard I tried to make the site compatible to both browsers, I must admit failure.

Maybe that's the reason. Although a year back when my site was compatible with Netscape I already had a history of about 5 or 7 failed attempts of adding the site to the index. :(

[2_much]

Hi Larvef,

Part of the problem might be precisely that you have a history with them.

Have you tried establishing your Yahoo presence on another domain? And presenting that in such a way that you can drive people to your main site?

I know this is not as ideal as listing your main URL but it might prove to be a good alternative solution for you.

[Brett_Tabke]

They do have many Mac's at the Yahoo office. That means Netscape compatability on a Mac is all but required at 640x480. It is why most heavy css sites fail to see Yahoo add them.

[Larvef The Wanderer]

NFFC, 2_much, Brett Tabke

Thank you for replying!
Just wanted to tell you that the web-site a was talking about did get into Yahoo today.
It happened after about 10 unsuccessfull attempts.
I'm not superstitious, but maybe my posting on the forum finally made things move. :)

[NFFC]

>did get into Yahoo today

Congrats LTW, it deserved to get in.

Now not wanting to worry you but the last submission I did was viewed in IE 5.5, they then came back some hours after the acceptance email was sent and rechecked in NN 4.7.

[Brett_Tabke]

Congrats Larvef. I'm not the one to dish out Yahoo directory info. It's the one enourmous black stain on my track record. 4 years I've tried to get SEW into Yahoo. I wish they'd send out rejection notices so I could frame them as a badge of honor. I'd have enough to wallpaper every house in the neighborhood. :-)

[Aaron]

For me getting into google is almost as good..the yahoo keyword that I target when people search lists only one adult content site! My target audience will obviously look at the sites supplied by google, and over there I'm 2nd..:)

[2_much]

Great to hear that Larvef!
Yahoo seems to be modifying its ways. I've heard a lot of positive reports and have recently had good experiences with them and their editorial staff.
Should be seen as an encouragement for those who haven't had good luck with Yahoo so far.

[Larvef The Wanderer]

Thank you all for support!

Brett_Tabke, I wish your misfortune with Yahoo will finally come to an end and your site will make it into the catalog. :)

My first experiences show, that the traffic didb't increase drastically after the site got included in the catalog (due to a rather local topic of the web-site). Although I begin to get hits from there, I still get more visitors directed from Google.

[grnidone]

>Part of the problem might be precisely that you have a history with them.

>Have you tried establishing your Yahoo presence on another domain? And presenting that in such a way that you can drive people to your main site?

So what you are saying is that Yahoo doesn't have a problem with listing doorway pages?

I can't imagine that to be true. I mean, wouldnt' they click into the main site and then then see if *that* url was in their directory?

-G

[2_much]

It wouldn't be a doorway. It would have to have content of its own...like a mini site.
It would depend on what kind of site you have.