Yahoo Express vs. free change form

I don't want to agitate Yahoo

[KathyA]

Hello! I'm trying to submit my site to Yahoo. Everyone recommends the paid Yahoo Express. However, Yahoo says I should not use Express if our company is already indexed. We are indeed listed in Yahoo (in the regional section), but our rank is very low, and I want to appear in addtl. categories where I see my competitors.

Yahoo's guidelines say that, since I'm already listed, I should use the free "change form". And in section 2.6 of [docs.yahoo.com...] , it says "If you submit change requests through Yahoo Express you will be charged the then-current, applicable initial consideration fee, AND THE CHANGES WILL NOT BE MADE."

Does anyone have suggestions? It's my understanding that Express gets you much better rankings than free submission, but I don't want to agitate Yahoo. I don't know if my company has ever submitted to Yahoo. If they have, it's been at least a year or more.

Thanks so much for any input!
K

[NFFC]

Hi KathyA,

>Yahoo says I should not use Express if our company is already indexed. We are indeed listed in Yahoo

That's the easy bit and you've answered it yourself.

>Yahoo's guidelines say that, since I'm already listed, I should use the free "change form".

Worth a try and in fact is almost your only option.You need to ask yourself does the current listing you have accurately reflect the site, Yahoo does not care how you "rank".

If it were me I would follow exactly the procedure that Yahoo outlines, submit a change request. If this doesn't work then the tactics may need to change, cross that bridge when you come to it.

Some good stuff here [webmasterworld.com...]

[2_much]

KathyA, if it doesn't work, you may want to copy your site to another domain, with the keyword as the title, and use a lot of keywords in the description as well.

[rcjordan]

>you may want to copy your site to another domain,

This is the reason why .info TLDs were created, right?

[KathyA]

Great! Thanks for the info!

[keyplyr]

What recently worked for my site which was also a free regional submit, was to use the free change form that you mentioned. If you do not see your changes after 3 or 4 weeks (at least) then politely email them with the date and email address you used, requesting a supervisor check into why your description update never showed up:

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[KathyA]

Thanks, keyplyr. I will try that--

[KathyA]

Thanks, keyplyr. I will try that--