Yahoo Site Submission

[tinseltown]

Hi,

Yahoo! makes one believe that it is an absolute necessity to use their $495 express site listing service if you have a commercial site. Is this true? Does this mean that if you do not pay the fee, then your site won't be listed under the normal Yahoo! categories and/or be included in the search engine?

This may sound stupid, but I figured I just better ask some others' advice before I look at spending that kind of money for something that will be free in the short-long run.

Thanks,
Scott
Tinseltown Tidbits
www.tinseltown.com.au

[craig]

Hi Scott

(Nice website)

We haven't paid for any search engine submissions at all.

One of our main keywords is obviously "tradingcards"

Currently our site is ranked #1 on both Yahoo.com and .au

Most of the other search engines have us on page 1 in the top listings 3 except Google.

Our Google ranking started on Page 3 position 30 its now Page 3 position 28. Hasn't moved in months.

Hope this helps

Craig

[craig]

Most of the other search engines have us on page 1 in the top 3 listings except Google. .........

[christof]

Hi Scott,

Years ago I joined Yahoo when it was a one-off fee of $299... (forever) -ahhh. The good old days. $495 seems a bit steep year in year out, I don't think it's worth it. Recently, I found another way to get top rankings at Yahoo. Its through Overture (Australia) through their pay-per-click advertising system. I wrote a short article about it a while ago, you can find it at http://www.potted.com.au/overture_australia.htm - Overture's pretty good because you can also find your site at the top of the rankings at nineMSN, Ozemail, AltaVista & Anzwers with just the one campaign through Overture and often paying very little per click.

I hope this helps.

CT