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Baloo
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What is it with Yahoo?

Everyone I talk to tells me that Yahoo is the place to get your site listed if you want loads of traffic. For two years now I've tried to get my Trek site listed there, applying every 3 months or so, and... and... NOTHING!

I can't believe it's due to any considerations of "substandard quality". After all, you've seen the drek they do list, right? (If anyone's site is already listed at Yahoo, just imagine it isn't your site I'm thinking about right now.) Heck! They have a whole bunch of sites listed that haven't existed for years! If they'll list that load of virtual fertilizer, then what's wrong with a creative site with loads of content?

Do you have to know someone there? Do you have to send them money? Perform favors of questional moral standing? WHAT?

--Baloo

Note to Sol System: I didn't post this in the Flameboard because I figured that very few people will take umbrage on Yahoo's behalf. If I'm wrong, move this please.

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[This message has been edited by Baloo (edited April 01, 2000).]


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Krenim
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Yeah, I want to know too! I've been doing the same thing for the Krenim Home Page for two years, and they haven't listed me either!

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Sol System
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I too do not foresee a legion of Yahoo! defenders arising.

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Aethelwer
Frank G
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I've sent off many sites to be listed by Yahoo. Some were added right away, others never were. It's weird.

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Charles Capps
We appreciate your concern.
It is noted and stupid.
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Yahoo sucks. They're a bunch of yahoos....

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Sol System
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Studying Gulliver's Travels, CC?

I'd imagine Yahoo! (And the exclamation point is part of the official title. How can you not love it?) has grown to the point where they get huge numbers of submissions every day. Some quite valuable ones are likely to fall through the cracks.

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The_Tom
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*always considered the Houyhnhyms to be kinda stuck up, anyway*

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The above post was mulled-over, composed, and posted during time Tom would have better spent on his plethora of homework and homework-related exercises. Now don't you feel special?


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Harry
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I tried to put my site on it, nothing.

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
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*was going to make a joke about the Houyhnhyms right after CC's post when he read this last night, but didn't feel like looking up the spelling* :-)

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