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Old 02-24-2008, 02:31 AM
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My site has never indexed well in Yahoo. After I picked up the domain name, I found that the domain had been banned by some search engines due to the prior owners' activity. I wrote a letter to Google and got indexed. As far as I know, Yahoo doesn't allow you to write a mercy letter like that.

Instead, I use pay per click and last year started paying for the Yahoo directory. Now my site is in Yahoo but still pretty sad rankings.

Two things are working for establishing a presence on Yahoo. One is my blogging on REW. My REW blog shows up for search terms of certain neighborhoods. Two is my videos posted to Yahoo. When I get listings that look good, I make a 2-3 minute video and post it to Yahoo video with appropriate title and tags. At the end of the video I include my contact info and website address. Result: people visit my site after they see my videos. Maybe someday Yahoo will cut me a break.

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Default Re: Getting into Yahoo

I`ve never really focused on Yahoo what happens happens, Google is the one you should put all your effort into as the rewards are a lot higher.
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yahoo is slow & weird. I never understood their rules.
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If there are any search engine rules that you do understand feel free to share.

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yahoo is slow & weird. I never understood their rules.
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I get some traffic from yahoo because I rank so well, but your effort should be google.
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Old 05-22-2008, 03:38 AM
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but when it comes to backlinks yahoo do well for it...
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Old 05-22-2008, 08:39 AM
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Default Re: Getting into Yahoo

I agree it is better to focus on Google. A lot of times I notice the same web sites that rank well in Google are ranked well on Yahoo. Not sure if this is a coincidence or not, but something to think about.
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My site has never indexed well in Yahoo. After I picked up the domain name, I found that the domain had been banned by some search engines due to the prior owners' activity. I wrote a letter to Google and got indexed. As far as I know, Yahoo doesn't allow you to write a mercy letter like that.

Instead, I use pay per click and last year started paying for the Yahoo directory. Now my site is in Yahoo but still pretty sad rankings.

Two things are working for establishing a presence on Yahoo. One is my blogging on REW. My REW blog shows up for search terms of certain neighborhoods. Two is my videos posted to Yahoo. When I get listings that look good, I make a 2-3 minute video and post it to Yahoo video with appropriate title and tags. At the end of the video I include my contact info and website address. Result: people visit my site after they see my videos. Maybe someday Yahoo will cut me a break.

Mike
Unlike Google, yahoo updates its SERP's every 2 week's or so..so it might take them sometime to index you, my blog got indexed in yahoo 2 months after I got indexed in Google
Posting videos doesn't really affect your SE ranking's but links from a place like REW would help.
My two cents, concentrate on Google but don't forget about the others, relying on one source for traffic is a major risk and i don't recommend it
Although you probably wont get as half as the traffic Google is getting you but at least you'll have a backup if something comes up.
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Yeah I would never ignore Yahoo and MSN because you will generate some decent traffic from both of them, but Google should be your main focus and definitely your first priority before you shift to Yahoo. But as Ryan said, a lot of times Yahoo will rank your Website well too if it's ranked well in Google.
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Morgan has a tutorial that works well for Yahoo optimization - www.seo-guy.com/tutorial.html .
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