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YAHOO! DIRECTORYYAHOO! DIRECTORYAndreja Borin
Web directoryWeb directory
a link database on the World Wide Web
it links onto the other web sites
organized into categories and subcategories
wide range of categories, languages, regions
Yahoo directoryYahoo directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/
owned by Yahoo!
has a human-edited directory and a spider based index
organized in a way that places related material in subject categories
sites are evaluated by Yahoo! editors
Yahoo is the only site presenting the entire index. Inktomi, All The Web, AltaVista, and
Overture receive filtered data resulting in partial and sometimes varied results.
Sites have been declined by Yahoo where there is not sufficient unique content on the
pages submitted
Yahoo! Directory offers two options for
suggesting websites for possible listing:
1.) "Standard", which is free
2.) Paid submission process offers expedited
review.
https://ecom.yahoo.com/dir/submit/intro/
Payment is required when suggesting a
commercial site.
http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/utos-173.html
Business Express Plan ~$299 yearly
one’s site will be reviewed with 7 days
fill in the form and submit it while making sure that the title and description contain
keyword phrases relevant to one’s site (it can be misplaced within different category)
one must have suitable URL content before registering the page as to receive good ranking
payment is required when promoting a commercial site
Copyright protection -- http://info.yahoo.com/copyright/us/details.html
Privacy -- http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/search/details.html
PAID DIRECTORYPAID DIRECTORY
Yahoo! Categories: Yahoo! Categories:
Arts & Humanities
Business & Economy
Computers & Internet
Education
Entertainment
Government
Health
News & Media
Recreation & Sports
Reference
Regional
Science
Society & Culture
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