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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