5 Additional Tips to Getting Listed in Yahoo’s Directory

If you are an avid rexseo reader, you may have already digested our previous article on inclusion in the Yahoo search directory. However, 5 tips were not enough and we have further expounded upon the tips to optimize inclusion in Yahoo’s directory. Let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work!

=> Tip 5

Draw attention to your site’s unique content in your directory submission. Add value to the Yahoo directory by calling attention to unique aspects of your online business. Make sure you have unique content on your site and highlight it in the 25-word description or the extra comments field in the Yahoo directory submission form.

=>Tip 6

Get a virtual domain name for your company; (http://www.yourcompany.com) Yahoo wants legitimate organizations and companies listed in their directory. They tend to look negatively toward small start-up companies without domain names. These often dissolve before the coming year, leaving Yahoo with dead links to a URL in their directory. A virtual domain helps show Yahoo your business is legitimate and you are a serious business owner.

=>Tip 7

Try to get listed in one of Yahoo’s regional directories first. Commercial web sites must pay an annual fee to be listed in the Yahoo directory. If you are in one of the regional areas, you can often get your web site listed much faster in the regional directory than in Yahoo’s main directory.

=>Tip 8

Try to design your site for fast download speed.
While exception apply, primarily Yahoo is looking for sites that download very quickly, preferably in within 30 seconds on a dial-up modem.

=>Tip 9

Make sure your site looks and sounds like a legitimate business. Yahoo wants legitimate business listings that have unique content to add value to their directory.

=> Tip 10

Make sure your web site is easy to read, easy to navigate, easy to find on search engines.

Finally, be sure you have fully educated yourself about the directory submission process before submitting to Yahoo’s directory. This is crucial to ensure you maximize the amount of traffic that will be directed to your site from the Yahoo directory.