Re: ONLINE-ADS>> Can we live without Yahoo

WalkersWeb (walkrweb_at_walkers.org)
Thu, 5 Mar 1998 14:22:03 -0500

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richard_at_tenagra.com <richard_at_tenagra.com> wrote:

>Does Yahoo Still Yahoo?
>Wired News
>http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/10236.html
>
>It basically chronicles how difficult it is not only to get into Yahoo
>nowadays, but to change inaccurate/outdated entries. And it doesn't appear
>it will get any better.

I have read the articles and listened to the complaints from other web
developers about the difficulty of being listed in Yahoo.

All I can say is that my own experience has been quite good with them.
WalkersWeb got its first two listings (category and geographic) within a
week of our request. This week we received a third listing in the online
events section about 72 hours after requesting it.

I wish I knew what we are doing right to get such prompt listings (I would
write a book and sell it to y'all) but I have never had any difficulty with
any of the sites I have registered with them.

Ironically, we have had long delays and poor success with some of the search
engines, such as Excite. I have sent in request after request and still
can't get our site listed there. Infoseek was very quick, Hotbot took a bit
longer and Lycos took quite a while but they finally listed us a couple of
weeks ago.

Perhaps Yahoo treats commercial and non-commercial, informational sites
differently when they prioritize their listings. I am just very happy to be
listed there and we get more referrals from Yahoo than any of the other
directories, search engines or sites that link to us.

--
Mark Oberg - WalkersWeb
http://www.walkers.org
walkrweb_at_walkers.org




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