For commercial web sites, Yahoo! is by far the most important directory one should be included in. An optimum listing in Yahoo! can drive more traffic to your site than all other search engines combined. Finding a top position in Yahoo! could bring numerous new visitors to your site every month.

Getting a high placed listing in Yahoo! is the most difficult challenge of web site promotion professionals. Even if you pay the $299 fee through the Yahoo! Express submit program, there is no guarantee that your site will be accepted. $299 gets your site reviewed by one of Yahoo!'s (human) reviewers who are required to make sure your site meets their very stringent guidelines. A single mistake in submission could get your site rejected or at the very least, a poor ranking.

What does it take to get an optimum listing in Yahoo?

1. Designing your site with the proper elements. There are some essential elements that your site must contain, or Yahoo! won't accept it, even if you pay the $299 fee.

2. Choosing the right category for your site. If you don't submit your site to the right category, Yahoo! may not accept your site.

3. Writing a correct description for your site. Unless you write a description that is not only accurate, but contains the right mix of keywords, you will not get an optimum listing in Yahoo!

4. Submitting your site properly.

Get all of the above 4 steps right, and you can drive a boatload of traffic to your site. Get just one of the steps wrong, and Yahoo! will reject your site, or at the very least, give it a sub-optimal listing.

Over the past 5 years, we've successfully submitted for hundreds of companies. We can do the same for you.