[Sigia-l] Don't submit websites to search engines?

[BJ Cook]

Really?

I do agree their "search sector" is a part of their overall directory
structure. But they are not exclusively a search engine.

Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO) - provider of comprehensive online products and
services to consumers and businesses worldwide.
Yahoo! Directory - subject-based guide to web sites and web content.
Yahoo! Search - provides an interface for finding information, news, images,
products, and local services.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Richard Wiggins
To: BJ Cook
Cc: Christina Wodtke ; SIGIA-L
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Don't submit websites to search engines?


That is most assuredly not true.  Yahoo famously WAS a directory, but,
in response to the Google juggernaut, they are repositioning
themselves as very much a search player.   Good grief, very hard to
miss the ad campaign they've done promoting themselves as a search
company.

/rich

On Mon, 17 May 2004 08:51:26 -0400, BJ Cook <bcook at gate1travel.com> wrote:
>
> Another interesting point is to note that Yahoo is a directory, not a
search
> engine.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Christina Wodtke
> To: SIGIA-L
> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 11:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Don't submit websites to search engines?
>
> I'm not sure how seriously I'd take this: the author doesn't seem to know
> yahoo, inktomi, altavista and fast are all just yahoo now.
> Also, he mentions forums as a good place to list your URL (great, he
doesn't
> mention the important of relevant text around a link, so now forums are
> probably going to get linkspammed), but most forums are currently
> uncrawlable. However, he's dead on regarding directories, and that
actually
> affects placement as well as getting crawled.
>
> Were it me, I'd not pay for search placement, but would pay for directory
> listing.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Listera" <listera at rcn.com>
> To: "SIGIA-L" <sigia-l at asis.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 11:43 PM
> Subject: [Sigia-l] Don't submit websites to search engines?
>
> > Forget paying Yahoo to get included, here's an argument for not
bothering
> > with SE submissions at all:
> >
> > <http://evolt.org/article/rdf/20/60314/index.html>
> >
> > Too simplistic?
> >
> > Ziya
> > Nullius in Verba
> >
> >
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