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Where is my site?
Chances are if you have
submitted it a few
month's ago it probably didn't
make it this
time around. ...
Resubmit but......before you do....Think and
Recheck your web site.
1.) Directories won't take web sites with little or no
content.
Make some style changes and
add more text
that is relevant to your web
site. Perhaps
redo your site with fresh coat
of interesting
stuff. Graphics, Navigation, get rid of all
those banners for now.
Concentrate on one central
idea. That's what they want. Yahoo...Looksmart Open Directory.
Don't have a car theme, sell books on rabbits, talk about life in your
town, Soccer scores in Libya. Just the car theme, concentrate on that.
You'll get listed quicker.
Rename your site if you
haven't had any success and redefine your subject
matter more. Make it
super central to your title!
Make sure most of your text
is more concentrated and detailed
closer to the top
of your page using keywords
that best fit your
site.
Make Spelling corrections.
Knock off some pictures to
speed up load time.
Last word and very important to
Yahoo, is to
check how your page looks in
different size
resolutions (640x480) (800x600).
See if you can read entire
sections, or if you
are chopping off words or
having to adjust
your browser. Yahoo is very
specific of the
detail of your site:
1:) Do all the links work.
2:) Does Title equal contents
of site .
3:) Use of keywords throughout
site.
4:)Before you even think of
adding your site
find exactly
where it belongs. You must find the best category and sub category to list your
site. Editors do not have time to do this for you. This
is what I consider the main reason why so many web sites get rejected besides
content . Search for sites similar to yours before you submit!
5.)You may be better off
adding it as a personal
homepage or
perhaps listed in regional than
another higher category heading.
Better odds here!
6.) Review sites they list that
are close to your
site
definition. What did they do and what can you do to make your
site better. Make comparisons. Don't copy their
stuff but use it as a guide to prepare your site.
7.)Editors review countless sites so give them
something
special and new.
8.)Be careful of load times,
change graphics from gif.
to jpg. format use
( Livepro). If you need to use gif
formats use converters
that remove size and amounts
of color to gif. Try Gif Optimizer
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