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Utilize the Local Versions of Yahoo! to Boost Your Online Search Exposure------------------------------------------------------ by Ralph Tegtmeier aka fantomaster ------------------------------------------------------ As the world's largest directory/portal and generator of search related traffic, Yahoo! entertains a wide range of localized sites and categories. Not all of them require paid inclusion for business sites. So if your site qualifies, you may want to sign up under a regional category instead of paying $$$ for the mere chance of having your site reviewed and to keep it included if you ever make it. You may even consider setting up a dedicated web site under a foreign TLD (top level domain) in order to achieve multiple entries in this prime traffic pusher. (Take care not to merely clone your main site, however: Yahoo!'s editors are well known not to take kindly to that well worn strategy.) But will it really effect search results? That's the best part of it: it won't! The typical surfer doesn't really care where a domain is listed within Yahoo!'s vast, hard to fathom category structure. So getting listed at all - anywhere! - is the only important point. Below you will find a list of localized Yahoo! URLs and the TLDs you may want to sign up under to get listed. Note, however, that restrictions may apply: some TLD registrars will only register commmercial sites with a physical corporate presence in the country concerned. You can check out all the world's TLDs and their registrars at: < http://www.betterwhois.com > (Note: in some countries paid express submission has recently been or is currently being implemented!) Europe ------ Denmark (.dk): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/dk > France (.fr): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/fr > Germany (.de): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/de > Italy (.it): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/it > Norway (.no): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/no > Spain (.es): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/es > Sweden (.se): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/se > UK + Ireland (.co.uk, .ie): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/uk > Asia/Pacific Region ------------------- Asia (Selection: .af, .bd, .bt, .id, .la,.lk, .mm, .mo, .ph, .pk, .sr, .th, .ir): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/ai > Australia + New Zealand (.au, .nz): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/an > China (.cn): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/cc > Hong Kong (.hk): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/hk > India (.in): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/id > Japan (.jp): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/jp > Korea (.kr): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/kr > Singapore (.sg): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/sg > Taiwan (.tw): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/tw > The Americas ------------ Argentina (.ag): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/ag > Brazil (.br): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/br > Canada (.ca): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/cd > Chinese: < http://www.yahoo.com/r/cn > Mexico (.mx): < http://www.yahoo.com/r/mx > Spanish: < http://www.yahoo.com/r/ep > U.S. Cities ----------- Atlanta: < http://www.yahoo.com/r/at > Boston: < http://www.yahoo.com/r/bo > Chicago: < http://www.yahoo.com/r/ch > Dallas/Fort Worth: < http://www.yahoo.com/r/df > Los Angeles: < http://www.yahoo.com/r/lo > New York City: < http://www.yahoo.com/r/ny > San Francisco Bay Area: < http://www.yahoo.com/r/ba > Washington D.C.: < http://www.yahoo.com/r/wd > U.S. States ----------- < http://www.yahoo.com/r/mm > This text may freely be republished or distributed in unmodified form provided the following resource box is included intact either at the beginning or the end of the article and a complimentary copy or notice (link) is sent to the author at the address specified below: Ralph Tegtmeier is the co-founder and principal of fantomaster.com GmbH (Belgium), < http://fantomaster.com/ >, a company specializing in webmasters software development, industrial-strength cloaking and search engine positioning services. He has been a web marketer since 1994 and is editor-in-chief of fantomNews, a free newsletter focusing on search engine optimization, available at: < http://fantomaster.com/fantomnews-sub.html > You can contact him at mailto:fneditor@fantomaster.com (c) copyright 2002 by fantomaster.com All rights reserved. Downloaded at: < http://fantomaster.com/ > © 2004 HostWrap.com , All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication or publication of any materials from this Site is expressly prohibited. |
