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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 >
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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
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