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 $199 for the mere
chance of having your site reviewed. 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 >
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 w >
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 >
About the author:
Ralph Tegtmeier is the co-founder and principal of
fantomaster.com Ltd. (UK) and fantomaster.com GmbH (Belgium), <
http://fantomaster.com/ > a company specializing in webmasters
software development, industrial-strength cloaking and search
engine positioning services. You can contact him at
mailto:fneditor@fantomaster.com
