The Highland Marketing Group
Google
 
Web thmg.com

Affiliate Revenue

Domain Names E Books Email Marketing Ezine Marketing

Ezine Publishing

Internet Marketing Marketing PPC Advertising SEO

Site Promotion

Traffic Building Web Design Web Development Web Hosting

Have You Been Dropped By Yahoo?


Yahoo has fairly recently updated its guidelines. You can read the full list at:

http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/basics/basics-18.html

I thought that a few points were of great interest to you because we have discussed these issue in the past when describing the best way to future-proof your site against search engine algorithm changes.

Here are some of the new guidelines:

Pages Yahoo! Wants Included in Its Index
________________________________________

1. Original and unique content of genuine value

2. Pages designed primarily for humans, with search engine considerations secondary

3. Hyperlinks intended to help people find interesting, related content, when applicable

4. Metadata (including title and description) that accurately describes the contents of a web page

5. Good web design in general

It seems content is now King for Yahoo, and unique content at that. As I have always told you, develop webpages with unique content and your sites will do well.

Here is a summary of some of the guidelines Yahoo makes on what not to do. I have added my own comments in brackets afterwards:

1. redirects (targeting smart pages and similar cloaking techniques).

2.Pages that have substantially the same content as other pages (pages generated by page generators that substitute one keyword for another).

3. Pages in great quantity, automatically generated or of little value (data feed sites that are built in a day by someone wanting to put out thousands of pages quickly).

4. Excessively cross-linking sites to inflate a site's apparent popularity (webmasters who cross link all their sites in an effort to rank better).

5. Pages built primarily for the search engines (highly optimized pages).

Read the full set of guidelines for yourself as they offer a great insight as to why your site may have been dropped by Yahoo.

*********************************************************
Andy Williams is author of the free, ezSEO internet marketing newsletter,
offering subscribers up-to-date information on all aspects of internet
marketing. His search engine optimization website offers unique, no
BS information, for free.
*********************************************************


MORE RESOURCES:

Ethical Search Engine Optimization
PowerHomeBiz.com (press release) - Sep 4, 2008
September 4, 2008 ( PowerHomeBiz ) - United Kingdom -- If you have taken the time to learn a little about Search Engine Optimization (SEO), ...
Press Release News Distribution Service 24-7PressRelease.com ... 24-7PressRelease.com (press release)
all 2 news articles


Full Service Marketing Company Offers Free Webinar on Search ...
BigNews.biz (press release), MA - Sep 3, 2008
Marlton, NJ Sept 3rd 2008--ScreenDreamer LLC, a full service internet marketing company, is hosting a free webinar on search engine optimization (SEO). ...


Small Box Web Design & Consulting Moves Website to SmallBoxWeb.com
PR Web (press release), WA - 4 hours ago
Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) September 7, 2008 -- Web design and search engine optimization firm, Small Box Web Design & Consulting, today announced that it has ...


Increase Visibility Ranked #1 for Organic Optimization and for ...
PR Web (press release), WA - Sep 6, 2008
Increase Visibility, a prominent search engine optimization and marketing company has been awarded the September 2008 #1 ranking for organic optimization ...


Video Search Engine Optimization Expert Gregory Markel To Speak At SES
FOXBusiness - Aug 19, 2008
... will share his 13 years of search engine marketing expertise while focusing on "Video Search Engine Optimization" at the 2008 Search Engine Strategies ...

Search-Engine-Optimization - Google News

Affiliate Revenue

Domain Names E Books Email Marketing Ezine Marketing

Ezine Publishing

Internet Marketing Marketing PPC Advertising SEO

Site Promotion

Traffic Building Web Design Web Development Web Hosting
Home | Site Map

| 1000 Free Places for Ads! | Free Classified Ads | Free-For-All AdsReciprocal Links | Search Engines |
| Award Sites | Webmaster Tools | Free Giveaways | Get Paid to Surf
| Free Business Classifieds | Auction Tips | Debt Consolidation Tips | Become a Notary Public |

Copyright © 2006-2007. The Highland Marketing Group. All Rights Reserved.