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I just returned from the WebmasterWorld Conference in Orlando, FLA where Tim Mayer of Yahoo was the keynote speaker. I assembled the article from his speech. Let me know what you think.
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He also indicated that he was having employees go through and make sure that everyone who has a Yahoo Directory listing now will also be spidered and indexed.
About freakin time! You would think after dishing out 299 you would at least be in the index.
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Mayer also made it clear that no one who bought PFI from Altavista or AllTheWeb would be "screwed" by Yahoo. He said their PFI would be honored until the end of the term.
I'm sure thats good news for many users. What about sites that never paid but are in the Ink index??? Will they stay or be dumped?
I just returned from the WebmasterWorld Conference in Orlando, FLA where Tim Mayer of Yahoo was the keynote speaker. I assembled the article from his speech. Let me know what you think.
That's a great scoop LilOptimizer, (short, sweet and to the point), one part of the article that particulary caught my eye was ;
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They are focused on using similar signal qualities as Google, who Mayer referred to as "the third party provider".
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Mayer also made it clear that no one who bought PFI from Altavista or AllTheWeb would be "screwed" by Yahoo. He said their PFI would be honored until the end of the term.
According to an email sent out recently, previous PFI would appear in Yahoo! until April 15th 2004 at which time they must sign up for Yahoo! PFI inclusion to avoid being dropped. I verified this with a phone call to Ink.
I have received no correspondance that would indicate that their plans have changed.
I hope he was not just "blowin smoke up your skirt". I won't get my hopes up...