[thelist] changing your listing in yahoo

[dn at dittodesign.co.uk]

> I would predict that the Yahoo directory will be closed down and they
will
> pick up DMOZ's

hope so, will make a huge difference to me. But what would
happen to their paid listings ? Can't see it happening in the
near future but fingers crossed, eh.

> If you have to market your own company, but are frustrated by the volume
of
> "No" that you get, pick up the book "The Greatest Salesman in the World."
> It's a gem.

looks interesting. So I nipped over to amazon, this
book gets 5stars all the way from around 40 reviews.
Not bad. Might take the plunge, cheers.

Darren

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From: "Feingold Josh S" <Josh.S.Feingold at irs.gov>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 1:47 PM
Subject: RE: [thelist] changing your listing in yahoo


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> > personally i think yahoo (at least the directory
> > divison) has lost it. they
> > don't show any interest at all in mapping the web
> > evenly. it's a pity that a
> > yahoo directory listing still matters that much (that > directory
listing
> of
> > mine drives a *lot* of traffic to the project).
>
> I would predict that the Yahoo directory will be closed down and they
will
> pick up DMOZ's. In the long run I think that Yahoo's true (economic)
value
> is an aggregator (e.g. portal).  They have already picked up Google as
their
> search engine, and DMOZ's directory probably is next.  Plus, as the
Internet
> grows it simply becomes too expensive to keep up with it using paid
humans.
>
> <tip author="Josh Feingold" topic="Internet Sales">
> If you have to market your own company, but are frustrated by the volume
of
> "No" that you get, pick up the book "The Greatest Salesman in the World."
> It's a gem.
> </tip>
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