Get Your RSS Feed Listed Within Hours at Yahoo in 5 Simple Steps

Let's be honest. There's three types of people in the world. * Yahoos * Googlers * People who are neither, or both. I've been lurking in forums, and I realized something - they seem to be a lot saner than me. But then, almost everyone is. I've been a Google gal for a while. There. I said it. And why not? Google has been good to me. Yahoo finally has me convinced that they are at minimum, the top contender for the title of heavyweight search engine champion of the world. I now take them very seriously for many reasons. ( I won't bore you with all of them here - though if you'd like to be bored, see the on-going updates-: http://www.freetrafficdirectory.com/Forums .) What really has the potential to turn me into a type 2 or 3 is the attention Yahoo pays to RSS. Like everyone, I heard the big announcement back in February of this year that Yahoo was developing an RSS Directory, and had re-launched their Beta RSS Headlines module of "My Yahoo!". Still, I took my time hopping on the "marketing through RSS" bandwagon, though I've had feeds on most of my sites since late 2002. When I finally started using my feeds during some research, I ran across Yahoo's "Add to My Yahoo!" button on many sites that also carry the orange "XML" insignia, And I have to say, it shocks me how easy it seems to be to get Yahoo to pay attention to your feed. The folks at Yahoo tell you that they are forming an RSS Directory on this page: http://my.yahoo.com/s/button.html . Want to search Yahoo's RSS Directory for your site or others? Just go to your "My Yahoo!" page, find where you added the RSS Headlines block and click "Edit", usually in the upper right hand corner of the block of content. That will take you to a new page. Now, where you would normally type a URL, type your keyword, or if you know a site has a feed but don't know the address, type in the home page. Advanced users can also click on the Import feature to import feeds through their .OPML file. You can display up to 50 feeds per page, but there does not appear to be a limitation on how many feeds you can include in Yahoo. When does a browse-able version of Yahoo's RSS Directory open, and how much more traffic can you expect when it does? I haven't heard any speculation on when the Beta period will be up, but I'd be willing to be it will be soon. My suggestion? Add your link now, while Yahoo appears to be taking all comers. Tinu Abayomi-Paul is the co-owner of Leveraged Promotion, which provides many solutions for companies who prefer to out-source their online promotion needs. At http://blog.leveragedpromotion.com you can find out more about how RSS, Blogs and Podcasting can increase your online visibility.