Utilize the Local Versions of Yahoo! to Boost Your Online Search Exposure

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 registermmercial sites with a physical corporate presence in the country concerned. You can check out all the world's TLDs and their registrars at: < betterwhois betterwhois > Europe ------ Denmark (.dk): < yahoo r/dk yahoo r/dk > France (.fr): < yahoo r/fr yahoo r/fr > Germany (.de): < yahoo r/de yahoo r/de > Italy (.it): < yahoo r/it yahoo r/it > Norway (.no): < yahoo r/no yahoo r/no > Spain (.es): < yahoo r/es yahoo r/es > Sweden (.se): < yahoo r/se yahoo r/se > UK + Ireland ( , .ie): < yahoo r/uk yahoo r/uk > Asia/Pacific Region ------------------- Asia (Selection:.af, .bd, .bt, .id, .la, .lk, .mm, .mo, .ph, .pk, .sr, .th, .ir): < yahoo r/ai yahoo r/ai > Australia + New Zealand (, .nz): < yahoo r/an yahoo r/an > China (.cn): < yahoo r/cc yahoo r/cc > Hong Kong (.hk): < yahoo r/hk yahoo r/hk > India (.in): < yahoo r/id yahoo r/id > Japan (.jp): < yahoo r/jp yahoo r/jp > Korea (.kr): < yahoo r/kr yahoo r/kr > Singapore (.sg): < yahoo r/sg yahoo r/sg > Taiwan (.tw): < yahoo r yahoo r w > The Americas ------------ Argentina (.ag): < yahoo r/ag yahoo r/ag > Brazil (.br): < yahoo r/br yahoo r/br > Canada (.ca): < yahoo r/cd yahoo r/cd > Chinese: < yahoo r/cn yahoo r/cn > Mexico (.mx): < yahoo r/mx yahoo r/mx > Spanish: < yahoo r/ep yahoo r/ep > U.S. Cities ----------- Atlanta: < yahoo r/at yahoo r/at > Boston: < yahoo r/bo yahoo r/bo > Chicago: < yahoo r/ch yahoo r/ch > Dallas/Fort Worth: < yahoo r/df yahoo r/df > Los Angeles: < yahoo r/lo yahoo r/lo > New York City: < yahoo r/ny yahoo r/ny > San Francisco Bay Area: < yahoo r/ba yahoo r/ba > Washington D.C.: < yahoo r/wd yahoo r/wd > U.S. States ----------- < yahoo r/mm yahoo r/mm >
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