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Do You Have To Pay To Get On Zeal?
Started by
prophecy
, Oct 26 2003 10:22 AM
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Posted 26 October 2003 - 10:25 AM
Not necessarily. You can study up on their practices, take the test and become an editor. Then you can submit sites for free, but they still need to be non-commercial. For commercial sites, there's nothing you can do, although if you have non-commercial content on the site you can submit those pages.
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Posted 26 October 2003 - 10:53 AM
Zeal is for non-commercial sites. Crooksmart is for commercial sites
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Posted 26 October 2003 - 12:00 PM
Zeal won't give you much benefit any more...after Dec. when MSN drops all LookSmart listings. I believe that included Zeal listings too.
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Posted 27 October 2003 - 05:37 PM
Where else is Zeal used apart from WiseNut?
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Posted 27 October 2003 - 06:06 PM
Zeal is used in looksmart and msn, until msn dumps looksmart in january of next year
also zeal powers lycos through looksmart
also zeal powers lycos through looksmart
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Posted 28 October 2003 - 03:22 AM
Looking at the results from MSN.co.uk Looksmart has already been dropped across here. 
Microsoft did say they would be dropping it mid October on the UK Portal.
Microsoft did say they would be dropping it mid October on the UK Portal.
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Posted 28 October 2003 - 05:04 AM
Hi everyone and good site. Looks like the Looksmart stuff is still in msn.co.uk it's just blended in with the Inktomi listings.
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Posted 28 October 2003 - 09:03 AM
Welcome, Jarmez! 
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Posted 28 October 2003 - 09:37 AM
what about Joe ant then? is there a point in this directory?
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Posted 28 October 2003 - 11:04 AM
It will add to your Link Popularity. Also, the crawlers to index it's content I believe. I know that Google will show back links from Joe Ant listings. So yes it is worthwhile.what about Joe ant then? is there a point in this directory?
As for getting commercial sites on Zeal, I believe the only way to accomplish this is to use Looksmart's pay per click services. However, I think Looksmart is like a ship with a leak and everyone is waiting to see if it floats or sinks, myself included.
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Posted 28 October 2003 - 11:45 AM
What would be the top 5 free directories to get on do you think?
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Posted 04 November 2003 - 03:49 AM
Taken from MSN UK Help
LookSmart Customers:
MSN has now ended our relationship with LookSmart in the UK. LookSmart continues to function as an independent Search provider in the UK and in other countries but the former "Web Directory" section is no longer shown in actual queries from MSN Search (although you can browse to a static version of the Directory here: http://uk.search.msn.../category.aspx).
LookSmart Customers:
MSN has now ended our relationship with LookSmart in the UK. LookSmart continues to function as an independent Search provider in the UK and in other countries but the former "Web Directory" section is no longer shown in actual queries from MSN Search (although you can browse to a static version of the Directory here: http://uk.search.msn.../category.aspx).
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Posted 04 November 2003 - 09:47 AM
Lycos is now using LookSmart/Zeal for some searches. 
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