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[Betty]

When Yahoo contacted you and told you the rule you were breaking - what was it?

[Sal Collaziano]

They didn't tell me which rule I was breaking - however, I don't believe they do that for anyone. I understand it's very time consuming - but as a paying customer, I think they should... If they told me what I was doing wrong, I'd comply. However, I'm not doing anything wrong... They're simply trying to get me to use their MUCH more expensive PPC methods.. I was doing too good for $50.00 a year for them to swallow...

When Yahoo contacted you and told you the rule you were breaking - what was it?

[rolf]

An interesting thought has occurred to me - it may or may not help you solve this, but it could be interesting to see Yahoo's reaction...

Have you asked for your money back? As I see it, you have a contract with them whereby you pay them £50 per year and they put you in their directory for a year. If they don't keep you in the directory for a year then they have broken that contract.

If this is the case then Yahoo would most likely say that you broke the contract first and their obligations ended at that point, which is fine, but no-one can end a contract due to an alleged breach without disclosing what the breach was, otherwise this would be the most common scam around and everyone would be getting done on a daily basis.

Obviously I've not read the small print and they may have worded the agreement so this is not the case, but I'd be interested to know what the situation actually is here.

[Sal Collaziano]

That seems like a reasonable idea.. I'd like to see some more opinions on this from members of HR...

[Sal Collaziano]

I get the distinctive feeling most people are wary of discussing this.. Understood...

Edited by Sal Collaziano, 23 August 2007 - 01:36 PM.

[chrishirst]

I get the distinctive feeling most people are weary of discussing this

is that wary as in careful?

or weary as in tired?

[Sal Collaziano]

is that wary as in careful?

or weary as in tired?

I'm such a dope... I meant WARY.

Just an FYI on my situation, Yahoo has added my site back into the program. I haven't changed ANYTHING. Anyone care to comment on that?

[rolf]

maybe they've been monitoring this thread and were so scared of my logic that they felt they had no choice but to re-include you or face the consequences!

[Sal Collaziano]

I do think they monitor this forum and maybe a few others. This is probably one of the best SEO forums online.. So why not? Anyway, you can search Yahoo! for "cadillac" and you'll see that I'm listed appropriately. I just want to point this out because I'm almost 100% positive that within the next day or so, I will be back OUT again. And instead of trying to prove to you all that IT HAPPENED, I'd rather you just go see it for yourself...

[George]

I think Project PHP gave you great advice earlier. I think it's also a mindset. I'm sure you run a fine business, but to even imagine that an international enterprise with a market cap north of $30 billion is "...so afraid of [your] site" is a fine example of hubris.

Ultimately, you don't win. Whether you are right, wrong, creative, white hat, black hat or sponsor the local Little League team, you don't win. You don't have to like the reality of the situation. Accepting it and moving on would probably be beneficial. Find out what to change, and change it already so you can avoid tilting at windmills and make some money.

[Sal Collaziano]

1. There's nothing to change.
2. Of course they aren't really afraid of my site.
3. I'm a money machine.

I think Project PHP gave you great advice earlier. I think it's also a mindset. I'm sure you run a fine business, but to even imagine that an international enterprise with a market cap north of $30 billion is "...so afraid of [your] site" is a fine example of hubris.

Ultimately, you don't win. Whether you are right, wrong, creative, white hat, black hat or sponsor the local Little League team, you don't win. You don't have to like the reality of the situation. Accepting it and moving on would probably be beneficial. Find out what to change, and change it already so you can avoid tilting at windmills and make some money.

[Sal Collaziano]

One more thing to note... It's not the "site" itself that Yahoo! Submit Basic is having an issue with - it's the homepage. The one page I'm linking to. They're saying that my index page is violating some rule. It's very easy to narrow-out their entire list of possible issues being that it's only ONE PAGE they're stating to have a problem with.

It's really undeniably simple to see what's going on here. I just thought I'd take a peek into a top SEO community to see what the pros would have to say about this...

[piskie]

You can't boil the Ocean with an electric kettle.
Fix the home page to Yahoos 'requirements' whatever they are and whatever it takes and get back to running a successful busines.

[Jill]

Sigh...yet another tinfoil hat conspiracy theory.

Sorry...this is tiring. Closing this thread.