618 days ago Written by Yahoo! offers mail and searches, but do you know about the other services that Yahoo! offers? Yahoo! offers advertising, social networking and answers. Here are ten ways that you can market your blog using Yahoo!. This is a guest post written by James Adams, if you would like to write for Tekkieblog, kindly contact the admin.
1.Sponsored search [Varies] - Sponsored searches show up in Yahoo!’s sidebar, giving you visibility in your blog’s keywords. Sponsored search results can also show up before the organic search results. With their pay per click program, you only have to pay when a user clicks on your advertisement. Here is a link that you can use to estimate costs.
2.Create banner ads [Varies] – Your sponsored searches are generally text-based. Fortunately, you can also create banner ads and graphics that can be seen through all of Yahoo!’s internet properties. This gives more colour and flavour to your advertisements. All budgeted costs are charged to your credit card.
3.Yahoo! Directory Submit [Submission $299, Yearly $299] – Yahoo! has a list of featured companies and blogs which provides exposure to millions of people. To be placed upon this list, there is a $299 non-refundable fee for consideration. If you are included in the list, there is an annual fee of $299.
4.Pipes [Free] – Pipes allows you to combine your feeds, mash them up and take them to a whole new level. With Pipes, you can geocode your content and create custom search pages. You can receive your information through RSS, JSON and KML.
5.Buzz [Free] – Readers submit and approve stories that are happening around the blogosphere. On Buzz, you can showcase the popular stories and contribute your own stories to the rest of the world. Your blog articles and stories have a chance to go viral through Buzz.
6.Answers [Free] – Users submit questions to Yahoo! Answers, and other users answer them. By answering questions about your favorite topics, you are exposing yourself to the market. When people start to see you as an expert, they will come to you and your blog for advice.
7.Groups [Free] – Yahoo! Groups allow you to create your own forums. There are many vibrant communities on Groups. By forming or joining one of these groups, you can give your blog some exposure with each post.
8.MyBlogLog [Free] – A popular blog aggregator, MyBlogLog shows off countless blogs and gives your blog a chance to be read by millions. This is also a great place to get together with other bloggers and participate in the larger conversation. With the many topics and communities available, there will be something that suits your needs.
9.Shine [Free] – Shine is a news aggregator for women. It doesn’t have stories about the big muscle cars or losing 100 pounds in two weeks, it devotes its attention toward more sensitive topics like fashion and jewellery. You can guest post at Shine, where it may be picked up by the editors and distributed.
10.Delicious [Free] – This is a very popular social bookmarking site which keeps track of events around the blogosphere. You can tag your bookmarked articles so that others around the world may see them. You can keep track of the latest news and find more subjects which suit your fancy.
Yahoo! can help you market your blog and receive great exposure. You can create a buzz, join in one of their groups and shine.
Author Info : James Adams currently writes about new technology developments and analyses new hardware like the at a leading specialist toner cartridges supplier in Manchester.
Narendran.M is a writer, technical blogger & he is very much proud of saying, he is a learner.
Interesting to see yahoo fighting for search share. I completely disagree that one should use Yahoo PPC, it is a waste of money.