subject: How-To Get Your BLOGS Site Feed Listed In Yahoo! [print this page] BLOGS... they seem to be the talk of the Internet marketing world these days, and for good reason.
Not only do the Search Engines love them for there Content Rich pages, you also have the ability to plug your Blogs "Site Feed" into an RSS feed and then have it syndicated to thousands of websites and directories giving your content more exposure to your target audience.
RSS(Real Simple Syndication) is a very Powerful technology that has been around for quite some time and when used correctly, can build an audience overnight.
If you want a crash course on what RSS is, in more depth, since the nature of this article is to show you how to get your Blogs "Site Feed" listed in Yahoo! and MSN, I've provided a link to a page full of articles on RSS related issues. depending on where your Blog is hosted, whether its through a free service like Blogger.com -- or hosted on your websites server you should have a "Site Feed URL" that has the .XML extension.
This is your "Site Feed URL".
You'll usually locate it within your Settings area of Blog control center.
Here's what mine looks like as an example:
This URL is intended for a RSS News Reader, so disregard its appearance.
Once you find your "Site Feed URL", copy and paste it into Notepad because you'll need it for the next steps coming ahead.
Now, what you need to do is go and set-up an My Yahoo! and My MSN account.
I've provided the links for you below.
It should only take you about 15-20 minutes at the most.
If you already have accounts with My Yahoo! and My MSN, read on.
This is assuming you already have your accounts set-up, so your next step is to Login to your My Yahoo! account.
When you login, you'll be taken to your Yahoo! page immediately.
What you want to do next is go look under the Yahoo! search box to the left and click on the "Add Content" link.
This will bring you to a new page.
From there, over to the right by the "Find" button you'll see an "Add RSS by URL" link, click on it.
