How To Get Your BLOGS "Site Feed" Listed In Yahoo

How To Get Your BLOGS "Site Feed" Listed In Yahoo
BLOGS... they seem to be the talk of the Internet marketingworld these days, and for good reason.Not only do the Search Engines love them for there ContentRich pages, you also have the ability to plug your Blogs"Site Feed" into an RSS feed and then have it syndicated tothousands of websites and directories giving your contentmore exposure to your target audience.RSS(Real Simple Syndication) is a very Powerful technologythat has been around for quite some time and when usedcorrectly, 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 getyour Blogs "Site Feed" listed in Yahoo! and MSN, I'veprovided a link to a page full of articles on RSS relatedissues. http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-articles.htmNow, depending on where your Blog is hosted, whether itsthrough a free service like Blogger.com --http://www.blogger.com or hosted on your websites serveryou should have a "Site Feed URL" that has the .XMLextension.This is your "Site Feed URL".You'll usually locate it within your Settings area of Blogcontrol center.Here's what mine looks like as an example:http://theiwe.blogspot.com/atom.xmlThis URL is intended for a RSS News Reader, so disregardits appearance.Once you find your "Site Feed URL", copy and paste it intoNotepad because you'll need it for the next steps comingahead.Now, what you need to do is go and set-up an My Yahoo! andMy MSN account.I've provided the links for you below.- My Yahoo! ==> http://my.yahoo.com- My MSN ==> http://msn.comIt 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, soyour next step is to Login to your My Yahoo! account.When you login, you'll be taken to your Yahoo! pageimmediately.What you want to do next is go look under the Yahoo! searchbox 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'llsee an "Add RSS by URL" link, click on it.A new window will open with a "Web Form". Simply copy andpaste your "Site Feed URL" from Notepad into the web formand click on the "Add" button.Now, you should see your Blogs name infront of you. Simplyclick on the yellow "Add To My Yahoo!" button and your feedwill be added.The next thing you should see is your "Site Feed" with your"Headlines".Click on one of them, it should take you to your Blog, tothe desired Headline you chose.Your My Yahoo! page should Now have your Blogs "Site Feed"Headlines listed at the bottom.Scroll down to check. If you don't see them, it sometimestakes up to 24-48 hours for them to appear, so just checkback later.Now that thats done, everytime you update your Blog withNEW content, it'll "Automatically" update on your My Yahoo!page and everybody else's pages who have subscribe to yourfeed, plus, within 24-48 hours your feed will get Spideredand Indexed by Yahoo!.Talk about getting the word out in a HURRY with very littleeffort on your part.This is "Viral Marketing" at its Best in my mind.And... it's so simple to implement.Okay.Now it's time to do the same to your My MSN account as whatyou did above to your My Yahoo! page.Here's the link to go login(click on Sign In from mainpage): http://www.msn.comOnce your login to your My MSN account you should see an"Add Content" link under the MSN logo to your left. Clickon it.A pop-up should now be displaying. Simply copy and pasteyour "Site Feed URL" from your Notepad into the web formprovided and click the Search button(the green button withthe arrow).You should now be looking at Check Box with your Blogs namebeside it. Check off your "Site Feed URL" and then pressthe OK button at the bottom.PRESTO! Like magic... your Blogs site feed has now beenadded to your My MSN page which will then be spidered inthe next 24-48 hours and Indexed by MSN.That's the Power of BLOGS(Web-Logs) and RSS(Really SimpleSyndication)combined with two Internet giants.The only thing you have to bring to the table IS, fresh,quality content that your audience WANTS, and do it on aregular basis.I post my articles that I write on a weekly basis, makingmy Blog called... The Internet Wonders Blog -http://theiwe.blogspot.com - a search engine Magnet!You can do the same because I just showed you HOW.In conclusion, creating BLOGS and using RSS as a vehicle tosyndicate your Blogs content is a Sure-Fire way to get yourcontent spidered more frequently by search engines and theexposure it deserves, which in turn, will build you alarge audience of buying customers that TRUST you.