Yahoo! Sucks!

Every time I deal with Yahoo!, I understand, again, how Google became #1.

I just submitted this blog at Yahoo! Site Explorer. After you click “Submit URL”, you see this depressing message:

Thank you! Your URL has been added to our list of URLs to crawl. Please expect a delay of several weeks before your URL is crawled.

OK, thank you, Yahoo! State Commissariat on Series of Pipes of Internet. That’s exactly what you would expect from a used-to-be in web search. But it gets worse. Below the aforementioned declaration of mediocrity is this little gem:

Search Submit:
- Guaranteed inclusion in Yahoo! Search index.
- Frequent refresh-every 48 hours.
- Reporting to track and optimize performance.
- Ranking based on relevance.

If you want Yahoo! to not-suck, it’ll cost you $49 per URL per year:

Search Submit Basic enables you to submit up to 5 URLs per domain for inclusion in non-sponsored search results on Yahoo!, and other portals such as AltaVista and AllTheWeb.

Lets see, “guaranteed inclusion” in the Yahoo! index for fifty bucks. I wonder what part of “non-sponsored” has Yahoo! baffled.

Of course, there’s more.

If you’d like to get boned extra-hard and further corrupt the integrity of Yahoo!’s search results, there’s Search Submit Pro:

Search Submit Pro gives you the tools to fine-tune your search marketing strategy. Expand your presence in the algorithmic search results, gain more control over the way your Web content is presented, and gain insight into user behavior to drive more sales.

I love the part about “expanding your presence in the algorithmic search results.” It sounds so much nicer than “our search results are for sale.”