Mashing Windows

Aaron suggested that I use Yahoo’s Site Explorer and Authenticate the site and the XML feed in order to expedite Yahoo’s indexing of the blog.

Pretty simple procedure:

1. Go to siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com;
2. Log in with your Yahoo account, otherwise sign up for one (free);
3. Enter the url of your site or blog to the box on top of the page, then click on “Add My Site”, and your site will appear in the list below the box;
4. Click on the “Authenticate” button;
5. This will bring you to a new page, where you’ll have two methods to authenticate your site:
   - Uploading an authentication file to your site;
   or
   - Adding a META tag to your home page.
6. I opted for the first option, so I downloaded the proper file and uploaded to the site (link);
7. Click on “Ready to Authenticate”;
8. If you have a plain web site and no blog, you’re DONE!. If your site has feeds, as in a blog, you need to do one more step: click on the “Manage” button;
9. On the next screen you’ll enter the feed path of your site or blog, usually “/feed” or “/feed/atom”;
10. Click on “Add Feed”;
11. DONE!

written by lorenzo