help!

[Chris Carlson]

Ok, I finally decided to submit my site to the search engines. Today I received the following message:

The URL you submitted

[nbsp][nbsp]<url:http://www.lakepointechurch.org>

was not added to Yahoo!. We do not list every site suggested to the
directory. Instead, we favor listing sites that provide Yahoo! users
with
robust content and information.

In the spirit of constructive feedback,
here is a list of reasons why
we usually decline certain sites:

- the
site has broken graphics and images.
- the site provides no new information or content. (For example, it is
[nbsp][nbsp]merely a set of links.)
- the site presents inadequate or vague information, making it difficult
[nbsp][nbsp]for us to understand what it represents, or what it is offering.
- the site is no more than a business card listing. (For example, it
[nbsp][nbsp]contains nothing but a few sentences, an address and a phone number.)
- the site only offers content readily available from other sources. (In
[nbsp][nbsp]other words, it contains no unique content.)
- The site uses applets and other features that slow down functionality
[nbsp][nbsp]and ease of use.

In all likelihood, your site is described by at least one of the above.

Web users are quickly turned off by underdeveloped sites. This reflects
poorly not only on the individual site, but on Yahoo! as well.

Keep in
mind that we are not telling you to change your site. However,
if you do
decide to redesign or reorganize, please feel free to suggest
the site
again.

Finally, please note that any judgment we make about your site
is based
solely on the individual site. We do not compare Web listings, and
instead
review them on their merits, on a case by case basis.

Thanks for your
time,

The Yahoo! Editorial Team

Is my site really that bad??????????
Any questions, comments on how I can get it posted on Yahoo!!???

[wolfstalks]

First off Chris, I can't comment on whether your site is that bad or not, because all I get is a dark blue screen, I looked at the source code and I see that there is content, BUT it's not visible in my browser, Netscape 4.72 ????

I don't know what you used to build this, but some of the meta tags seem out of place, BUT I am no expert at coding so I am not really sure what the problem is, BUT it is not viewable by me ????

(Edit)[nbsp][nbsp]Chris, I just looked at your site with MS IE 5 and it views very well, nice job, BUT for those of us backwards (that's for Justin :P ) People that insist on using NS your site is not viewable,[nbsp][nbsp]I am going to see if I can figure out what's wrong, BUT I hope we get some help here?[nbsp][nbsp]That may be the problem your site had with Yahoo, it may be that the person who went to view your site was using Netscape???[nbsp][nbsp]Also you have no Description or Keyword Meta Tags!!

(Edit 2)[nbsp][nbsp]I downloaded your page and opened it in NS and it was viewable, I am e-mailing you with the source code, so you can see if you can see what is missing from the page on the web ????[nbsp][nbsp]Good, Good Luck !!!

Good Luck
Bob
[This message has been edited by wolfstalks (edited 03-28-00@3:21 pm)]

[Deb]

99.9% of the time that a page is viewable by IE and not at all by NS it's because of table tags that did not get closed.

Will bet 18 ASCII Characters that if you add a </td></tr></table> to the end it'll show.[nbsp][nbsp]Going through an HTML validator would be wiser though :)

Ref: http://www.aota.net/HTML_Validation_Tools/htmlcheck.php3

Deb
[nbsp]- Always wash you plate before you put it in the dishwasher

[Dan Kaplan]

Wow, you actually received not only a rejection letter, but a very detailed (probably form letter of some sort) rejection letter, from Yahoo!?![nbsp][nbsp]That's unheard of, unless you paid the $199 for express business (i.e. rapid rip-off) submission?

Sounds like Bob's on the ball on this one.[nbsp][nbsp];)[nbsp][nbsp] Tough to follow all the nested tables, but a quick count of the source code shows 8 tables that don't have closing tags.[nbsp][nbsp]I'd say odds are very good that that's the source (no pun intended) of you problems.

Dnial

[dank]

I tried posting this earlier when TAZ locked up, now I have a disfunctional password...

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Whoa, that's weird, the post above didn't show up until I just posted this one.[nbsp][nbsp]Definitely not a cache issue, as the previous post was from a different computer.[nbsp][nbsp]I wonder if that password works now?[nbsp][nbsp]I had my password emailed me to see what it's showing, and here's what I got:

Your UserName is: ·èë2
“ÊÔC±èk
ÅTÔÖÉáZª�*êYÝÒ#R0=Í~Ý}áýÞö–oyWÛMݶk}ÆQ5� �–ðÀ.¦eA`Ý<op‰ê1¤RFªÒHÙf' ¶õÉ|·ÌwÑn�*°ºxWLaÙü5ÔŸ0BXÒ¥ƒC§[tßQtÖ'øQuw^uvB#bºûfmݝA&quot;ÇúLÔÛ~š$?’Î[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]
'’I7÷óO<ó§<ÞþñçMÞ÷wž¤ø
[nbsp]Your Password is:[nbsp][nbsp]

I don't know what's more messed up, the goofy username or the nonexistent password...

Disguise
[This message has been edited by dank (edited 03-28-00@11:45 pm)]

[Chris Carlson]

Thanks everyone for your input...I finally got the site viewable in Netscape as well as MSIE. I was afraid I would have to create a whole seperate site for NS users, but I just loaded the pages in Netscape, saved them and it corrected the problem. As for the Meta tags, Ill work on those soon. Thanks for all your help! Let me know if you can view the pae w/ different browsers.
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Thanks,
Chris

[wolfstalks]

Chris, as I had already said, a very good looking site, especially now that we NS users can see it!!![nbsp][nbsp]Glad that some of us could help.

Good Luck with your web Site!
[nbsp]
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Have a Good One
Bob