Yahoo! Site Explorer is the same with Google Webmaster Tools, the only different is that it is owned by Yahoo search engine.

In this article I will show you how to submit your blog, your blog sitemap to Yahoo!

Just follow these simple step by step instruction.  It quite similar with Submit Your Blog To Google Webmaster Tools.

You must have Yahoo account.  To have it, simple get ymail or yahoo mail.  If you already have, login.  If you already login then good.

Go to this link; https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/mysites

Put your blog url in the form which the button says Add My Site and then click that button.

Then you will need to verify that you are the owner.  I recommending you to choose verify by html files.  Download the files to your local hard drive and then upload to your blog main directory.  After that click “Ready To Authenticate” and we’re done with authentication.

Submitting sitemap(s) to Yahoo! is quite different.  Instead of sitemap, they use the key term “Feeds“.  Under that website options, simply clicking your link at the front page of Site Explorer, and then click Feeds. You will see a form which have the button saying Add Feed.  Put the following;

  1. sitemap.xml ==> and the click Add Feed.
  2. sitemap.xml.gz ==> and then click Add Feed.
  3. feed/ ==> and then click Add Feed.

Well, we’re done with Yahoo! Site Explorer.

Coming up next is how to Submit Your Blog To MSN search engine.  So, stay subscribe.