My Yahoo RSS Feed Tutorial

Get your RSS feed listed in the My Yahoo RSS directory for fast inclusion in the search engines!

When you list your RSS feed as added content to your MyYahoo page, the content of your feed is immediately syndicated on the web!

Step 1. Go to http://my.yahoo.com  and register for a free account if you don't already have a Yahoo email account or a Yahoo free account for submitting your site to Yahoo.

Step 2. Then, log into "My Yahoo" using your Yahoo account user name and password.

Step 3. Find the tab that says "Add Content."

Step. 4. Click on the link that says, "Add RSS by URL."

Step 5. Copy and paste the url from your RSS (xml) page into the URL: box. Your link should look like this: http://www.mysite.com/rss.xml  where www.mysite.com is replaced by your site url and rss.xml is replaced by the name you used to save and post the rss feed to your website. Be sure to include a directory in this path if you placed your xml page in a directory on your website.

Step. 6.  This takes you to a display of your News Blog and your first entry and any other blog entries that you have made and uploaded to your website.

Don't click on the Add button (circled in blue) just yet.

Instead, notice on the right (circled in red below) is a list of entries that have been made in your blog. If you have only done one entry, then you will see only one link in this list.

This is a good time to check to make sure that all links that you listed in your RSS feed are working correctly. Right click on the link or links of entries and open into a new window (if you simply click on the link it takes you away from Yahoo and you are not done yet!).

Right clicking on the link, opens a new window which should go to the page on your website that matches the headline and description listed in your RSS feed.

Once you know the links are working properly, then click on the ADD button at the bottom of the listing description.

Step. 7.  Click on the link "Go To My Yahoo!' to return to your Home Page.

Step. 8.  Notice that your RSS feed has been added to the My Yahoo RSS Directory!  You know this because it shows up on the Home Page of your MyYahoo.

If you want to double check your RSS feed in the directory, click on the Add Content button on your MyYahoo home page again, and put your keyword phrase for your  MyYahoo RSS feed in the Find Content search box.

On the next page, you should find the listing for your RSS feed along with any other RSS feeds for the same topic in the My Yahoo RSS Directory.

Notice that you could click on the link that says "Add" next to your competition's listing and immediately add it to your My Yahoo page.

This is how others will find you in the My Yahoo RSS Directory and how they can add your RSS feed to their My Yahoo home page!

This is only one of the benefits of being in the My Yahoo RSS Directory. 

Step 9.  That's it!

Only one more thing to do. Put an "Add to My Yahoo!" button on the home page of your News BLog. It's easy to create the code at http://my.yahoo.com/s/button.html

Step. 10.  After all this is done, be sure to list your RSS feed in all the other RSS directories you can find!