Yahoo Drops Free Submit For Commercial Categories Yahoo has dropped the ability for sites to submit for free to the commercial portion of its directory.

Sites wishing to be listed within the "Shopping and Services" or "Business to Business" areas of the web guide must
now use Yahoo's $199 "Business Express" service. A free submission option remains for those submitting to other areas
of the Yahoo.com site or to regional commercial areas at Yahoo's non-US editions.

Yahoo becomes the second major directory to limit its free submission option. LookSmart made a much more expansive
move earlier this year, requiring all commercial sites to pay a submission fee. In contrast, Yahoo's remaining free
submission option remains much more liberal, still available in vast portions of the guide.

Yahoo said it was making the change so that it could affordably build out its commercial listings to be as
comprehensive as possible.