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Submit Your Feed

Once you've located your feed and made sure it's valid, you're ready to start spreading the good news. Yahoo! is one of the most heavily trafficked sites on the Web, and My Yahoo! is one of world's most popular feed readers. Why not tap into that wealth of opportunity and get your feed some new subscribers?

When users click the Add Content button on My Yahoo!, they're presented with two options: Find Content (which lets them search for syndicated content in the Yahoo! Feed Database), or Browse by Topic (which lets them explore the Browse-by-Topic Directory of feeds). Any time someone subscribes to your feed via My Yahoo!, the feed is automatically added to the Yahoo! Feed Database so if you already have a number of My Yahoo! subscribers you will not have to manually submit it for inclusion. If you have a new site, make sure your content gets the visibility it deserves and submit your feed to both options.

The Yahoo! Feed Database

To have your feed included in the Database, simply enter the URL of your feed below. Please note: Before you can add your feed to the Yahoo! Feed Database, you must sign in to My Yahoo! using your Yahoo! ID. Sign in or sign up now.

Enter the URL of your feed and add it to your My Yahoo! page and the Yahoo! Feed Database:

Be sure to click the "add" button on the following screen.

Multiple feeds must be entered into the Database one at time. Publishers who need to enter more than 100 feeds should fill out the Bulk Feed Addition form. Users who prefer not to have their feed listed in the Yahoo! Feed Database can visit YPN Guide to Syndication FAQ: Opting Out for more details.

The Yahoo! Browse-by-Topic Directory

Once your feed is in the Yahoo! Feed Database, you can also apply to have it included in the Yahoo! Browse-by-Topic Directory, which features a selection of feeds that are handpicked and categorized by Yahoo! editors. Please note: Admission to the Browse-by-Topic Directory is subject to approval by the Yahoo! editorial staff, who also reserve the right to edit all feed titles and descriptions.

Submit your feed to the Browse-by-Topic Directory.

Submit Your Movies, Pics, and Podcasts

To distribute multimedia content such as audio files (podcasts), images, and digital video, use the "Media RSS" module, which supplements the enclosure capabilities of RSS 2.0. For more details, visit the Media RSS Syndication FAQ.

Turn Visitors into Subscribers

Another way to attract more subscribers is to make it temptingly easy for the people who visit your site to subscribe to your feed. All it takes is a handy Add to My Yahoo! button, which gives users a one-click way to access your syndicated content.

To create the HTML you need to implement the Add to My Yahoo! button, simply follow these three simple steps:

Step 1 – Please read our terms and conditions before using either of the Add to My Yahoo! buttons.

Step 2 – Choose the button style.

Long button Add to My Yahoo! Long Button

Short button with text Add to My Yahoo! Short Button

Step 3 – Tell us about your feed.

Feed URL
Feed Name
Publisher's Name

Now copy your customized HTML code and paste it into your webpage wherever you'd like your Add to My Yahoo! button to appear.

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