Is this something you think Yahoo has the right to delete?
Question by JOHN C: Is this something you think Yahoo has the right to delete?
Ok so here is the story in a nutshell. I answered a guys question last night about a how to create a toolbar for a website. He also posted his website and asked for any input on how to make it better. So I posted a link to a website creator site. The I suggested him putting gadgets like YOUTUBE and FACEBOOK gadgets to make the site better. Everything that I said was completley relevant to the question and answer. So then I get a email this morning stating that my answer was deleted because I was promoting personal websites. Then I shot them an email asking how they could validate it and they shot me another email stating that I did not follow policy and was promoting personal websites.
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This is a copy and paste of what I wrote:
Question: Need quick help with my website. 10 points.?
Deleted Answer: Below is a link to a website that should be able to help
you. I do not do the whole web page thing but I have friends that do. I
have heard them mention this website before and according to them and
the website it is free. I googled how to make a toolbar and that is
actually the first one that came up. I looked at your site. I copied and
pasted it and I assume it was the correct one. Don’t take this as an
insult just critisism. It is very plain. So you play the game LOST. You
need to add some pizzaz to it buy putting some screen art in the
background preferably from the actual game so when someone visits your
page they don’t have to guess what the game LOST is in the even they
don’t know anything about the game. I would also play around with
the font. The banner you have going across is kinda cheesy. Find a
website, maybe the one below, that you can make your own font that is
nice looking, maybe flashes or something instead of a simple banner.
Then it will convert it into script so that you can embed it into the
website. Add things that will make the visitor enjoy coming to the site.
There are tons of free gadgets online that you can add to your website
like a cool counter, a embedded music player, stuff like that. I hit the
link for your videos and all I saw was a sentence saying you didn’t
know how to put them on there. If you are having technical difficulties
why not add a gadget or a link to your YOUTUBE vids. I would go with the
gadget so the visitor doesn’t have to leave your site and makes it
more interactive. Also, maybe link your page to Facebook fan page and/or
each players Facebook page. Hope it goes good for ya.
Violation Reason: Personal Site Promotion
In Yahoo! Answers you may not post non-commercial links to personal
websites or blog, when not relevant to question or answer- LINKS NOT WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.conduit.com is the only link that I put. It is NOT a PERSONAL website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best answer:
Answer by beth gibson
Well, it’s their website, they can do whatever they want. If we were part owners that would be different.
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