Yashta Search Network - Frequently Asked Questions

1- Can I order more than one Search Engine?
Yes. However, you need different names, for each search engine.

2- How can I make money from a Search Engine?
It’s very simple. You have the following products to offer for sale:

Membership ($1.99): Get people to join and become members of your search engine. As members they will be able to use many great tools in order to promote their web site, send email ads, post messages to message board and more.
Banner Advertising ($3.99 and $0.99 for members): Unlimited Banner Impression is another great service that you offer to your visitors. Price for non-members is $3.99 and if they become a member it’s only $0.99!
Text Ads: Text ads are best source of income for you from your search engine. You have 4 packages to offer and it starts with $1.99 and goes up.
Paid Listing: Offer paid listing to your search engine visitors for $4.99.
Referral program: You will get an affiliate web site, which allows you to refer new members to Yashta Search Network. You will receive $1.95/Sale.

3- How can I promote my Site?
We do a lot of work for you. We apply for submission of your SE to major SEO software and web sites, which offer SE submission to their visitors and customers.
You can add your SE to other major engines (Google, Yahoo!, Live…) and also start pay-per-click campaigns with either Yahoo! or Google to promote your site. Yahoo! has a great advertising program. Use safelists and classifieds and any legal and safe avenue to promote your SE.

4- How do I get paid?
You will receive all payments directly into your PayPal account. If you need a PayPal account, click here and open your free account today!

5- Can I edit my SE preferences?
You may edit your SE name, and design. In order to change your PayPal account, we require you to contact us. We want to protect you against any possible fraudulent activity.

6- Do I have to pay any kind of fees besides annual association fee?
No. You pay a one time service fee of $3.95. No further charges will be applied. Unless you have joined before June 1st, 2008. In this case you need to pay an annual fee of $8.95.

7- Do I need to provide customer service?
No. We provide customer service and we support your customers. However, we may contact you if a support case needs information that you will be able to provide us with.

8- Do I need to have a web site in order to participate?
No. We provide you with a free sub-domain and you receive your SE web site immediately after your payment is approved by PayPal.

9- Can I cancel my association?
Yes. However, we will not refund any fee that you have paid.

10-What is your Privacy Policy?
Please check our privacy policy at: Privacy Policy

12- How can I check my sales?
Just go to your PayPal account and check your sales. You can also login to members area of our web site and check your referral statistics.

13- Who set the fees for each service?
We set up all the fees. We inform you, via email, if there will be any change in the fee structure.

14- What is Yashta Search Network?
It’s a project introduced by Genesis IT Consultants, to bring small Search Engines together in order to give them a chance to benefit from billion dollar web search industry. Yashta Search Network intends to give a chance to individuals and small businesses to institute a reliable income source from their participation in this project. This is mass collaboration system and we tend to see every participant benefits from it.

15- Do you guarantee any kind of income from a Search engine?
No. Nevertheless with minimum efforts you could make enough money from your Search Engine to cover its cost and have a small saving.

16- Who is responsible for tax?
You will have to pay your tax, according to the laws of the country you live.

17- Who can participate?
Anybody can participate. As long as you live in a country where you can use PayPal, you can participate.

18- What is your spam policy?
It’s very strict and at the same time very simple. You Spam, You Out. Upon receiving a spam report we conduct a thorough investigation and if it proves that you have been involved in spam, your account will be terminated and you will be held responsible for all the damages to our system as result of spam. Read our Complete Terms of Service for more details.

19- What types of payments do you accept?
PayPal, and major credit cards (Visa,Master card,American Express). Please keep in mind that if you pay by eCheck via PayPal, your Search Engine setup will be completed as soon as you eCheck is cleared. Nevertheless, you can use your Search Engine temporary link while your payment is pending.

20- Can I change my search engine meta tags in order to make Search Engine Friendly?
Your Search Engine has been optimized and ready to be submitted to any search engine (as a way to promote it). You have no access to meta tags. However, if you have new ideas to improve its optimization, please contact us.

21- I have a question but I don’t see it here. What should I do?
Please contact us!