Mystery of Yahoo! Ranking Algorithm

srbhattarai · Post by **srbhattarai** » Sun May 18, 2008 9:09 pm

Friends,

I do not find much of the traffic from the Yahoo Search Engine which I do get in the Google. I think one of the reasons behind this is the low ranking of my site according to Yahoo. So how can I increase the page rank of my site for Yahoo? What is the mystery of the Yahoo Ranking Algorithm? Can anybody help me?

Ka-canor · Post by **Ka-canor** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:29 am

I think yahoo is more on on-page optimization than off-page.

Elquicos · Post by **Elquicos** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:18 pm

I wouldn´t worry if I ranked good in Google but bad in Yahoo. In the UK Google drives over 90% of the searches, so you better focus in ranking on Google.

Ka-canor · Post by **Ka-canor** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:37 pm

Yup, Mystery I think because its easy to rank at Google than yahoo.

guinanie · Post by **guinanie** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:37 am

srbhattarai wrote:Friends,

I do not find much of the traffic from the Yahoo Search Engine which I do get in the Google. I think one of the reasons behind this is the low ranking of my site according to Yahoo. So how can I increase the page rank of my site for Yahoo? What is the mystery of the Yahoo Ranking Algorithm? Can anybody help me?

Traffic and page rank is different. Traffic is hits or visitors for your site while page rank is based on the number of links for your site. Yahoo does not have page rank, and maybe you mean is keyword ranking . Based on my observation Yahoo algorithm is based on the on-page and off-page factor. As of today it is easy to rank in Yahoo than on Google because of some changes in Google algorithm and indexing.

leahmarie · Post by **leahmarie** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:33 pm

I think Yahoo's Algorithm is based on the crawling of their bots. And more on the page optimization rather than the off page promotions.

aciam · Post by **aciam** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:29 am

@ srbhattarai

You're not alone. Though we have a slightly different case. My site ranks well in some targeted terms but I still got very few traffic from Yahoo

Ka-canor · Post by **Ka-canor** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:22 am

Since yahoo has a deal with Google is there a possibility that yahoo and Google has the same algorithm?

my_misyel · Post by **my_misyel** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:19 am

I was surprised when i found out that most of my keywords ranked well in Yahoo compared to Google. It was announced that Yahoo did some "udpates" and so happy for the results.

grishamist · Post by **grishamist** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:32 am

Much has been written about Yahoo over the years. Webmasters have exchanged tips on how to get listed in the directory, while reporters have covered the company's past
success and recent troubles. Yet, the algorithm of Yahoo's search has not attracted nearly as much attention for one reason or another. Speculation and general advice about it have been available, but only a few people have seriously attempted to explain how Yahoo ranks sites.

Recently, I was in progress of updating the article about getting listed in Yahoo on this site. While working on it, I realized that I really had to write something about Yahoo's ranking algorithm. Even while Yahoo is a directory and not a search engine, it does have a search feature which visitors often use. A site that ranks badly on Yahoo's search will miss out on a great deal of traffic that the directory could potentially produce.

So, what kind of elements is Yahoo's search algorithm built out of? For long, it's been claimed that including keywords in the title, description and/or site you submit to Yahoo boosts your search ranking for those words. After Yahoo introduced click-through tracking on its pages, click popularity has also been said to be an important factor.

The latest theory, originating at WebmasterWorld, is that your Google PageRank also influences your ranking at Yahoo's search. As Google already provides the secondary "Web Pages" results, it wouldn't be a big surprise if parts of its algorithm were also being used to rank the primary "Web Site" results.

Investigating the effects of click popularity from the outside is quite hard. However, examining the other things that are said to influence your Yahoo ranking is relatively easy. In this article, we'll look at three search queries performed at Yahoo and the sites they turned up in order to determine how the algorithm works.

VladTepes · Post by **VladTepes** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:18 pm

Ka-canor wrote:Since yahoo has a deal with Google is there a possibility that yahoo and Google has the same algorithm?

Yeah Google acquisition to Yahoo is sounding somewhere. Once happened, google might use their SE technology to Yahoo or remain and improve what yahoo SE has.

guinanie · Post by **guinanie** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:26 am

VladTepes wrote:
Yeah Google acquisition to Yahoo is sounding somewhere. Once happened, google might use their SE technology to Yahoo or remain and improve what yahoo SE has.

As of now, Yahoo SE is quite improving now in terms of ranking and in getting links than in Google. Google is now strict in terms of links and other of their services.

carminetrione · Post by **carminetrione** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:21 pm

what are the factors involved when trying to get ranked in google and yahoo? do they both entitle the same qualities for getting sites ranked or does each search engine have specific methods of ranking?

paydayloansonlines · Post by **paydayloansonlines** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:35 am

yahoo loves quality backlinks on relevant themes....
so build your sites backlinks and see the difference...

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seoservicesvs · Post by **seoservicesvs** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:33 am

Most of same using algorithm yahoo, google.

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