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Hi Friends,

For my keyword I rank #3 in Google and MSN but in Yahoo I rank #10, how can I improve my keyword position in Yahoo?. What is Yahoo algorithm?

You can follow the tips below to optimize for Yahoo:

1- For yahoo optimization, content is very important. it should be unique and keywords should be used in content.
2- The subject meta tag is very informative for yahoo
META NAME="Subject" CONTENT="place your keyword here"
3- Use H1 and H2 tags on every page.
4- Keyword should be used in the page address
5- Alt text should be applied for image
6- Inlinks- Include links in content of your relevant site page.
7- Sitemap will be txt but in google it should be xml
Also, don't forget to submit your site in Yahoo's Site Explorer (you can search for it easily)

Its easy to optimize in yahoo because they include no follow links and yahoo see all the text on your site maybe by putting your target keywords on the title tags and execute it properly you may do the trick.

Yahoo gives more weight, compared to Google, to a page that displays more keywords. The study suggests that most of the high ranking pages generally had a higher number of keywords or keyword density in the body and title of the page.

I haven't optimized yet in yahoo. But it seems easy in yahoo to optimize your site.

i think the content plays a major role in getting positions in yahoo, concentrate on on page optimization.

You guys scare me. After reading your discussion, i am thinking that if i will optimize my site for GOOGLE then it will not show in Yahoo and if i optimize my site for YAHOO then it will having problem with GOOGLE. Because there are some things which are obsolete in GOOGLE eyes but those things have value in YAHOO eyes. I am confused. Please clear me this difference. I want to optimize my site with respect to GOOGLE,YAHOO and BING. How can i do this?

I think it is easier to optimize on Yahoo than on other search engines like Google or Bing.

I think you should use more & more Yahoo services like Yahoo buzz,answers,etc. & add your links there.

Different Search engines have different algorithms. We cant say what need to be done exactly for specific search engine. But in general content and links are the basic things that all the search engines will consider. So need to concentrate on getting quality links and puting quality on site.

bryansmith wrote:Different Search engines have different algorithms. We cant say what need to be done exactly for specific search engine. But in general content and links are the basic things that all the search engines will consider. So need to concentrate on getting quality links and puting quality on site.

I am agree with the comment. No body sure hows yahoo count backlinks and all. But i felt to build your links with flicker and Yahoo answers.It is beneficial too get good ranking and Reputation in yahoo also.

Try seoquake - rather good tool.

A good press release can easily build the links you need at any time. Unfortunately, there are mixed results when I pointed out the archived press releases, inevitably, as the first link fade.

Actually, optimizing in Yahoo is just the same as you optimize in Google. It's almost the same.