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October 31, 2007

Weather Report: Yahoo! Search Update

Over the last few days, we've been rolling out some changes to our crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms. While we expect the update will be completed soon, as you know, throughout this process you may see some ranking changes and page shuffling in the index.

We appreciate your feedback on this, so please keep it coming.


Priyank Garg
Yahoo! Search

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Comments

Hopefully this will be a big improvement in term of rankings....

Posted by: Television | October 31, 2007 10:38 AM

Glad to hear this ;)

Posted by: Napolux | October 31, 2007 12:51 PM

I noticed the changes at 8am, fell back a few more pages. The older websites all moved back, new websites jumped in front. Perhaps a new URL and change of background color will bring us back up top...?

To save money the kids are getting candy coated potatoes this year :)

Thanks,

Happy Halloween Yahoo

Posted by: Blog | October 31, 2007 01:15 PM

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The change is noticeable. Overall the SERPs appear somewhat more democratic. By this I mean that the algos are allowing smaller Websites to achieve slightly higher rankings for their keywords.

As usual, anchor text keywords are playing an enormous role, but there seems to be a balance in Yahoo's organic algos that allow for more of a mixture of sites in the top 30 SERPs.

This is good because it prevents the old established, well funded sites from holding a monopoly and allows for a good mixture.

Overall, the Organic SERPs have made a remarkable leap in relevancy over the past two years.

They are in some ways, superior to Google for some searches.

Keep up the good work - if only this effort was made several years ago, look at what might have developed by now... ;-)

Posted by: UNIVERSE | October 31, 2007 01:21 PM

I see a lot of crawling, but still the only pages in the index are pages that are gone for ages now.

Why can't you get a clean index together?

Posted by: Johann | October 31, 2007 01:48 PM

Thank you Yahoo, good night to Halloween 2007 ! See Ya

Posted by: Rahir | October 31, 2007 02:16 PM

Threadwatch.org on your blogroll is no more, apparently you don't read it that much.

Posted by: JLH | October 31, 2007 07:32 PM

Thanks for yahoo update.
I got good rankings!

Posted by: Adulu | October 31, 2007 08:46 PM

I am still not ranking number one for all of the keywords I would like to after this recent change, please continue to tweak algo. (just kidding)

Posted by: Jason Kent | October 31, 2007 09:46 PM

Just wondering:
Links building doesn't work
Fresh daily content doesn't
White hat doesn't work
Black hat doesn't work
Do I need a "PANAMA" hat for some decent ranking?

Posted by: Guido | October 31, 2007 11:33 PM

Yahoo! should always update the algorithm in order to avoid spamdexing and guarantee a good releavancy !

Posted by: Référencement | November 1, 2007 12:33 AM

hmmm...seems Yahoo starts updating its index faster. Its a good sign. Hope it will make Yahoo more better.

Posted by: SEOZ87 | November 1, 2007 03:48 AM

My industry is loaded with the same spam results. Old URLS from like a year ago with just 1 link on them.

Posted by: Doug | November 1, 2007 07:15 AM

Wonder what you mean by "some changes". Any specifics? Thanks

Posted by: freelancer | November 1, 2007 10:39 AM

I like the relevancy and agree with some previous comments that there is a noticeable improvement on Search results over last 1-2 years.

I do wish yahoo would compete with google using their old Web Rank 0-10 score (ala pagerank competitor?) which I think would generate more "Buzz" in the webmaster world and help yahoo long term.

Good luck!

Posted by: gman | November 1, 2007 10:41 AM

I am happy to see our new content that we added over the last 8 months is valued in this new update. A motivator for me!

Posted by: Psychic | November 1, 2007 12:38 PM

I love how Yahoo won't let our sites rank #1 for our company name. You'd think they could at least get that right.

Posted by: Jon | November 1, 2007 01:10 PM

Just a note: We did make a major change to our /Image Files by adding an .httaccess file so bloggers and forums could no longer hot link our images.

Could this explain or loss in ranking?

Kind Regards,

Blog

Posted by: Blog | November 1, 2007 01:45 PM

Wow three years banned from yahoo
Don't you people believe in second chances.
Whats a guy got to do.

Posted by: Let me back into Yahoo! | November 1, 2007 09:10 PM

nice to hear that yahoo is updating indexing and crawling rate. i have seen some bad update for my sites. But still believing in yahoo that they will show good quality sites on serp's.

still waiting for completion of updates.

Posted by: vishal | November 2, 2007 05:57 AM

Well, I for one am hoping that this is some sort of step towards having more than one search engine out there. It is, after all, a VERY big Web out there. I *use* Yahoo! Search often, but I think I may be in the minority.

Posted by: Insourced | November 2, 2007 09:35 AM

1000% improvement. Welcome back, Yahoo.

Posted by: SFWriter777 | November 2, 2007 11:15 AM

The improvement on Yahoo! search results is noticeable. I'd say, the only problem is now we are founding Wikipedia pages all around. Just like on your main competitor... :-(

Posted by: Le Portail du Web | November 2, 2007 11:20 AM

Not such a good update for me. How often does Yahoo update their algo?

Posted by: Pauline Gledhill | November 3, 2007 03:53 AM

The Xanga spam needs to be taken care of. It's all over, especially for music and insurance keywords. For example: cheap car insurance, home insurance, online home insurance, cheap auto insurance and many more all created by the same guy.

Posted by: John | November 3, 2007 08:05 PM

Too much spam in SERPs. Top 10 is ok. But what's after. Every new up brings new spam in SERPs. And than it slowly disappears... till the next up. Do something.
And don't delete my comment like before, cause I really wish you well.

Posted by: Nameless | November 5, 2007 08:35 AM

How do I remove my phone number and map to my home from your search?

Posted by: bj | November 5, 2007 03:25 PM

i am happy with the update so far, all my sites have gone up in the yahoo rankings with some good top 10 results now!

Posted by: Niall Buchanan | November 6, 2007 04:37 AM

Welcome back, I love the improvements keep them coming.

Posted by: Kirk | November 11, 2007 02:00 PM

Ok! I was loving the results till yesterday and its back to where it was before the update :( why yahoo why ....

Posted by: hawkeye | November 13, 2007 09:29 AM

Thanks for yahoo update.

Posted by: bil kazan | November 21, 2007 05:55 AM

Thank you Yahoo, good night to Halloween 2007

Posted by: kurtlar vadisi pusu | November 21, 2007 05:59 AM

I have noticed some excellent serps since this, cheers!

Posted by: Computer Help | November 30, 2007 11:15 AM

i am happy with the update so far, all my sites have gone up in the yahoo rankings with some good top 10 results now!

Posted by: sernakplywood | December 11, 2007 03:48 AM

I see some SERP changes and amount of data that yahoo Spiders take, but still positions are as they were before... at least I did not find anything major.

Posted by: Bratz Games Girl | December 21, 2007 09:45 PM

I didn't really notice any change to my placement.

Posted by: Apartment Bangkok | January 29, 2008 06:29 AM

We moved into the top 10 for web design which is nice! Really interested to know how often your search crawler updates ? Regards search relevancy - Results seem a lot better!

Posted by: Web Design Bristol | February 14, 2008 09:35 AM

I haven't noticed big changes. There will probably be bigger changes if the Microsoft - Yahoo deal goes through.

Posted by: şiir | February 23, 2008 06:53 PM

i am happy with the update so far, all my sites have gone up in the yahoo rankings with some good top 10 results now!

Posted by: aşk şiirleri | February 24, 2008 02:38 PM

I have noticed some excellent serps since this, cheers!

Posted by: Oyun | February 24, 2008 02:38 PM

Still think that yahoo needs to adjust the relevancy of domain names, far too much emphasis on this

Posted by: Chris Heath | March 7, 2008 10:34 PM

haven't noticed much changes in the regulars placement

Posted by: charles chambers | March 7, 2008 10:36 PM

Love it have seen some good improvements.

Posted by: John Peters | March 7, 2008 10:38 PM

I haven't noticed big changes. There will probably be bigger changes if the Microsoft - Yahoo deal goes through

Posted by: net gazetesi | March 8, 2008 05:38 PM

Still not many changes too much relevance on domain names.

Posted by: joe johnson | March 12, 2008 04:14 AM

How do I remove my phone number and map to my home from your search?

Posted by: msn nickleri | March 15, 2008 08:12 AM

I have noticed some excellent serps since this, cheers ..

Posted by: müzik dinle | March 23, 2008 07:24 AM

I haven't noticed big changes. There will probably be bigger changes if the Microsoft - Yahoo deal goes through.

Posted by: bedava oyunlar | March 23, 2008 07:25 AM

I see some SERP changes and amount of data that yahoo Spiders take, but still positions are as they were before... at least I

Posted by: kız oyunları | April 1, 2008 01:00 PM

There will probably be bigger changes if the Microsoft - Yahoo deal goes through

Posted by: güzel sözler | April 7, 2008 12:48 PM

Still think that yahoo needs to adjust the relevancy of domain names

Posted by: you tube | April 7, 2008 12:49 PM

I have noticed some excellent serps since this, cheers!

Posted by: Oyun | April 10, 2008 04:54 PM

Love it have seen some good improvements.

Posted by: haber aktüel | April 12, 2008 04:34 AM

Thanks for the information.100% improvement

Posted by: dantel | April 13, 2008 08:02 AM

thanks for your update yahoo...

Posted by: Türkische Chat | April 17, 2008 12:20 PM

Love it have seen some good improvements.

Posted by: oyun | April 22, 2008 01:50 PM

Yahoo starts updating its index faster. Its a good .I hope it will make Yahoo more better.

Posted by: cocuk oyunları | April 23, 2008 12:48 AM

i am happy with the update so far, all my sites have gone up in the yahoo rankings with some good top 10 results now

Posted by: sohbet | April 23, 2008 05:59 AM

Love it have seen some good improvements

Posted by: radyo | April 23, 2008 06:01 AM

Thanks for the information.100% improvement

Posted by: radyo dinle | April 23, 2008 06:02 AM

I have noticed some excellent serps since this, cheers!

Posted by: müzik dinle | April 23, 2008 06:04 AM

I haven't noticed big changes. There will probably be bigger changes if the Microsoft - Yahoo deal goes through

Posted by: müzik | April 23, 2008 06:06 AM

Thanks for the information.100% improvement

Posted by: sohbet | April 23, 2008 06:07 AM

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