Yahoo! Search Blog: Weather Report: Yahoo! Search Index Update

Is there any published guides as to what goes into these algorithms?

Posted by: va refinance loan | May 27, 2008 07:00 PM

Let see, if i go up or down.

Posted by: Sunil | May 27, 2008 07:18 PM

The update had apparently begun. There appears to be less reliance on social sites in the SERPs than in the previous updates.

The concept of including social sites in the organics was sound from a 'wisdom of the crowds' perspective - but there was too much potential for spam. Sort of like the early days of link popularity.

Concept search is really the way to go.

Excite attempted it last decade with mixed results - but now the technology has advanced enough to try it at a more refined level

Posted by: SearcH◆◇ EngineS WEB | May 27, 2008 10:16 PM

There also appears to be even more reliance on the search term in the URL as well from my observations. Any one else noticed this?

Posted by: Mercian Labels | May 27, 2008 10:54 PM

So people still care about Yahoo Search? Uhm...

Posted by: Johann | May 28, 2008 12:08 AM

Defining the stability of a url is heavy unfortunately. To this the algorithm of the searching engines demands a continuous change.

Posted by: Peter Szabo | May 28, 2008 12:40 AM

Well I have to say its good to see that Yahoo! is recognising 301 redirects at least.

:)

Posted by: John | May 28, 2008 03:32 AM

Fortunately for the sites that I manage I usually see positive results from Yahoo!'s updates. Once in a while I'll see a drop, but it's rare!

Posted by: Christopher Kata | May 28, 2008 03:44 AM

I'm excited for the updated. Thanks for the warning!

Posted by: Dave | May 28, 2008 08:09 AM

@ va refinance loan

"Is there any published guides as to what goes into these algorithms?"

LOL! Is that a serious question?

Posted by: Eric Itzkowitz | May 28, 2008 09:40 AM

It's another joke.
Position 4th and 5th for one of my best keywords on other SEs are for Yahoo Answers, and I'm on page three.
I'm really sick tired of this social media crap.

Posted by: Easy recipes | May 28, 2008 09:41 AM

I wonder if this also affects Yahoo Canada? And is this just an extension of the update that happened around April 21, 2008 (last time they issued a weather report).

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Posted by: Ariel | May 28, 2008 01:35 PM

As those of us who have been around Overture / Yahoo for many years, it was a great producer 8 years ago. Hope remains that they will one day return to their former effectiveness... We'll see...

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Posted by: janpaolod | May 29, 2008 04:13 AM

Hi Priyank,

I have one question regarding Yahoo Crwaler, many pages of my websites are showed up in Yahoo UK search result. But when i searched my site in Yahoo Explorer it shows many pages but when i click on Cached copy of the page it shows nothing. I can see only the msg that this is the cache page but nothing cached under the Yahoo Title, no content, no link, my website name is

www.aromatherapy.eu

Posted by: Bhavesh Goswami | May 29, 2008 05:49 AM

Hi Priyank,

I have one question regarding Yahoo Crwaler, many pages of my websites are showed up in Yahoo UK search result. But when i searched my site in Yahoo Explorer it shows many pages but when i click on Cached copy of the page it shows nothing. I can see only the msg that this is the cache page but nothing cached under the Yahoo Title, no content, no link, my website name is

www.aromatherapy.eu

Posted by: Bhavesh Goswami | May 29, 2008 05:50 AM

Hi Priyank,

I have one question regarding Yahoo Crwaler, many pages of my websites are showed up in Yahoo UK search result. But when i searched my site in Yahoo Explorer it shows many pages but when i click on Cached copy of the page it shows nothing. I can see only the msg that this is the cache page but nothing cached under the Yahoo Title, no content, no link, my website name is

www.aromatherapy.eu

Posted by: Bhavesh Goswami | May 29, 2008 05:50 AM

Can you throw some light on what is specific about this update - what is valued more or less by Yahoo. This will give some credibility to the people still using Yahoo as their primary search engine.

http://theseobible.com/seo-blog/

Posted by: Vinai | May 29, 2008 05:27 PM

This will be superb!

Posted by: szitakalman | May 30, 2008 12:40 AM

Do yahoo ban websites from all this spammers from their index? I hope so!

Posted by: Guido | May 31, 2008 04:18 AM

I found this update to be very cool and amazing........

Posted by: Web Design Pakistan | June 1, 2008 03:03 AM

I have to say i didnt really notice any major changes on any of my sites. So nothing gained nothing lost i suppose.

Posted by: Hotels in Ayr | June 2, 2008 08:26 AM

My site also didn't change the position. Is it good or bad? Well, glass half full/empty question, I suppose.

Posted by: Sprinkler Systems | June 3, 2008 08:03 AM

When you update your algorithms, is it global or just local(USA)?

Posted by: publicidad en internet | June 3, 2008 08:11 AM

Very disappointed with Yahoo. Showing multiple pages from the same domain in the first results page, instead of showing more applicable websites. Don't get their algorithm.

Christopher Rich - REALTOR
http://www.fairfieldcountyrealestate.com

Posted by: Fairfield County Real Estate | June 3, 2008 04:21 PM

My web site was ranking on page one for many key terms for Ocala Real Estate and now it's no where to be found. There is no reason for it. I rank on page one for Google for many terms.

Dawn Rupersburg Realtor
www.ocalaflhome.com

Posted by: Dawn | June 4, 2008 08:55 PM

thanks

Posted by: Web Tasarım | July 29, 2008 11:10 AM

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Posted by: Kitap | July 29, 2008 11:11 AM

Fortunately for the sites that I manage I usually see positive results from Yahoo!'s updates. Once in a while I'll see a drop, but it's rare!

Posted by: Peter Szabo | August 11, 2008 10:37 PM

let's see how much we fluctuate in SERPS.

Posted by: Lyrics | August 12, 2008 10:10 PM