Shakil
msg:828788 | 9:36 pm on Dec 28, 2002 (gmt 0) |
you lost me good and proper with your message. a bit more of a clue would help, please? Shak
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startup
msg:828789 | 9:43 pm on Dec 28, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Big changes on the "Directory" search. Maybe they are experimenting with something but, PR is not being used.
I hope the "switch" has more than one position :).
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steveb
msg:828790 | 1:31 am on Dec 29, 2002 (gmt 0) |
WOW, you're right. Total garbage, much worse than the directory was before even! If this is an actual change, the directory search is beyond worthless now. 1001 sites for my main keyword and completely random listing of those 1001. the actual category pages look the same though, thank goodness.
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ikbenhet1
msg:828791 | 1:46 am on Dec 29, 2002 (gmt 0) |
I checked also earlier today, but result for my keywords seem exactly like the ones at Google. Maybe it is because directory sites get listed first, and for my keyword there are no directory matches?
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mansterfred
msg:828792 | 9:24 am on Dec 29, 2002 (gmt 0) |
I tried 6 keywords. Our listings appear to be the same positions.
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cornwall
msg:828793 | 10:11 am on Dec 29, 2002 (gmt 0) |
| WOW, you're right. Total garbage, much worse than the directory was before even! |
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I'll go along with that. I am getting total garbage for a keyword directory search. The results are nothing like the Yahoo web search nor Google. Home pages are coming up top. It is rubbish!
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coconutz
msg:828794 | 10:18 am on Dec 29, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Home pages are coming up top. It is rubbish!
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Seeing the same when searching the directory, low PR home pages with no content, a redirect to an off topic site and a 404 error round out the top 3. I hope that the switch isn't stuck!
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mat
msg:828795 | 10:28 am on Dec 29, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Well, another me-too post. Am seeing dross, but the odd thing is that it's 'new' dross - many of the results are doorway sites and bot-food that I haven't seen before. Some new algo, or more likely dB, is being pulled here, or so it seems at first glance. If this is new and improved, sheesh. Mat
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angiolo
msg:828796 | 11:06 am on Dec 29, 2002 (gmt 0) |
For me is pure garbage too! It is very difficult to have an idea about serp.
Keywords in title, description and URL do not help. Maybe they are rotating serp in an accidental way.
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zeus
msg:828797 | 1:25 pm on Dec 29, 2002 (gmt 0) |
I have seen some changes the last few weeks now and it was the same kind changes when we got Google on the search results, maybe inktomi is comming soon as search results. zeus
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chiyo
msg:828798 | 1:43 pm on Dec 29, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Yep the multiple keyword dashed domains are making a comeback in the directory results only. Main search remains Google powered with little arrows to directory sites and title/summary changes if they are in Y! as usual. But its all just the dust from the re-construction zone. Nothing of import to base any strategies on just yet. I think you are right zeus. Just testing and so forth for the coming inktomi reorganization. I for one am hoping that Ink replaces google results for wholly selfish reasons, but think it will be more complex that that as far as Y! search goes.
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angiolo
msg:828799 | 2:16 pm on Dec 29, 2002 (gmt 0) |
> maybe inktomi is coming soon as search results I don't think so. We are speaking about the Yahoo DIRECTORY results and they do not seem related to Inktomi.
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Skier
msg:828800 | 6:34 pm on Dec 29, 2002 (gmt 0) |
The directory results for my keywords has changed too.
It looks like an alphabetical sorting of results. There were two series of alpha spead over the first two pages. Testing the mechanics?
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cornwall
msg:828801 | 7:47 pm on Dec 29, 2002 (gmt 0) |
| It looks like an alphabetical sorting of results. |
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Yes, there is definitely a strong overtone of alphabetic rendering of the results, but not entirely. They must be out of their minds if the stick with that algorithm :(
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Zapatista
msg:828802 | 3:49 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0) |
I noticed this a day or two ago. My area relates strongly to state locations. General information sites of national interest come first. However, after that, it is DEFINITELY alphabetical by state. No doubt about it. California before Maine before New Hampshire and so on. No doubt about it and not much of a mystery to my subject area.
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budterm
msg:828803 | 5:21 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Yes, pure garbage. The number one site is a redirect to a PR0 page. Not alphabetical, keyword hyphenated domains predominate.
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Alphawolf
msg:828804 | 7:08 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0) |
>Yes, there is definitely a strong overtone of alphabetic
> rendering of the results, but not entirely. They must be
>out of their minds if the stick with that algorithm FWIW, a couple weeks ago I looks at the directory listings for a clients key phrase and they were alphabetical then. Alphawolf
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JamesR
msg:828805 | 7:34 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0) |
maybe they are using ink technology :)
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cornwall
msg:828806 | 7:42 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0) |
| maybe they are using ink technology |
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I checked that - Serps are nothing like Inktomi :(
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startup
msg:828807 | 3:44 am on Dec 31, 2002 (gmt 0) |
It looks like the "switch" back has been turned back. What ever Yahoo is experimenting with needs alot of fine tuning.
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steveb
msg:828808 | 4:57 am on Dec 31, 2002 (gmt 0) |
"What ever Yahoo is experimenting with needs alot of fine tuning." ...with a sledgehammer.
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angiolo
msg:828809 | 9:14 am on Dec 31, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Today results are the same as two weeks ago: a lot better...
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cornwall
msg:828810 | 11:39 am on Dec 31, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Yes, I am now getting "normal" results again from Yahoo Directory. They must have had a rush of blood to the head to run their "experimental" algorithm. Makes you worry though when you see what a major algorithm change makes to Serps :(
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