cubfan - 8:01 pm on Aug 17, 2005 (gmt 0)

What I've been noticing today is the apparent randomness of whether or not Yahoo local will pull descriptive content from your site and include it in the local listings. I used to think it was done on every listing that included a url. That doesn't appear to be the case anymore. For example:

local.yahoo.com

No.1 result for Pizza Chicago Il

Connie's Pizza (url included in listing...therefore...)
...Connies is a tour de force in the great Chicago pizza race, in more ways than one. On any given day, some 35 of Conniesmore impressive than the new location near Wrigley Field). The pizza is impressive, too---most of...

No.9 result:

Domino's Pizza (url included but no additional description)

No.11 result:

Donnie's Pizza & Cafe (url included but again, nothing additional)

No.16 result:

Pisa Pizza (url included +)
...Pizza Chicago - Chicago Pizza Net Your online Pizza Connection for Chicagoland For Pizzerias, Menus & Maps Choose Your Area Downtown OHare/NW Side Near North Lakeview/N Side Taylor St./SW Side South North/Northwest... more on web site

So, in addition to the concerns I have on what exactly the algorithm is using to rank these results, the appearance of them is another issue that is, at this point, very confusing.