martinibuster - 4:49 pm on Jul 19, 2005 (gmt 0)

>>>mostly link and authority/hub based.

I like to spread my risk around, so I have many websites built in many styles in multiple industries, all with different backlinks. No matter which way the wind is blowing, several of my boats are going to keep sailing.

So based on what I am experiencing with my sites, Brett, I'm having a hard time believing Yahoo's signals of quality thing.

My most keyword laden sites with crappy backlinks do really well in Yahoo, outperforming industry leaders and true authority sites.

If they were looking for sites well linked from authority hubs (because they have quality content), with multiple dmoz and Yahoo listings and generous outbounds and daily updated pages, then my authority sites would be doing well in Yahoo. But that's not the case.

Google and MSN love my authority sites, Yahoo loves my shady keyword laden, poorly linked websites. In fact, one of the sites Yahoo adores is so shady Google banned it by hand. Go figure.