ownerrim - 4:29 pm on Nov 30, 2005 (gmt 0)

"We've jumped up to between #1 to #3 in Yahoo for the last week for a two word phrase that has 100k+ searches per month according to Overture, #*$!, and other sources. But our logs show almost no change in traffic."

I would have to echo what tigger said. Yahoo just doesn't get used much, mainly because it is an incredibly lame SE. Example: I took four titles of articles that are easily found in msn and google. Couldn't find them at all in yahoo. The yahoo serps return authority site crap that is not relevant to the search query. A user only has to experience this a few times before they say "screw this" and move on to another engine.

Yahoo's days are numbered. They may be making decent profits now, but they will get no future converts due to the lameness of their engine. And they should wake up to this.

Also, look at YPN. The beta has been out for months and still can't deliver relevant ads on many many web pages. What's up with that? Even adsonar could do a better job of serving up contextual ads. Who the heck is running yahoo? Homer Simpson?