How does Ya.com work

Where does Ya.com get it's rankings from

[HarmenR]

Hi Everyone,

Does anyone know who supplies Ya.com's listing information? Is it via Google?
They only seem to accept paid for inclusion. Is there no 'free' way of getting listed?

Harmen

[EliteWeb]

FastAllTheWeb Logo is at the top right of the searches you do. :)

[heini]

Yup, Ya.com is a T-Online property, and as such partners with Fast.
The PFI is for the directory.

BTW: Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

[HitProf]

They use Fast technology & database, but definitely have their own algo. It's not just geo targeting.

A site that ranks # 2 on ATW ends up at 16 at ya.com and even with a different page. The actual page that's #2 in ATW is 20th in ya.com.

[heini]

>own algo

ya...you are right HitProf, serps are quite different, number of results too.
So, anybody knows how it works?

[HarmenR]

Hi Heini,

Great site. I'm glad I've joined in.

Ya only seems to accept paid for listings. Is there another way in via ATW?

Harmen

[Rumbas]

Harmen, ATW crawls the web for free so you should get in eventually. If you're in a hurry, go down the PFI route.