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Also, take note of the Adwords style Overture ads on the right. Anyone else see this today?
The web page results are a 1-to-1 match with Google.
The web page results are definitely not a 1-to-1 match with Google on my computer today, but they're also not even close to an exact match with Inktomi.
This "now you see it, now you don't" type scenario is very common with Yahoo. Historically they have done split run testing with major design and algo changes by tagging certain user computers with a cookie and then serving them different results.
If you're seeing something different than what the majority are reporting, take a screen shot, delete all your Yahoo cookies, and then try again.
This will often yield entirely different results.
My observation has also been that in nearly every instance, these limited trial results have been a very clear crystal ball into what lies ahead.
They did the same selective testing for Google as primary SERP provider, and the downgrading of the Directory, for months before it was rolled out to the world at large.
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