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No more 'red arrow' for directory listings

Now 'more sites about'....

         

ScottM

12:46 pm on Feb 12, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Maybe this has been going on for a while, but I just noticed it. (A WebmasterWorld site search didn't bring this up.)

Looks very cluttered. I don't like it.

steveb

12:49 pm on Feb 12, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I have the red arrow.

ScottM

12:52 pm on Feb 12, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Hmmm....not here!

I'm seeing red text that says, "More sites about:"...

ScottM

1:50 pm on Feb 12, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Further investigation yields this:

If you are in the directory, you get the 'More sites about:' text which takes you to the Yah00! directory. (Your competitors)

BUT- the 'search within this site' tag is gone.

If you are NOT listed in the directory, the 'search within this site' tag IS showing in most instances.

2_much

7:08 am on Feb 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Scott I've been seeing this since they made the switch. Do you think they are testing something else, or you didn't notice this before?

ScottM

12:07 pm on Feb 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Basically, I'm getting two different pages. The one described above at home, and the old one at work (Using IE on both computers).

This morning, the 'search within this site' is back for the directory listings, but still with the red text. (Rather than the arrow)

I have Yahoo toolbar installed (at home), maybe that's the reason?

I, just now, opened Yahoo in a different browser (mozilla). 2 different looks.

With the Yahoo toolbar:

Smaller font for titles.

No more highlighted keywords in titles, but they remain in description and URL.

No red arrow.

Results are no longer numbered.

Looks like a 'blurring' of sponsored results vs. actual SE results.

If this isn't new, it's new to my browser....as in the last few days?