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I'm impressed with some of their results. I can actually find what I need instead of being served other directory sites, amazon, shopping.msn, blogs, .GOV sites, .EDU sites etc.
They definitely blow Google out of the water in this area.I'm not too keen with the all OV listings above the fold on 800x600, I hope that can be toned down.
Other than that, well done Yahoo.
Ditto what msgraph said, except in my 'city name' serps they did a good job of bringing in the right .edu and local gov sites. I'd say they're getting a small bit of authority boost. Knocked me out of a few spots, but I'll survive. Yep, well done Yahoo.
EquityMind
I think we should look for that to change.
Google shot me down for the last few months and Yahoo brought me back to my rightful place I have had for many years!
I will tell everyone I know to use YAHOO!
Spread the word and set your home page to YAHOO!
So, is this to be called Y!nktomi?
Everyone (that I have checked) of my non-PFI pages does not!
On the free listings that I just took a look at they seem to use the same url as the PFI ones.
Ditto what msgraph said, except in my 'city name' serps they did a good job of bringing in the right .edu and local gov sites. I'd say they're getting a small bit of authority boost. Knocked me out of a few spots, but I'll survive. Yep, well done Yahoo.
Likewise. I was set to be disappointed, but instead most of the results are as good and in some cases better than Google. Indeed, they like what I do. For the first time I'm number one on some searches that I had not been number one on. And where I get beat, I understand it.
I know some hobbyist who really work the search engines and everyone of them are Google users. They have not been happy of late. I'm going to get them to try Yahoo and see what they think.
I also compared MSN to Yahoo as well as Google. On ten searches--which are not enough--I'd have to say that MSN was in there pitching hard, but still third place.
Does Yahoo beat Google now in search results? I'd have to say yes.
Yahoo Inc. will begin using its own technology Wednesday to conduct searches on its network of Web sites, displacing Google Inc., its one-time ally turned rival. Visitors to Yahoo's U.S. Web site will be the first to experience the changes. Over the next couple of weeks, Yahoo, Sunnyvale, Calif., will introduce its own Web technology world-wide. Once the conversion is complete, Yahoo says its search technology will power nearly half of online searches in the U.S. That includes searches on other sites that use Yahoo technology, such as Microsoft Corp.'s MSN service. The introduction of Yahoo's own search technology marks the company's formal break with Google. Yahoo began using Google's search technology in 2000, when Google was a little-known start-up. But Google, of neighboring Mountain View, Calif., has since morphed into one of Yahoo's biggest competitors for directing computer users around the Web.--The Wall Street Journal
Another few days like that and I'll start more sites...
Thats what 90% of all webmasters are going to push in the next month.
GG - it's time to make a move. G seems to have lost alot of webmaster confidence and the timing could not be more perfect for Yahoo!
It would appear the results at Yahoo! will more than likely please everyone.
I for one am real happy.
Now we would love! to see G get the quality back with a bang as well! We're all still die hard G fans (whether we admit to it or not).
Just what the internet needed - a good shake up and some market share redistribution.
TJ
So far, I am :)
Have feedback on your search results? Let us know.
They have a nice little survey.
Let them know we love the results, and how great they are doing!
Let them hear our appreciation.
Please tell everyone to do this if you are happy.
Even if its not fully ink/yahoo serps yet, my yahoo traffic is up 30 - 40 %
FWIW, I seem to rank about the same in Google and Inktomi, at least for the major keyphrases that I track. So I'm cautiously optimistic--but I'll be watching my stats carefully over the next day or two. :-)
I am going to start a new thread about getting spidered by Ink. It has been covered before but it is more important today, due to the switch.
Of course, they can just keep it like it is and I won't complain :)
