Yahoo algorithm

[Moncher]

Hi i am finally tired up with google Tweaking results and want to shift to Yahoo.Can anyone give me links for Yahoo SEO.We appear for one search term in yahoo free listings but we do not appear when we search for our site name.Why is it so.Is yahoo algorithm drastically different from Google algo?

[2_much]

Hi Moncher if you read through this forum you will find numerous discussions about the algorithm and how to improve rankings.

Yahoo loves high keyword density, kw in the meta title (high title density), kw in alt tags, meta tags, meta description, header tags, and outbound link text.

Then you also need off-page optimization - at least 40 inbound links, as many as possible with keywords in the anchor text.

[Moncher]

Thnak 2_much.Our site is optimized based on the factors you specified and we are in 1st page for many search Terms.But coming to yahoo we are appearing for only one main search Term.

[tigger]

so do you think they have deliberately gone for an algo completely opposite to G :)

[Arctrust]

In our experience - they have ALMOST done the opposite of Google....

Which means they want you to choose between G and Y....

If you optimize to the middle of both - you wont rank on either one.

It's your choice - however for us.... Google visitors convert better.

[walkman]

"they have ALMOST done the opposite of Google"
don't keyword density, titles, anchor links matter to Google too? Maybe the scale is different, but totally opposite?

[Moncher]

Does any one have a comparision of Yahoo & Google optimization factors.How to optimize for both Yahoo & Google :) Is optimizing for google considered as over-optimizing for Yahoo?

[Tony_Perry]

For our clients we always optimise pages for Google and find that 9 times out of 10 they also appear page 1 in Yahoo even with the new results. For very competetive areas we usually do just a little tuning to get page 1.

[Arctrust]

What is true is the KW marketplace you are optimizing for... Single KW are different from multiple KW's

Additionally, the competitiveness of the KW needs to be looked at on both SE before you begin.

[2_much]

In a lot of the SERP's I've checked there isn't much crossover - sites that rank in Google don't rank in Yahoo. I've mainly looked at 1-2 word SERP's with more than 200,000 results.

We're dealing wit this problem by creating clusters of sites optimized specifically for Yahoo, using mainly Yahoo optimization criteria.

In terms of inbound links, web maps and anchor text I am finding a crossover.

For people that have clients and can only optimize 1 site, I don't know what to advise. It's a little bit tricky as optimizing for Yahoo could trip a Google OOP penalty. If I had this situation, to be safe, I would create a secondary site for Yahoo and optimize it differently. Obvioulsy this creates the problem of splitting the link pop as you need link pop to rank for both.

So I'm not sure..any ideas?

[pmac]

>Yahoo algorithm<

Thnk Inktomi but with anchor text having more weight. It's all about links. Having said that, I have seen pages that are ranking with 0 inbounds (internal or external) for some some non competitive searches.

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These are old PFI pages that were not renewed.

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[UK_Web_Guy]

How do you check backlinks on Yahoo - the link: command that works on G & others doesn't seem to work for me

Thanks

[Tatyana]

It's the same as Google.
Try link:http://***.***