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Search Engine Relationship Chart - Where Engines are getting their results [webmasterworld.com]
[edited by: takagi at 1:57 pm (utc) on June 18, 2003]
Yahoo doesn't do indented seconds like Google does when two pages from the same site appear on a page. yahoo just ignores the second and doesn't show it. They slap the more sites link under the first serp, where Google slaps it under the second serp from a site.
Yahoo adds in a reference and a link to the yahoo directory category for the sites in the serps which are also in the yahoo directory.
This may change during 2003 due to yahoo buying out inktomi, the when's and how's and what's of such a change are speculative at the moment.
plus G's default serps are 10 listings with interiors. Y's is 20 with no interiors. So - you can search 20 Google listings on Yahoo's Page 1, while not having to see interior pages of the same site. [also note that Y's sponsors at the top and bottom of the page are provided by overture. G runs its own ppc program]
at this point, if you like G search, Y is a more convenient environment to search it. {this is simply my opinion}
>>am i missing out?
On PageRank (PR)- Yes. On traffic from the Y directory- not really. On traffic from Y search yes, cause your G PR will be higher, therefor your rank on G and Y and AOL:) yes G is AOL too.
