Company name as title

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Company name as title

Does company name in Yahoo have impact on ranking?

jkappu

9:03 am on Aug 31, 2004 (gmt 0)

Dear Friends,

I have been observing one my client site, which is displayed with company name as title and with description when I check with wwww.mydomain.com.

The site is not ranking at all, does this have any impact? if yes Can I change the company title to my title existing in site?

This is obviously directory listing Yahoo express. But I tried to submitt the same through free submit but still am unable to see my site?

Any idea and suggestion?

Regards
JK Appu

jkappu

4:19 am on Sep 1, 2004 (gmt 0)

Greetings Friends,

Could not get any comment, as my topic was on hold. Its accepted now, could any one comment on company name as title in Yahoo and ranking?

Regards
JK Appu

DaveAtIFG

5:54 am on Sep 1, 2004 (gmt 0)

The title of a site is very important to achieve prominent rankings in Yahoo free search. Several members have reported that if a site is listed in the Yahoo directory, the title from the directory listing is also used for the free search, regardless of the title meta tag on the site. This could hinder your ranking significantly in the free search.

jkappu

3:48 am on Sep 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

Dear Friend,

Thanks for your comments, I do agree that a Yahoo takes title as is listed in Yahoo Directory list which is surely will have an impact on ranking.

But how can it be solved? Can I change title in Yahoo directory to my site title? If yes, then what needs to be done?

The title listed in Yahoo directory will be of home page, but how about the other pages indexed in free search? Yahoo indexed three pages of my site inluding home page the title of which is a company name?

Any comment?

Regards

Yahoo_Mike

4:34 am on Sep 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

Just saw this and wanted to explain how our system works. As far as ranking, that is done on based on the index content. It's independant from the use of the directory title in the search results display. So it's really a display thing, not a ranking thing.

Thanks,

Yahoo! Mike

In reference to DaveATIFG:

DaveAtIFG

7:20 am on Sep 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

Thanks for the clarification Mike! :)

Yahoo indexed three pages of my site inluding home page the title of which is a company name?

If what Yahoo_Mike is saying is correct (and it seems to be based on looking at a few sites that I'm very familiar with!), simply change the title tag on your home page to something more appropriate and your free search rankings should change after Yahoo spiders and indexes your new title. Hopefully, rankings will improve! :)

jkappu

11:49 am on Sep 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

Hello,

Thanks for you all, specially Mike and I got the right answer Great. But why dont my index page title is updated in free search which I have changed 3-4 months back?

Any idea? As I told about other three pages, the title is fine but not for home page. If title for other three pages is fine then it should rank right? Why still am not ranking? Does index page has any significance in ranking?

Regards.
JK Appu

DaveAtIFG

10:22 pm on Sep 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

If I look at the Yahoo's cached version of one of my pages that displays a title from Yahoo's directory, the cache displays the title/metatags exactly as they appear on my site. I haven't made any recent changes to the site so I have no idea how "fresh" this cached data is.

Make the title metatag on your index page similar to the title tags of your competitors pages. Then watch the cache of your page to determine when Yahoo has indexed your new title. THEN check your rankings.

jkappu

10:16 am on Sep 3, 2004 (gmt 0)

Dear Friends,

Thanks for your guidance, I have changed title and meta tags and waiting for results.

I hope I will come back with positive post again.

Regards.
JK Appu

coconutz

1:10 pm on Sep 3, 2004 (gmt 0)

>>Then watch the cache of your page to determine when Yahoo has indexed your new title.

The dates are displayed in the search results at Pure Search [search.positiontech.com]. Use the domain:yoursite.com command to see the dates/pages for your site. The date appears accurate, the number of pages indexed does not.

duckhunter

1:23 pm on Sep 3, 2004 (gmt 0)

Yahoo_Mike,
If you are showing the SERP results from the content of the page, shouldn't you guys be using the more relevant TITLE from the page you have deemed to be relevant?

Seems like you are mixing results. You are showing the client a TITLE from one page and the content of another.

Searching for "long green widgets" returns a listing from a site with the title "SuperCompany.com". The page you are returning has the actual Title "Long and Short Widgets of all colors". Don't you think it's more relevant to show the consumer exactly what they are about to see? Wouldn't the consumer be better served and more informed with the correct page title? Seems a bit off to me.

jkappu

6:09 am on Sep 4, 2004 (gmt 0)

Hello Mike,

I do agree with duckhunter. Dont you feel that is right?

And I did check cache, but was unable to check dated of cache.

Regards
JK Appu

jkappu

10:03 am on Sep 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

Hope all are doing well.

As DaveAtIFG said to change title and watch the differnce. I changed title and saw in cache that my new title got updated, but again the same no rank.

The same site is doing very well in Google any comment on this?

Regards
JK Appu

duckhunter

1:02 pm on Sep 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

no rank..... The same site is doing very well in Google

Just because one site ranks well in Google doesn't mean it will rank in Yahoo. I have sites that are that way, others that rank in Yahoo well but not in Google. Each area will depend on competition for keywords and their respective ranking algos. These are two independing "ranking" engines. They will show similarities on some searches but not all.

What about the TITLE from one URL and the content of another? I'm still confused about that.