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Yahoo! Vs. Google: Algorithm Standoff

Posted by timothy on from the reverse-engineering dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's a new report out from the guys who brought us the Google keyword density analysis. As they put it, "the goal of this analysis is to compare the keyword density elements of Yahoo's new algorithm with Google's algorithm." They compared 2000 low traffic, non-competitive keywords in the hopes of seeing the algorithms more clearly, without any possible search engine tweakings related to high-traffic keywords. Their findings are interesting. Should you go and rebuild your site based on these findings? Maybe not. It's worth a look though."

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  1. Teoma vs Google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Search for "slash" in Google and the results are:

    1) Slashdot
    2) Slash's Snakepit ...

    Put the same "slash" keyword and search with Teoma:

    1) Slash's Snakepit
    2) Slashdot ...

    Personally for this keyword search I feel Slash's Snakepit is more relevant and belongs at the top of the heap.

  2. Re:If Yahoo wants my vote... by Pedrito · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Yahoo failed when it became a "portal"..."

    It failed? If a market cap of 28 BILLION dollars is failure, what do I have to do wrong to get there?

  3. They are different by samsmithnz · · Score: 3, Funny

    For example if I search for me (Sam Smith), I show up 4th on Google, but 51st on Yahoo.

    I guess Yahoo really doesn't love me after all.

  4. Re:Search Engine Optimization Professional by Bushcat · · Score: 5, Funny
    If you use Flash based navigation

    That's another set of people that need a whack with a clue stick.

  5. Re:Search Engine Optimization Professional by AbbyNormal · · Score: 1, Funny

    lover the ranking...
    Wouldn't that get a bit messy? Personally, I would lower the ranking, but that's just my opinion. To each their own.

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  6. All I know... by Ironix · · Score: 2, Funny


    Is that I'm pissed off for suddenly loosing my ranking a month ago. I used to be in almost every spot for the top 30 results for the keyword "QQQ", but now I am below 100. =(

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  7. Re:Search Engine Optimization Professional by Bushcat · · Score: 3, Funny
    use java menus while you're at it

    Wait, I've got another clue stick here somewhere.

  8. Was doing a little test and... by l3pYr · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was running query after query to see who came up with better results. I typed in 'quote AMD' and yahoo brough up a nice little stock quote with a graph. In google a generic graph icon was on top with a link to 'Show Stock quotes for AMD' ... it linked to Yahoo's finance page. Just thought that was a bit ironic..

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