Yahoo’s Weekend Algorithm Change Meets With Mixed Results
Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Tuesday, 24 of July , 2007 at 9:46 am
It looks like Yahoo is trying to out-Google Google. Having shocked the world with setting stricter standards of respect for privacy than the No. 1 search engine, Yahoo has decided it’s time to change its algorithms. I suppose it’s time.
And why not? Google just underwent some algorithm changes itself. If you’re going to play follow the leader you should probably follow the leader when the leader does something you’d expect the leader to do (based on past performance). But I wouldn’t expect the same reaction from the people who watch the leaders and followers.
While Yahoo announced on July 19 that they are undergoing a change in algorithm, no one has been blogging about it. The search engine blogs have been silent. Why is that?
Do you think that maybe they don’t consider Yahoo algorithm changes to be as significant as Google changes? They are, after all, the second most popular search engine. And they are the most trafficked website online. That should account for something, right? You would think.
What are Yahoo users saying about this?
So far this is the best result in the last few updates…….
The new results are worse than ever
My no.1 website drop to 15, is this going to get fixed. I think this is unfair.
I love the new search suggestions. It makes search intuitive and the results are good to make me switch to Yahoo as the prime search provider.
However my pet peeve is the position of the search bar. I used to use yahoo a lot more before you redesigned the site. Now it is up and to the LEFT and it is not ergonomically friendly.
Well, you can’t please everyone. It seems there are some mixed reviews. Google pretty much had the same response. Honestly, I’ve performed a few searches at Yahoo since the big change and I’ve noticed a little difference. One web page that had been No. 1 for weeks fell to No. 19. Another web page that had been lower in the results jumped up to No. 3. Still another page went from No. 6 to No. 1 and another stayed the same. Since Yahoo hasn’t shared the specific changes it made to the algorithms, it is difficult to judge just why these changes in rankings took place. It looks like a little further investigation is in order.
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