Anybody knows the algorithm used for Yahoo seach engine?

[hwang]

Hmmm... A lot of people mentioned that if you managed to get into Google top search engine list, it does not necessarily mean that you will rank well in Yahoo search engine. Just wondering what kind of algorithm that they use to determine ranking? Is there anything such as Yahoo bots or spiders to crawl a webpage?

[liowkc]

It is a trade secret just like Google's PageRank. I believe Yahoo relies more on text compatibilty to the search query term to yield search results. And that is probably the reason for less relevant results than google.

[ashiq88]

Google top search engine list, it does not necessarily mean that you will rank well in Yahoo search engine.

[hwang]

Yes, it's just that we all know that they use a different algo but nobody actually have any idea how different were they. I never found out the answer until today.

[liowkc]

This may be of some relevance:


The Yahoo Ranking Algorithm:

- The title of your website must contain your major keywords. The title is the biggest ranking factor of Yahoo's ranking algorithm!

- The description you give when submitting to yahoo web directory should include your major keywords, however don't try to repeat them too much. Very important step.

- Click Popularity is part of Yahoo's Algorithm, Google doesn't put much on that to determines one website ranking. The more visitors click on your website from Yahoo SERP's, the more you'll get close to the Top Ranking.

- The category you are listed in Yahoo Web Directory should (if possible) contain some keywords. This plays a little with the ranking.

- Site-wide linking. Its a choice you have to make, you can get one link per domain in order to rank well on google search engine but you can also get a lot of site-wide linking from other site, Yahoo loves it.
Some people on internet say that Yahoo uses [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] from google as part of its algorithm. Web sites you see appearing in Yahoo SERP's TOP 10 have sometimes PageRank and sometimes not. PageRank is only used for google search engine ranking and it's affiliates.



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[hwang]

That's the same SEO approach with Google but that doesn't represent the actual algorithm used in their ranking system.