Jaan,
It seems by looking, that the opposition is beating me by my employing the old Google-type title & meta tags. They're (Y! in my niche) liking them non-spammy - brief and exactly to the point. Same with 1 or 2 sentence descriptions and a handful of keywords (tag).
Mine are so keyword stuffed they're like a volcano - ready to explode - same with meta desc. and KW tags. Maybe the others will follow suit - in which case I know exactly what they want - I believe anyway.
That's what I've been doing to another site of mine and getting better results.
I didn't touch it much - why mess with 4 yrs of owning the top of the heap in your niche? I get links for nothing and have been submitted and into almost every directory in the universe - (exaggerating a just a bit). I get tons of "word of post" traffic from the biggest forums all over, where people post go to "cz'site.com for this or that" really good branding and saturation in the niche. One post referral from the big forums is worth hundreds or more hits - maybe more in the long run.
I have added a few new products and optimized them short and sweet - they're doing well.
I won't post the URL - don't want to share it. Y! never gave me much anyway but the listing - not much income.
I do think I've figured it out since posting and am waiting for some sections that fell and am waiting for a Y! update to see how they fare - and compare with GG who really pays the bills. I won't keep any change that messes with those.
Thanks again Jaan!
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