google vs yahoo

[wish71]

Hi there

I have noted that for the same keyword my website is positioned in yahoo and google with a huge difference....

example some key is n1 in yahoo and not even listed in the top 100 in google or viceversa.

How can that be?

[mjtaylor]

Google and Yahoo have completely different algorithms; what you see (and don't see) is normal, especially for newer sites/pages. Google is more interested in links and the age of links; Yahoo is a little more content oriented. It's more subtle and detailed than that, but that's one way to understand how the two SEs approach results differently.

[wish71]

Thank you very much..... I would like to know what kind of ''things'' yahoo prefer on a page and what kind of 'things' google do prefer..... this will be really good to know....


Personally if I need to really search something and find something relevant I prefer DEFINITELY yahoo.

Usually Google find out more results but all is confused.

For all the words i have selected I'm now ranked well in yahoo as expected, not so much in google.

[mjtaylor]

I suggest you thoroughly read the forums here on Yahoo and Google ... and SEO; that should help you figure out what you need to know.

Cheers, MJ

[erikko]

google base on backlinks while yahoo and msn base their keyword rankings on content

[wish71]

I think you right the contents is coming up well in yahoo but still i need a lot of backlink .... for google.

Actually i prefer yahoo when I search...... i do not mind how popular a website is.... I mind what is about!

[enam]

I get a lot of visitors from google but only a few from yahoo.
How can I increase visitors from yahoo?