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Yahoo search

Since when did Yahoo! switch over to its new search algorithms? Slashdot has an article which points to a short comparison of their algorithms.

Following months of testing their search engine results, Yahoo has now launched their search algorithm and replaced the Google results they had been using. ... Please keep in mind that keyword density is just one part of an overall optimization strategy. There are many other elements we do not address here, but we hope we can help discover secrets to the keyword density component of the SEO toolbox.

The goal of this analysis is to compare the keyword density elements of Yahoo's new algorithm with Google's algorithm. The top 10 results for over 2000 keywords were analyzed from both Yahoo and Google to create this report data covering over 40,000 data points. We decided to use single word keywords that have a small number of searches per month. These keywords are low traffic and likely non-competitive which should help to achieve a more accurate picture of how each engine ranks pages. Each result URL was analyzed to produce a keyword density report. The results in this report have been compiled from this keyword density data.

Anyway, Yahoo's results seem to be pretty good (they list me as the fourth "Keith", higher than I've ever been on Google. Boo-yah!) so I've created a "quick search" in Firefox. Just like I could type "g [searchwords]" to search with Google, now I can type "y [searchwords]" to search with yahoo. (Firefox rules.) And now we have search engine competition? Over the next few days I'm going to have to waste time doing searches on both and comparing.

Update: Christian Langreiter has an awesome tool that lets you compare search results between Yahoo and Google. When you search, wait a second, because sometimes it takes the results a little while to appear. If it doesn't come up after a while, then refresh... the results seem to be cached. I hope Yahoo and Google don't start blocking his server.

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