Strange Yahoo Search Results

[george75]

Hi,

Just wondering if anybody else has found this phenomena with yahoo. If i search on yahoo.com for a particular term, I rank well at number 9. Now if I search this term on yahoo.com on a different computer at my girlfriends house (using the same browser, IE) I rank at 42. I have no idea why this is. If I use the keyword position tool, it tells me that I rank at number 9, the same position that my computer tells me. I am confused. Has anybody else experienced this, and if so, what is causing this?

Thanks in advance!

[wmtips]

It is possible to change the preffered language in Yahoo Search preferences. Maybe you have different settings (your search is performed only on English pages, her - on all pages).

[kirby009]

it might be just a picture of yahoo in your temporary folder.:)

[xenyo]

Well, I've found strange ranking jumps in Yahoo too.

Sometimes, its in the first few pages, sometimes not....


very strange.... keeps jumping in and out.

[NineFingers]

I did see different results as well but you have to clear your browser cache and try again. One of my sites was at #1 but after clearing the cache is at 15. If you use Firefox and IE clear both. Bad part is that I know I was at #1 and now I have no clue what changes to my site caused the drop and when.. oh well.. live and learn.

[Web Gazelle]

Yahoo has multiple data centers? Kinda like Google.

[MaverickConcepts]

that's my thought too, different datacenters.
unless it's some kind of different default setting.
anyone confirm? is there a yahoo datacenter tool?

[wmtips]

No tool. But Yahoo datacenters lists exists (see http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/internet/yahoo-data-centers.htm for example).