My site ranks in Google, MSN but not in Yahoo, Why ?

PHIL BADER

Jul 15th 2007, 2:55 am

abstroose

Jul 15th 2007, 3:05 am

That's strange, but also I hear a lot of people rank well in Google and MSN but not Yahoo...

For me it's the opposite, I don't even rank in the top 1000 for Google. But for Yahoo I'm 56 :S

protocol96

Jul 15th 2007, 3:41 am

try yahoo directory submission, i think that mite help the case

iamzak

Jul 15th 2007, 5:41 am

try typing your site name without space and www in yahoo and see if you can get. if still you dont get it then try to add manually to yahoo

PHIL BADER

Jul 15th 2007, 8:09 am

The strange thing is that the website is fully indexed.

tennisplayer89

Jul 15th 2007, 10:02 am

so5

Jul 16th 2007, 10:06 am

I have the same problem. I dunno what to do either... :(

k9stud

Jul 16th 2007, 3:43 pm

i have the same problem as well, but I just recently launched a site and I heared that keyword density matters a lot for yahoo lets see what happens in a couple of months, anyone else has some insight on how to optimize for yahoo

0otheoracleo0

Jul 17th 2007, 4:13 pm

If I ever find an answer I will post it here. We are showing up 1-5 in google for a couple terms. But for the same terms we don't even hit the top 100 in yahoo? Any moderators have any ideas?

PHIL BADER

Jul 18th 2007, 7:59 am

An Updated :
I checked my site ranking in Yahoo today and it should 26th !
Great , there is something good happenting then ;)

Trapped

Jul 18th 2007, 8:02 am

Did you made any changes in your site, or you did not had realized you were in 26th position?

riverrun

Jul 18th 2007, 1:53 pm

I was just about to post this question. This month I have 7800 hits from googles searches and 14 from Yahoo. This is a crazy discrepency!! Any concrete answers out there?

IronChimp

Jul 18th 2007, 2:29 pm

hmmm,i have the complete opposite also,i rank really good in yahoo but no the other ones

bornagaintrader

Jul 18th 2007, 2:32 pm

As far as off page factors are concerned I think yahoo still has a big skew to sites listed in the directory. I have a site listed there that got supercharged on yahoo after listing in the directory.

As far as on site factors are concerned, they definitely judge dynamics like keyword density, title tags etc differently to google.

Having said all that - I'd rather show on google than yahoo.

alance

Jul 19th 2007, 3:02 am

Not sure but all my 3 sites are coming in the first page of yahoo when serch for Poker Templete

i just saw it and on google also 2 r on the first page :)
i m glad to see that :)

mit

Jul 19th 2007, 3:43 am

you can also use Yahoo Site Explorer to find out this problem. Just check it.

Talk_Guru

Jul 19th 2007, 5:17 am

Yahoo, is very strange SE. Gives a huge # of landing pages in its SERPs. I once started a thread in DP to share seo techiques for Yahoo - but very few people replied - cause few know how to da that...

PHIL BADER

Jul 19th 2007, 7:01 am

No I didn't change anything, it seems that Yahoo crwaler saw my post lol ;)

0otheoracleo0

Jul 20th 2007, 9:24 am

We rank #2 , 7, 11 for our top terms but 100's back in yahoo. Onpage title keywords, density all good. Would a yahoo sitemap or the yahoo directory submission really help much? Any other ideas?

Shimonenator

Jul 20th 2007, 1:15 pm

I would sugest to search on Google for "seo for yahoo" - there's a good article, published on few websites, that covers this topic very good.

Author talks there about four major factors for Yahoo:

Keyword density
Site structure
Backlinks
Aging

I think this will be very useful.

Charisse V

Jul 20th 2007, 3:16 pm

I hear you. I have sites that are in the top ten on Google, and I can't even find them on Yahoo.

Google is my favorite. :-)

Charisse

cooliojones

Jul 24th 2007, 8:14 am

I would sugest to search on Google for "seo for yahoo" - there's a good article, published on few websites, that covers this topic very good.

Author talks there about four major factors for Yahoo:

I think this will be very useful.

LOL @ search on Google for info on Yahoo. That's so backwards it's funny.

bestoptimized

Jul 25th 2007, 7:26 pm

My main site is 25 on Yahoo for the company name (it is 1 on google and msn) and only the home page is indexed.

I emailed their support they said they didn't know what the problem was and that they would contact me if they figured it out which they will never do.
I can't figure out why. Its been like this for several years.

eboker23

Jul 25th 2007, 7:31 pm

I rank well in Goolgle page 1 for 10 search terms, Ok on MSN and pretty average on Yahoo it's about 4% of googles traffic.

richweb2007

Jul 27th 2007, 2:00 am

Check it out here : http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=412760

lcde61

Jul 28th 2007, 10:59 am

I'm right there with iron chimp. Yahoo likes me, google doesnt... except google has far more indexed pages than yahoo. MSN doesnt do either.

I see some references to 'aging' how big a factor is this? and how long does a site need to 'age' before the SE's care?

Charisse V

Jul 30th 2007, 4:11 pm

OK, I finally made it to Yahoo; After three months, my Fun Crochet site is number two on Yahoo- it was number two on Google within a week of being live. I am noticing my other sites are just starting to show up in the top ten of Yahoo too. My guess,
Yahoo is really slow!

Wow!

Charisse

betteb

Jul 30th 2007, 11:42 pm

I have the same problem. For a very competitive phrase, I rank #1 on MSN, #8 on Google but only #51 on Yahoo. I only have my phrase 3 times in my body text, perhaps I should add it a couple more times? I don't know.

barry3998

Jul 31st 2007, 4:19 am

Did you try to search from other country yahoo to typing you website and searching ?try typing your full url ,may be you can get it ..

stubsy

Jul 31st 2007, 4:53 am

lijgeo

Jul 31st 2007, 6:15 am

Yahoo is more on site concentrated .

I would sugest to search on Google for "seo for yahoo" - there's a good article, published on few websites, that covers this topic very good.

Author talks there about four major factors for Yahoo:

I think this will be very useful.

internetgal

Jul 31st 2007, 6:37 am

One of my websites, shows in Google, MSN but never in Yahoo.
I think it is indexed in Yahoo, but never updated again and never shows up in SERP ...

whats wrong guys ? the site ranks very well in Google and MSN for good keywords ?

any help would be appreciated
Every Search engine Follows DIFFERENT Algorithm. Just read this points below and evaluate your site:
1.Yahoo puts much relevance on QUANTITY of BL's.
2.Yahoo places much more emphasis on EXACT keywords throught your content and on your DOMAIN name.
3.Have strong base on ON-PAGE optimization factors along with some backlink support.
4. Get your site listed on the Yahoo Directory. Submit your site to Yahoo Sitemaps.
Hope this helps:) Btw, did you optimize your site with good SEO Techniques?

internetgal

Jul 31st 2007, 6:42 am

I have exactly the same problem listed in Google and MSN but not Yahoo. I have submitted my site manually to them and uploaded sitemap.

When I first submitted I got few hits from Yahoo but now none:confused:
Dont say end..just try and try.I am staunch supporter that hardwork yeilds results. Pls go thru my previous post here..just above this one:)

stubsy

Jul 31st 2007, 8:42 am

Thanks internetgal I hadn't given up on Yahoo am quite happy with what Google sends at the moment anyway

mji2010

Jul 31st 2007, 9:37 am

The most daily hits I've gotten from yahoo and msn is 4 while getting over 3k a day from google. I don't get it... I was briefly indexed in msn, but not any more.

dattani

Jul 31st 2007, 10:10 am

i agree this will be very usefull

internetgal

Aug 1st 2007, 11:36 pm

Thanks internetgal I hadn't given up on Yahoo am quite happy with what Google sends at the moment anyway

You are Welcome:)

webwiz

Aug 2nd 2007, 4:32 pm

umm, yahoo seems to be really capricious. i don't have a lot of yahoo experience, but i will use some of your tips and see what happens.

lcde61

Aug 2nd 2007, 9:16 pm

I'm starting to think these indexing bots are made by the same company that makes those electronic slot machines.... and the results are the same.... keep pulling the handle and you might get a payback... or you might not

harsha22

Aug 3rd 2007, 4:02 am

My blog is around 6 months old. I update it regularly. Even then it is not even indesed properly in Yahoo & MSN. however, it ranks well in Google. Dont know what to do?

internetgal

Aug 7th 2007, 11:52 am

My blog is around 6 months old. I update it regularly. Even then it is not even indesed properly in Yahoo & MSN. however, it ranks well in Google. Dont know what to do?
Please read this post. What it takes to get indexed on Yahoo and MSN? (http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=4003890#post4003890)
Hope this helps!:)

vicdigi

Aug 7th 2007, 1:33 pm

It would be interesting to see what site you are talking about, how old it is and what you have done to promote.

Other than that, all I could possibly say is be Patient - there's a keyword for thought!

Directory_SEO

Aug 8th 2007, 6:18 pm

Yes, try Yahoo directory submission, there is also a possiblity that someone reported your site to Yahoo. Say if you got duplicate content

smartconsultant

Aug 8th 2007, 6:32 pm

My site ranks very high for my competitive keywords in yahoo ie on first page of the results whereas in google it is on 3rd or 4th page.

So I need to know,what extra I need to do for Google :)

bornagaintrader

Aug 8th 2007, 8:53 pm

Yahoo is different than google and msn. Google and MSN do not count as many links as Yahoo. I have 4 times as many links in yahoo as I do google and MSN put together. Yahoo just uses a different method of crawling and ranking search results.

Google and MSN don't show as many links when you use the link: function but it's unlikely that google being a link based search engine doesn't count them :)

I think that yahoo rewards more 'unnatural' link profiles - i.e. it seems to be less concerned by the quality and relevance of links than google.

Yahoo results are definitely still skewed to sites that are listed in yahoo directory. So depending on the site it may well be worth paying the $299 in order to increase your profile on yahoo.

In any event - if you are ranking well in Google I wouldn't get overly concerned.

Nicolebobbin

Aug 9th 2007, 2:21 am

why I always get higher rank in google

FPForum

Aug 9th 2007, 2:36 am

they're all different (the se's)..try changing some of your text around..A site optimized and doing well in Google doesn't mean it's optimized nicely enough to place well in yahoo.

mamina

Aug 9th 2007, 2:49 am

Age is VERY important to Yahoo... more than any of the other search engines. If your site is a newer site that could definately be the reason why you are buried in Yahoo.

Traffic Master

Aug 9th 2007, 10:29 am

Hi,

Forever yahoo search hunt for

Keyword density
Quality links
Back links
Traffic for specific keywords

Based on this yahoo can suggest the website, you can search for back links checker in search engines. Its aid to verify number of back links in particular website.

internetgal

Aug 17th 2007, 6:50 am

why I always get higher rank in google
Do you regret for this???:)

wokaka

Aug 17th 2007, 7:00 am

Age is VERY important to Yahoo... more than any of the other search engines. If your site is a newer site that could definately be the reason why you are buried in Yahoo.

hmmm...maybe you're right. my site is ranked 5th in google and 2nd in MSN but not in top 1,000 in yahoo. wow.