Yahoo Vs Google

[coolmanphp]

In what sectors does Yahoo dominates or performs better in terms of search results?

[rcj662]

They dominate in users i do not think the dominate any search results. Users include email and other things they offer. That is why they have more users than google but less searches.

[cosmocentral]

Google is way ahead of Yahoo at this moment as per users as well as search results.

[coolmanphp]

Google is way ahead of Yahoo at this moment as per users as well as search results.

cosmocentral,
i agree with you in general term. is there any way to measure that?

[snowbird]

Judging by my search stats, Google could bend Yahoo over its knee and spank them till Yahoo cried uncle.

I like Yahoo, but I just wish they would offer some more competition.

[KnickersBoxersGlory]

Simplicity is so often overlooked. Google's basic format appeals to many users.

Search results are ranked differently though compared with Yahoo and other search engines.

[bomberman]

I think it only differs on your location. Some countries that Yahoo beat Google in terms of user but still Google is the leading SE of all SE's.

[TadSenseQ]

yahoo PR > google PR

[coolmanphp]

yahoo PR > google PR

not sure what you mean?

[manpasand]

Google's update its search result quickly as compare with Yahoo.

[cosmocentral]

cosmocentral,
i agree with you in general term. is there any way to measure that?

One way to know that is the traffic most (not all) people get from Google is way higher in number then Yahoo!
G got the higher number of people using for search (about 60%+).

[Shazz]

None, Google took over yahoo a while back

[coolmanphp]

Google's update its search result quickly as compare with Yahoo.

i agree with you on this manpasand

[frederrick]

In what sectors does Yahoo dominates or performs better in terms of search results?

Hi,

As what I know, Yahoo search result combines both bots crawl and human edited SERP. While Google relies on bots crawl only.

[Hoodstar]

Google is widely used by all sites.

[Dynamix]

Hi,

As what I know, Yahoo search result combines both bots crawl and human edited SERP. While Google relies on bots crawl only.

Not true now -- they have just penalized about 12 of my directories.....they are doing a lot to catch paid links.

[t2000q]

yahoo PR > google PR

hmmm, does yahoo have PR tools now too?

[tychicus]

my first choice still google...second goes to yahoo..

[satangod]

yahoo searches are more sophisticated while google search engine rankings are a mess. way too much irrelevant sites.
BTW i like google coz its the only search engine that sends traffic

[ForgottenCreature]

Google for search, yahoo for news and such.

[ArmaanMagic]

Yahoo search result is good. It's my personal experience.

[peter_anderson]

its harder to get yahoo, or ask.com or any other search site to find your site

[Hafsoh]

yahoo does not perform better in any way better than google in search result. Google is still leading

[coolmanphp]

Yahoo search result is good. It's my personal experience.

ArmaanMagic;
can you give any specific example or instance when yahoo performs better.

[Forrest]

Not really much. Google is the best web/news/image/map search, and also email system ... Yahoo is a good portal for ... well ... I guess if you like flashy ads?

[ArmaanMagic]

ArmaanMagic;
can you give any specific example or instance when yahoo performs better.

When i ask yahoo 'useful cup' , they shows usefulcup.com , or useful cup sites, That google don't show! It's strange, but i saw this.

[Adulu]

Google is certainly good than yahoo.
yahoo only has portal advantage

[used_cisco]

My target audience for networking equipment is 80% visitors from google, 10% yahoo, 10% msn/live.

This is for 100% of organic vistors.

I personally like live.com's layout. Their results aren't that bad either. I live live better than yahoo that's for sure for search.

Google still owns search with myself and practically the whole world.

[Scorpioon]

I think google 4 search but u can go yahoo 4 news..

[R_A_S]

Google is the best web/news/image/map search, and also email system

[Minterest]

I dont think that yahoo dominate google in search.. but they do have some services which have more audience than google... like Flickr... messenger...

[rightit]

Very hard to response. I think, overall Yahoo is best.

[mit]

I dont think that yahoo dominate google in search.. but they do have some services which have more audience than google... like Flickr... messenger...

Google has Picasa and Gtalk...

Actually Google crawls website much faster than Yahoo and has much bigger database than any other search engine. I know, Yahoo has much refined searches but Google is king here.

[rena]

yahoo Messenger is better than Google. But searching not good. taking long time to upload. Google immediately updating and getting more traffic

[yokolucu]

I don't get any clicks through yahoo for 2 months so I can't say Yahoo is the best.Is it about yahoo directories?Should webmaster register in the Yahoo Dir to get traffic?

[qazu]

That's like comparing apples and pears. Yahoo is a news portal. Their search engine is a secondary part of it. Google is a search engine.

[kharen]

the site can easily to crawl by google and rank unlike in yahoo...

[digi1]

Yahoo is about 25% of google searches

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/34341/113/

[StormForum]

To be honest, Yahoo! is good in a number of sectors but they lack more people using their search feature. I use Yahoo!'s e-mail service but nothing else. But to be honest, Gmail is much better than Yahoo! in the long run. At the moment, however Yahoo! are providing unlimited e-mail space lol!

[seo4china]

No one is speaking about Live or Ask? :)

[coolmanphp]

No one is speaking about Live or Ask? :)
because:
live is still not live and
ask does not give what you ask.

[dbckun]

google wins by search

yahoo for news and random stuff

imo google is better, and gives me better searches

[jasonk1234]

yes google gives me way more visitors than yahoo so therefore I asume that google has more traffic because I rank higher in yahoo than google.

In terms of using these search engines I don't use either but google seems a little more aimed at money making and yahoo a little better with customer support

[giannis]

i think yahoo is better on some other services such as web mail, geocities etc but google almost dominates the search.

[ForgottenCreature]

i think yahoo is better on some other services such as web mail, geocities etc but google almost dominates the search.

How do you think Yahoo's mail system is better than gmail?

[mikelorentz]

Definitely Google is over Yahoo...
But in my opinion google's SERPs are scrap as compared to Yahoo and MSN....
Yahoo and MSN have better duplicate filter and Spam filter......
But still i like Google..b..coz google provides me the higher traffic...

[exevista]

Yahoo and Google are at two extreme end

Yahoo is a portal - google is a search engine

[axs]

I like Yahoo better because of the services.
I also think Yahoo has better image results.

[coolmanphp]

I like Yahoo better because of the services.
I also think Yahoo has better image results.

can you describe how image results are better in yahoo.

thanks

[monstertruck123]

personally i like google because of its super simple look when you open google.ca, although as was said before yahoo is much more useful for news and such.

[ProCASHtinator]

cosmocentral,
i agree with you in general term. is there any way to measure that?Yahoo is still #1 on the Alexa rankings while Google is #2, if that helps at all.

[DomainMan]

Yahoo has a better search engine than google, google seems to have a buy your way to the top.

[coolmanphp]

Yahoo has a better search engine than google, google seems to have a buy your way to the top.

that is good point.

[kenbrower]

Yahoo's bot is just a lot lazier than Googlebot. Google seems to cache the whole web three times over in the time it takes yahoo to crawl just a quarter of that. Google is more dynamic and thus more appealing for search.

[seanybob]

Not really much. Google is the best web/news/image/map search, and also email system ... Yahoo is a good portal for ... well ... I guess if you like flashy ads?

Rofl!
Agreed

[lpstong]

because:
live is still not live and
ask does not give what you ask.

Ha, loved that response because that is true. But as far as Google and Yahoo goes. Google for search - but I may have to toggle back and forth because Yahoo sometimes are more defined. Google overall for searches and webmaster related tools. Yahoo overall is great for email and business and News/Entertainment/Stock info related..

If people want to do a comparison search than there is GahooYoogle - www.gahooyoogle.com/

[edongzkisiete]

I've been a yahoo user before but now I can say that google is much better in many terms :)

[Guaji]

I think google wins here. In terms on how many people search on Google (64%):
Google received 64% searches on October (http://www.googlelady.com/582/google-received-64-percent-searches-october/) and it seems that competition is far away and other search engines need to improve in search results and their indexing time.

[bomberman]

hmmm, does yahoo have PR tools now too?

How come yahoo have PR. I think he's mistaken. Pr is for Google only.

[mrcrowley]

Google has the best serps Yahoo needs to try a little harder... before they run away with it.

[thunderbolt007]

I think Google for SEO and webmasters alike and Yahoo for almost users....:D :p

[Lewi]

OK my two cents worth....I think both searches are good but favor different results. My sites have traditionally done better in yahoo but I now am doing well in Google also. I find that Google tends to favor the "big boys" who cover lots of territory (larger information categories) but don't have as much specific content to that which was searched for. While Yahoo is quicker to give the site with more specific content the rankings.

[coolmanphp]

OK my two cents worth....I think both searches are good but favor different results. My sites have traditionally done better in yahoo but I now am doing well in Google also. I find that Google tends to favor the "big boys" who cover lots of territory (larger information categories) but don't have as much specific content to that which was searched for. While Yahoo is quicker to give the site with more specific content the rankings.

any examples for above 2 cases.

[DarioZ]

I think that google is better

[yugo]

i don't think so, because i often use yahoo, beside google.

[feelyou]

Google is way ahead of Yahoo at this moment as per users as well as search results.
i'm with you cosmocentral

[rena]

google is far away than yahoo. only thing in messenger is best yahoo

[SuperBlog]

Google is always going to be my top pick for searching, because it's obvious they return the top results. However, I prefer Yahoo for news, interesting articles, etc. as well as Yahoo Answers, Yahoo Groups, and Yahoo email. I love Google for so many other things though, mainly all the free services they provide - Google Webmasters, Google Earth, etc. Overall, Google leads.

[shaila]

It is not easy to rank well in Yahoo and terms of search results I think they give organic results for the site.