It used to be that the more I backlinked - the better off I was in Yahoo's SERPs. Now it seems to have no effect. Just wondering if you guys think that Yahoo could've changed their algorithm - at least when it comes to backlinks.
Dunno. After I hit the 100k backlink mark, no matter how many I make now, Yahoo doesn't increase my SERPs. Top 3 for all keywords, but can't top that.
No matter what, the more backlinks you have the better. There is no loss in having more backlinks than anybody.
If you placed your keywords in a right way then backlinks can help in yahoo and bing because all search engines changing their criteria.
Basic Rule is same in case of all major Search Engines, however your statement can be made more better by saying 'More quality relevant backlinks more better'.
back links are only for Google but for yahoo directories are more beneficial according to my knowledge
I have a site that has only a few backlinks and it beats my main site that has thousands. All KWs are in the domain so this seems to be a big factor.
Yahoo is irrelevant. Who knows what they are using for search critieria. They are clearly a relic of search-years past.
I pretty much agree. I have a few first page key phrases in Yahoo, and hardly get any hits from them.
I get maybe thousands of hits from Google on hundreds of keywords. And I have maybe 8000+ backlinks according to Yahoo. I used Site Explorer etc. Result? I get ZERO hits from yahoo searches. Something is weird about Yahoo, I think Yahoo will soon die.
Be careful. Always more backlinks is not equal more traffic and better ranking. But if you can get good backlinks from qualified websites its better.