Tracking Yahoo Positions

Discussion in 'Keyword Tracker' started by Foxy, Mar 4, 2004.

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    Is there a way that your wonderful Google Tracker could be adapted to do the same for the "new" Yahoo so that we could see the results side by side?

    :rolleyes:

    Hehe
     
    Foxy, Mar 4, 2004 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Probably not going to happen unless they open up their API. Inktomi has an API, but it's six-figure price-tag (plug monthly fees) to get access to it. So for a free tool, it doesn't really make sense. If they open up their API like Google does, it will be added the same day. :)

    Another option is "screen-scraping" (downloading the actual result pages), but there is so many keywords being tracked right now that it would be a huge bandwidth overhead, and probably would get the IP addresses banned by Yahoo because of the volume of requests required for all the keyword tracker users.

    - Shawn
     
    digitalpoint, Mar 4, 2004 IP
  3. Foxy

    Foxy Chief Natural Foodie

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    Thought that might be the case

    Will await the day

    Thanks
     
    Foxy, Mar 4, 2004 IP
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