Yahoo! Showing 2 sets of results?

From my home computer my usual kw terms i check on daily I've dropped several positions since last night (wed night). However from my friends computer and work computer I still hold the old top rankings.

The computers are only 10 miles apart... so why would yahoo be showing them different results for the same searches?

The only thing i can think of, is that I've searched for these words several times a day for a while without clicking a result... so maybe they are now showing me a secondary set of results??

 

I have noticed the same for my sites. There appears to be 2 (or maybe more) sets of results showing depending on the time of day or location. And it is not a cache or cookie issue.

 

Sounds like crazy talk to me. Any actual numbers or research to back it up?

 

Yahoo gives different results every hour. It's all over the place. Actual numbers. 9 out of 10 people agree that statistics can be easily manipulated.

 

"crazy talk" - heh

Actually I have experianced the same - You 'refresh' and 'refresh' all you want on both PCs but sometimes (not always) me and my buddies (one in NC, one in Washington, I'm in AZ) get different results.

a38 - I'll try to gather a couple of Screen shots with time/date stamps for you the next time it happens

 

Kyle -

Studies show that actually only 78.7% of statistics ARE manipulated - although your original assessment of 90% applies to the 'CAN be manipulated' class.


heh

 

Sorry I forgot to fact check those statistics.

 

Just because the results are continuously updating doesnt mean there are 2 sets of results. Why not extend that logic and say there a million sets of results. I've found that pages move up and down on an hourly bases but that is the 1 set of results being dynamic.

 

Take Google for instance, different datacenters give different results. Would it be possible that Yahoo's computers don't update the exact same time? Or did I just blow your mind?

 

I am seeing two sets as well. I've had the #1 spot for 4 months, and now dropped to #2. I've checked a few DCs but not all. Of those, they all have the 'new' SERPs.

 

Is there any tool out there for checking Yahoo datacenters (or datacentres for us Europeans!) similar to the way that McDar checks Google DC's?

 

Crazy Talk?

I'm not seeing any "hourly updates" , im following two specific search terms that I rank for. One location at a friends house shows me at #1 for my first kw and #4 for my 2nd kw, it has been this way all week and not changed at any time from his computer.

My computer has shown that same thing, until 2 days ago, when suddenly the first kw i have dropped to #2 and the 2nd kw i have dropped to the 4th page. I can't see the same result he sees at any time, even when we do a search at the SAME TIME.

I have no reason to lie about it, so say what you want...

 

how is new serps two sets? are your old serps comming back then going away again? this is just the constant update flux. and I agree about the datacenter's probably just not being all updated.

 

Does anybody know of a list of current Yahoo datacenters. I am definitely getting two sets of results. I get one set at home and another at work.

 

We have a new site that appeared to be popping in and out of the Yahoo SERP's, going from #15 for its primary KW to oblivion and then back again.

To find out what was happening, I charted the top 30 results for that KW for over a week. Based upon previous data that we had charted for the same phrase, it appeared that occasionally an older data set of results would show up.

For example, there were a few sites that had not showed up in the SERP's for months, then occasionally showed up at or near their old rankings.

So, it looks like there is another datcenter involved. I never tracked the time of day when I received the old SERP's, but I have a hunch that it might play a role in the two sets of results. During peak online periods, it may be that overflow traffic is kicking over to another datacenter.

I have no way to prove that this is "overflow" happening, I only know that we are occasionally seeing two sets of results.

 

I second that. If anyone has a current list I would appreciate it.

The past 2 weeks have been crazy for my sites and yahoo. They all took a nice jump in the serps that lasted a day or two then fell bellow the original levels. I've noticed 2 sets of results as well.

 

There are 2 sets of results. I have noticed kws that I have been 1, 2 + 3 in Yahoo for years now fluctuating (dropping right down to 10-15) then back up on a refresh. The results ONLY take the 2 different rankings and do not rise and fall between these positions

 

I have noticed the same and it doesn't seem to be related to time but more to different computers. For our search terms we show as position 1, 4 and 7 depending on the computer used. This is consistent through the day - any day of the week. I think Yahoo is tracking our search habbits but have not been able to find anything about this (web search related) - I know their desktop search as well as Googles, MSN's, etc. have plans to offer personalized results - at the expense of your privacy - but now Yahoo is doing this for web searches?

 

This could explain why when I check sometimes I am top 5 and other times I am not in the top 30.