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[MakeMeTop]

Well, it's official:

http://www.searcheng...cle.php/3314171

Yahoo have rolled out their new search today which is using a combination of their crawler engines' technology and directory listings to work a new and different algo to Pure INK.

Paid inclusion will be by Inktomi PFI only (not AV or ATW).

The results look great

Looks like the 17th February was Google's high water mark!

[GeordieSEO]

Thanks for the heads up - MMT

I'm still seeing Google results at Yahoo.co.uk (even still says Powered by Google), although I did notice the Yahoo Slurp! Crawler in the logs of some of my sites.

[OldWelshGuy]

Yep new results at .com, google at .uk

weird how google 'changed' their algo JIT

[daniel]

I was just checking the UK version, and the results seem to be very different to the global search. But I don't get the 'Powered by Google' message....

I do like the Yahoo search from the perspective of a searcher. Results seem to be pretty relevant.

[MakeMeTop]

Judging from the past, Yahoo UK could take a while to change. Hopefully not though!

When Yahoo.com dropped showing directory listings, Yahoo UK took 6 weeks or so to do their change.

[daniel]

Don't suppose there are any figures for the number of people in the UK who UK-versions of search engines?

I know that 'most' searchers will continue to use the .com versions of Google (and Yahoo) blissfully unaware that there are UK versions that might be better suited to their needs.

[GeordieSEO]

There probably are some statistics somewhere.

If a site is well represented in the search engines then analysis of the referrers will tell you the relative proportions of traffic coming from each search engine.

As with the others I am seeing different results at yahoo.com and yahoo.co.uk. The yahoo.com results are different to the Inktomi results served up by MSN and Hotbot - as has been mentioned elsewhere.

[Trellian]

I thought that you would be interested in the below snippet that we can release to the public as of today.


"IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT INKTOMI SEARCH SUBMIT:

Yahoo! Search has transitioned to its own search technology and is preparing to launch a new inclusion program.

As a bonus for Search Submit customers, Yahoo! Search is providing a free trial of Yahoo! traffic that will end on April 15, 2004.

When the new inclusion program launches, Search Submit customers will have the option of joining the new program for ongoing participation in Yahoo! Search results. "

Stay tuned for more information to follow.

Cheers
David

[thfc1afc0]

Just being testing the water to see what I'm in for when the UK version changes as well. One thing that I have noticed, which I'm pretty sure didn't happen before is this. On one of my search terms in Yahoo US now lists results at position 8,9 & 10. Is this new or just something that I hadn't noticed before ?

Apart from that seems to be a bit of mixed bag compared to my rankings pre switch, I guess time will tell.

[GeordieSEO]

I've emailed Positiontech to see if they can provide me with more information about the PFI.

[markymark]

Reading between the lines, this means that all the Inktomi PFI stuff will fall out of the Yahoo index in April and I'll have to pay again to get it all back in again. Wonder how much they'll charge. More than $25 per page, I'm willing to bet.

[qwerty]

They're giving a huge boost in the SERPs to sites that are in the directory. Any thoughts on whether PFI is going to be more or less beneficial than directory inclusion?

[Jill]

Yahoo doesn't like my site much (gets confused with my redirect of RankWrite apparently), but LOVES my clients' sites, so I'm very cool with the current Yahoo results!

Jill

[markymark]

I have the same problem, Jill, with one of my clients. One you referred to me, by coincidence. Inktomi just can't seem to handle 301 redirects. Luckily, the client is showing up under three different URLs (thankfully not in the same SERPs) so things are looking OK for the moment. But I am concerned that Ink will decide that this is duplicate content and can the lot.

[MakeMeTop]

>PFI is going to be more or less beneficial than directory inclusion..

Combined, they are a killer