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 Apr 14 2008, 12:29 PM
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 HR 10  Group: Moderator Posts: 7,489 Joined: 24-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 01:50 PM From: Somerville, MA Member No.: 22  |
I still haven't forgiven Yahoo for dropping the numbering of the results on their SERPs, and if anyone knows of a greasemonkey script that would bring them back I'd love to know about it.
But there's another change that I've only just noticed today. I don't search at Yahoo very often, so this may have happened some time ago (although I really doubt my memory is so bad that I've forgotten it's always been like this): they've stopped bundling results from the same domain. In the attached image, I've got two URLs from my blog (the home page and a category page) being returned, but with another site between them.
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Apr 14 2008, 12:50 PM
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 Convert Me!  Group: Admin Posts: 17,377 Joined: 17-August 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 12:50 PM Member No.: 551 |
I noticed the unbundling or unclustering of same site results in the same result set while testing something on Y! a couple of weeks ago Bob, but like you I don't use it all that much as my main search engine. I have no clue how long that's been going on, but think we'd have probably heard about it if it had been too long ago.
On the search numbering thing, I recall visiting a site recently for something else entirely that had such an animal in a bookmarklet for Y! and the other majors. I haven't tried it out or looked to see if it was built for one browser or another, but I'll dig around and see if I can find it again. |
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Apr 14 2008, 12:56 PM
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HR 10 Group: Moderator Posts: 7,489 Joined: 24-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 01:50 PM From: Somerville, MA Member No.: 22 |
Ah, found one. I hadn't searched for bookmarklets -- just greasemonkey scripts.
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Apr 15 2008, 11:00 AM
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 HR 5  Group: Active Members Posts: 478 Joined: 24-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 02:50 PM From: Langley, British Columbia, Canada Member No.: 18 |
I believe Yahoo! has had ungrouped results for quite some time, Bob. It's one of the reasons why I feel Yahoo! has higher relevance than the grouped results for Google. Webmasters may like the Google grouped results since it gives them much more visible impact in the SERPs. However I believe it is a disservice to the searcher.
BTW thanks a million for the Yahoo! numberer. I was really upset by their decision. That bookmarklet works a treat. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Apr 15 2008, 06:32 PM
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 Seeking A+ Posts Group: Active Members Posts: 143 Joined: 19-August 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 03:50 PM From: New York Member No.: 576 |
I showed Danny Sullivan this thread and he told me Yahoo hasn't really ever grouped results, to his knowledge.
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Apr 16 2008, 02:23 PM
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HR 10 Group: Moderator Posts: 7,489 Joined: 24-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 01:50 PM From: Somerville, MA Member No.: 22 |
That's a bit surprising. Not that I have specific memories of grouped results on Yahoo, but I would have thought that Yahoo would have at least gone through a period of doing it.
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