10-01-2007, 10:07 AM
Quote:We've rolled out some changes to our index with fresh web data and updates to our crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms over the last few days. We expect the update will be completed very soon. Throughout this process you may see some changes in ranking as well as some shuffling of the pages in the index.
This is the first update after the launch of Dynamic URL Rewriting in Site Explorer. We've had millions of URLs rewritten based on your submissions and your sites should have seen smarter crawling from Yahoo! Slurp as a result. You will see further benefits in how your site is represented in the index from this update. Your input improves relevance and coverage for users in search results, particularly in relation to your site...
full announcement: http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000488.html
more:
Quote:, Iâve noticed some sites with high authority domains, in the perception of Yahoo, such as TheFreeDictionary.com, and all of its keyword heavy definition pages, rising in Yahoo rankings. Could such domain be what Aaron is talking about? Or is it keyword heavy domains?
These pages seem to also be ranking higher in Yahoo again, so authority seems to be more important than keywords in the URL.
* Yahoo Directory
* Yahoo 360
* Google Groups
* Google Translate
* Topix
* About.com
full article: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/yahoo...ects/5710/