Is Yahoo worth bothering about?

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dxbwill

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Like most people I guess I tend to think in terms of Google rankings.
For one site I have been getting good page 1 Google results for a short whilee while now, nos 3-6 mostly for different pages, but it has been no 1 in Yahoo for a lot longer than it has been on the first page of Google.

What if anything should I make of that.

Still learning

 

englandrm

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Yahoo and Google have different ranking algorithms. I don't know the exact number, but a much larger percentage of people user Google over Yahoo, which is why ranking in Google is quite important.

I've found I rank a lot higher in Yahoo and Bing immediately than I do in Google. They seem place a higher priority on backlinks than Google does. Some traffic still does come through there, so it is good that you are ranking high there too.

 

twoj04

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I would just focus on Google, you will get high rankings in Yahoo and Bing as a result anyways.

 

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understealthsnake

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I get less traffic on yahoo vs google. I never had a campaign that had more traffic than google

 

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dxbwill

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Thanks very much guys - I suppose the idea that good in Google means good in Yahoo etc is a good mantra and the fact it is nowhere near as powerful as Google it makes sense not to worry about it.

But I wonder if it has any bias to age/location or other profile issues that may make it more interesting to certain types of site?

Probably not the sort of info that is available anyway.

 

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BorisTipsIt

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Yahoo and Bing are now have the same rankings, so there is a bit more juice to it. For some reason, I've found Yahoo organic traffic converts better than Google. Might be the subjects of might sites, though.

 

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dxbwill

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Does that apply o all sites in the same niche or is it a range of subjects Boris?