SEO Tycoon

**imported_complete** · 08-16-2006, 08:32 PM

Could there be so much difference in results between these top 2 search engines?

When I do a search for "Martial Arts Forums" on Yahoo, believe it or not, my site comes up as the very first site.

However, if I do an exact same search on Google, well..... after flipping through several hundred pages, it never appears.

So, #1 on one search engine and not even on the map on another. I admit I don't know much about SEO and I could certainly learn more to benefit from it, but has anybody else experience such discrepancy? If so, what can you do to improve it?

I run YPN on the site. Could it be the reason why Yahoo likes the site but is hated by Google?

**BamaStangGuy** · 08-16-2006, 08:36 PM

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Mus...&cop=&ei=UTF-8 I come up second

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search Not even in the top 100 lol

So yea... drastic differences are normal

**imported_complete** · 08-16-2006, 09:09 PM

Ahh. Someone to share this pain with. I would've posted URL for search results but I haven't posted 15 posts yet and I get rejected.

**imported_Tom** · 08-17-2006, 03:00 AM

I'm good on Google but not on Yahoo! G is better than Y n e ways. phew.

**Srirangan** · 08-17-2006, 04:44 AM

#1 on Google SERPs
#2 on Yahoo SERPs

I'm a happy man.

(Being listed in Yahoo Directory & Dmoz has helped I guess, however I don't bother much about SERPs)

**Dactyl** · 08-17-2006, 07:26 AM

Pretty normal, each search engine has its own algorithm, its own spider and its own ranking factors, if you give me your url I can have a further look as to why Yahoo is ranking you higher than Google, Yahoo is known to put more influence on on-site factors where Google places allot of weight on off-optimization factors.

**imported_Alejandro** · 08-17-2006, 09:19 AM

I come number 1 on google and yahoo :taz:

**olodguy58au** · 08-17-2006, 09:41 AM

So tell this newbie how?

**olodguy58au** · 08-17-2006, 09:43 AM

Also I need to know about that Mustang. Is it for real. I have a mate from Australia in the US shopping for Mustangs. He's devoted.

**handsome rob** · 08-17-2006, 10:41 AM

Google, IMHO, has shot themselves in the foot with their totally inefficient war on spam. I use Yahoo and/or Ask for my personal searching now. Tired of getting pages in my serps that are nothing but keyword-stuffing and hidden text.

**NBF** · 08-17-2006, 10:58 AM

You can check out differences here:

http://www.jux2.com/

There are other sites that do similar things as well...

Laura

**handsome rob** · 08-17-2006, 02:18 PM

interesting tool, and I agree with a lot of the results it showed me. Thanks.

**imported_complete** · 08-17-2006, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SohaibT

Pretty normal, each search engine has its own algorithm, its own spider and its own ranking factors, if you give me your url I can have a further look as to why Yahoo is ranking you higher than Google, Yahoo is known to put more influence on on-site factors where Google places allot of weight on off-optimization factors.

The link is in my signature but here is the URL - www.martial-forums.com

**Bookworm-SEO** · 08-18-2006, 12:19 AM

Like Sohaib says, Yahoo likes on-site optimization more. For example, I added a text tagline to a blog, and it ranks #2 on Google for a tough keyword. Google used to have it in the 70s/80s (PR 5, massive linkage) but it would appear I'm lacking some strength for them.

Incidentally, and this is just a hunch, I get the impression Google has something similar to MSN's neighbourhood ranking in its algorithms. If you're linked to from, say, a bunch of French sites, you won't rank for "american cars." Because I recently got some important link love from major blogs in the niche, but they covered a different geographic are and my site is now in/out of the top 100 on google (100 on the mark, the other day).

By the way, Sohaib, I notice you're a sharp mind on SEO.