The Other Search Engines

**Gironaairport** · 08-15-2009, 11:57 AM

Today ,i was checking backlinks for various sites today in google ,yahoo and altavista etc and found out that they all show the same few links indexed by them.Other links which are present are not shown by them.so are they using same crawlers or is there any some secret arrangment in betwen them.

Intersted to know your views.

**Dave011** · 08-15-2009, 11:59 AM

they have different algo, they see links that other didn't see link no follow and same inner pages.

**chrishirst** · 08-15-2009, 01:16 PM

Yahoo! OWN AltaVista

**sherone** · 08-16-2009, 05:52 AM

yahoo and altavista using the same database.

**thesal** · 08-20-2009, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by sherone

yahoo and altavista using the same database.

I have on idea about this one, but I am pretty sure that, Google has its own individual algo system, and it by no means will share it with any other SEs.

**ritchela** · 08-20-2009, 11:06 AM

Google and Yahoo returns different numbers of indexed pages. Yahoo indexes more than Google coz G is stricter and has a more complicated algo. That's what I've observed.

**bradj1683** · 08-20-2009, 01:45 PM

All the Search Engines are using their Different Data Base. Yahoo and Altavista are Joined. Google has the most no of Data Base...

**moneymaker1008** · 08-22-2009, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ritchela

Google and Yahoo returns different numbers of indexed pages. Yahoo indexes more than Google coz G is stricter and has a more complicated algo. That's what I've observed.

Actually I don't think this is true. Google has more pages indexed overall. But Yahoo just indexes different ones. It also takes much longer for Yahoo to index pages than it does for Google.

-Danielle

**regmac** · 08-24-2009, 05:31 AM

Hmmm... As far as I know, yahoo used google's engine before it came up with overture. If it shows same records, then it goes to show that their algo has been processing the same thing online..

**juries23** · 09-16-2009, 11:42 PM

well, let us assume they the same database, but i think most search engine had different algorithm to give quality results.

**femme** · 09-17-2009, 03:17 AM

It is the first time that I heard about that??

How can that be possible?? If so, then u rank high on one engine, then u will b edifinitely high on the others, which didn't make any sense!

**johnch** · 09-30-2009, 03:30 AM

Actually the idea of search engines having the same database or algo system is impossible, in my opinion. Although I didn't know that yahoo owns the altavista.. nice info there chrishirst. =)