Yahoo's Back!

I was all set to write an article predicting the futureYahoo.Bahamas Real EstateFor this keyphrase, I
of search engines, when Yahoo dropped Google andfound results between Google and Yahoo to be quite
replaced it with its own engine. Now that's big news.similar. The only differences were sites by actual
In less than twenty-four hours, Google went fromrealtors and sites that were simply property listings.
about 79% of the market share to about 51%,Both types of results are useful, with Google having
almost overnight. And what a welcome relief it is too!an edge in realtors. Google had some lower quality
Being #1 in Google was great, but when you had thesites, but the information was just as good even
misfortune of dropping even a couple of positionsthough they did seem less professional. On the other
you really felt it. Now there will be more stability; ifhand, Yahoo did have one site that was nothing
you drop in Google today, your hits from Yahoo willmore than a links page from another realtor's site. Big
remain consistent.What is the new Yahoo?Last year,boo boo.This one goes to Google.Mosquito NetsIt
Yahoo bought the AltaVista, Fast, and Inktomi searchseems to me that someone searching for "mosquito
engines. The new Yahoo results are none of these.nets" wants either A) to buy them, or B) to learn
Many people are saying that the results come from aabout them, so I was expecting to find either stores
new Inktomi because the results are similar; but theor information about mosquito nets. Yahoo showed
results are also similar to all the other search enginesme 6 stores and 2 informational pages. The other
out there. In comparing these engines, it seems toresults were a search result page (not a good result)
me that Yahoo's results are from a brand newand an inner page from a previous result (also not a
engine. Maybe they took parts and ideas from all thegood result).Google gave me 7 stores and 3
search engines they bought - maybe they even tookcharitable organizations (one of which was a store as
the best parts - , but whatever they did, the result iswell). The other 2 charitable organizations were a
something completely new.Which search engine isnews article outlining what they had done regarding
better?I will be comparing Google and Yahoo for themosquito nets and information about mosquito
terms "music", "art prints and posters", "Bahamas realnets.So even though I didn't necessarily want the
estate", "mosquito nets", and "liposuction". The otherlatest news about what a charity did regarding
search engines all hold less than 4% of the marketmosquito nets, I think getting the same site twice
share (except for MSN which uses Yahoo's Inktomi),from Yahoo (not to mention the search result page)
so I won't be considering them. Here is what I foundis the bigger no-no. Google wins this
in the top 10 results for each keyphrase:MusicYahooround.LiposuctionI expected to find information about
offers a lot of music resource sites. Informationliposuction, liposuction organizations and either doctors
about music from different sources such asor centers where you can have liposuction done.
magazine, TV and other music news sites are foundWhat I got was a lot of "how to find a doctor" sites,
6 times in the top 10 results. It also offeredwith a lot of good information.Yahoo results included
downloading and file sharing programs 3 times. The3 sites doubled. This is a problem that killed AltaVista
10th result was an audio player program site.Googlein the late 90's. Hopefully they will have it fixed soon.
has a lot more diversity. There were 3 musicOther than the 3 doubled sites, the results included 4
resource sites (but no magazines), one downloadinginformational sites, 2 sites for finding doctors and one
program, one CD store, one radio station (Yahoopoorly written article about the history of
radio), one music directory, and the 10th result wasliposuction.Google gave me 4 good informational sites,
an audio player program site. Google also had 2 sites2 good "find a doctor" sites, one recent article about
in its top ten that were of no value whatsoever;liposuction for people in the industry, one site with
which just has one page stating that they no longervery poor information one written by a single doctor
offer the services that they used to (with links toand one site that was nothing more than a
their parent company), and music.com, which isdirectory.Google gets this round as well. Overall, it
nothing more than an email gathering site for alooks like Yahoo needs to fix its doubling of sites and
newsletter (not a single link on the entireGoogle needs to clean out some spam (poor
page).Google's diversity is a big bonus, but the 2sites).And The Winner Is...You! Having two good
spam/junk/useless sites really hurt it. The results?search engines to choose from makes searching that
Yahoo 1, Google 0.Art Prints And PostersYahoomuch better for everyone. It also makes getting
offers 6 stores, while Google offers 5. The otherlistings better. It also makes marketing better. It also
links are all affiliate spam with no content whatsoevermakes traffic to your site steadier. The only way this
(just links to stores), with the exception of one ofcould have been worse is if Yahoo's results sucked,
Yahoo's links, which has some biographical contentand they don't. They seem just as good, if not
about artists. So Google has 5 spam sites, and Yahoobetter, than Google's.So rejoice, and enjoy a more
has 3 and a half.Yet another round goes todynamic world of online searching!