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Differences between Yahoo! and Google search engine rnakings

I wrote about how Yahoo! must like me better than Google. I take it back. Yahoo! likes me for certain keywords while Google likes me for other keywords. Perhaps by comparing the differences, I can hypothesize a bit about differences in the search engine algorithms. All analysis is for www.eslgo.com

ESL: Google = 65 / Yahoo! = 32

ESL is in my title three times. Maybe Yahoo! appreciates repitition in the title more than Google. Aslo I talked about my keyword density. Maybe Yahoo! counts density more than Google.

English as a second language: Google = 18 / Yahoo! = 43

My title says "English second language" (might add the "as a"). Maybe Yahoo! is more interested in the missing "as a" than Google.

English second language: Google = 8 / Yahoo = 133

I have no idea about this one!

Teaching ESL: Google = 5 / Yahoo = 9

The closest one I tested. Also the one I spent the least time optimizing my site for because it means less traffic than a high rank for "ESL". Currently, it's not one of my meta keywords, but I think I'll add it and see what happens. They keyword density for this one is much lower, but it does appear somewhat frequently at the top (in the title, the main heading, the first paragraph). I wonder if Google emphasizes the top more than Yahoo!

Anyway, just some guesses about things that might explain this. Don't base your SEO on my guesses!

Posted by James Trotta at April 30, 2004 2:41 PM