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Yahoo Search or something really odd

By Jim Straughan

Real Estate Broker/Owner with Aros Realty Ltd Brokerage

November 15, 2008 11:41 AM

Recently I posted this on another SEO Blog and a few othe SEO oriented sites\blogs

Re: Getting into Yahoo

Although I was ranked high in Yahoo ,I am now way down now .
When I see the sites that are ranking for haveing search terms in there
url I have to ask myself .. how pointless is that .I mean do you even need a
se for that ?
IMO I would never use Yahoo and wait they should not rank for a search on the serps for a se cause there domain is not a search term !

Suddenly this

Re: Getting into Yahoo or something really odd

http://asia.search.yahoo.com/search;...4&ei=UTF-8&vs=

In the above yahoo dir I am # 1

SAME SEARCH TERMS real estate london ontario

http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search;_y...-8&pop=1&rd=r1

SUDDENLY # 4 . from the void
Wow ! go figure ,perhaps my recent efforts have accomplised something .

Search Engine placement or SEO is a throw of the dice at best and not to be taken as the Gospel .

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Steven Wright

Home Real Estate - Aurora, CO

CRS - Home Real Estate - 720-989-5283

I have a hard time figuring out those search engines sometimes.

Nov 15, 2008 11:46 AM

Lisa Hill

Florida Property Experts - Daytona Beach, FL

Daytona Beach Real Estate

Actually, someone here posted a blog, several months ago about getting your site to come up high in the rankings of more than just Google. And this was one of the topics. I know we were originally told to use our names. But some of the search engines are now wanting to see the type of busines and location in the domain name. So I now use DaytonaBeachRealEstateSales.com in addition to LisaHillRealtor.com.

Nov 15, 2008 12:34 PM

Eric Bouler

Gardner Realtors, Licensed in La. - New Orleans, LA

Listening to your Needs

Yahoo really does a poor job in organic search. Maybe that is why their stock is below $10 a share.

Nov 15, 2008 01:45 PM

Anonymous

Overpriced @ $ 10.00/share

Nov 16, 2008 02:22 AM

Jason Tupper

Crystal Coast Rentals - Emerald Isle, NC

Well it definitely helps to have your keywords in the domain name, but it is not the be-all-end-all. I think I will write a post on this tomorrow night. :)

Dec 14, 2008 02:09 PM

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