Yahoo Stores and Google

[chrisandmeg]

Has anyone got an opinion or an experience about Yahoo stores having an advantage in getting to the top of SPR?

[thebuisnessman]

I like the yahoo stores. Though they didnt ship my item on time I forgave them because it was christmass time. But I buy lots of products from yahoo stores and have had lots of success

[chrisandmeg]

My question isn't actually about the quality of Yahoo stores, but whether they receive preferred placement on Google SPR. Being that Google and Yahoo have a relationship, and I have noticed a few Yahoo stores beating out the competition, I was wondering what people thought about this "conspiracy theory."

[compar]

I was wondering what people thought about this "conspiracy theory."

No validity at all. To start with Yahoo has bought Overture and Inktomi and is on the verge of dropping Google and becoming a major competitor.

And no offense, but I think the short form you are trying to use is SERP. Search Engine Results Page.

[chrisandmeg]

No offense at all, Bob, I was thinking Search Results Page.
Google has a relationship with Yahoo, we were reading about it on Yahoo stores actually. They even have a huge link to Google adwords when you look at the Yahoo stores sign up info...that's what started us wondering. Remember that competitor we were talking about earlier who doesn't conform to anything we know about SEO but always has great results, even better ones since Austin? They are a Yahoo store, so we started wondering.