Google vs Yahoo

[WM-Scott]

If you took a particular 'key phrase', and entered it at Yahoo, it may be 1 out of 6,000,000, where is a Google, it is 1 out of 400,000. Can anyone explain this.

[markus]

I suspect that Yahoo's SERPs are not as refine.

Using "dog sweaters" as an example, Google gave me 417,000
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...+sweater&gl=us

and Yahoo gave me 39,000,000
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=dog...UTF-8&fp_ip=CA

So I think Yahoo is returning "dog" + "sweater" + "dog sweater" ?

Or anything mentioning dog + sweater

And that might include some webpage on a department store website with "dog carriers" and "men's sweaters" ?

My theory anyway. Which is why you probably want to stick with Google for estimating the competitive landscape.

[WM-Scott]

Originally Posted by markus

I suspect that Yahoo's SERPs are not as refine.

Using "dog sweaters" as an example, Google gave me 417,000
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...+sweater&gl=us

and Yahoo gave me 39,000,000
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=dog...UTF-8&fp_ip=CA

So I think Yahoo is returning "dog" + "sweater" + "dog sweater" ?

Or anything mentioning dog + sweater

And that might include some webpage on a department store website with "dog carriers" and "men's sweaters" ?

My theory anyway. Which is why you probably want to stick with Google for estimating the competitive landscape.

yes, you are probably right, ... MSN,, same poop too...

[ww2db]

Originally Posted by WM_Scott08

If you took a particular 'key phrase', and entered it at Yahoo, it may be 1 out of 6,000,000, where is a Google, it is 1 out of 400,000. Can anyone explain this.

Google and Yahoo are different search engines.

[netsearch]

Goggle has been cutting down the number of results it gives out.
Move more stuff to supplemental