Comments on: Hand-coded shortcuts on Yahoo http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/hand-coded-shortcuts-on-yahoo/ neat fun stuff Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:35:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Steve http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/hand-coded-shortcuts-on-yahoo/#comment-88857 Steve Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:54:14 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=76#comment-88857 Hi Matt, I don't know on what moral grounds you blame Yahoo for this editing when you are editing a whole country like China! Hi Matt,

I don’t know on what moral grounds you blame Yahoo for this editing when you are editing a whole country like China!

]]> By: Danny http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/hand-coded-shortcuts-on-yahoo/#comment-87492 Danny Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:57:27 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=76#comment-87492 Matt, Please hand remove all sites but mine untill I rank #1 on google for insurance, loans, cars, webhosting, online casino and possibly Carmen Elektra. In exchange I will tell you a secret that no one else knows about my friend Tom. Matt,
Please hand remove all sites but mine untill I rank #1 on google for insurance, loans, cars, webhosting, online casino and possibly Carmen Elektra. In exchange I will tell you a secret that no one else knows about my friend Tom.

]]> By: john beck http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/hand-coded-shortcuts-on-yahoo/#comment-74257 john beck Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:50:17 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=76#comment-74257 Google is sounding more like a religion than a search engine. They define what is "natural" and what is not. Google is sounding more like a religion than a search engine. They define what is “natural” and what is not.

]]> By: Brad http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/hand-coded-shortcuts-on-yahoo/#comment-3799 Brad Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:05:22 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=76#comment-3799 Do you ever whatch The Apprentice on NBC, and how at the end of each show they tell you a Yahoo keyword to search for? Keywords such as "apprentice movie" or "apprentice car" ... usually based on the product featured on the eppisode task. This proves that YES .. Yahoo does hard code search results! Why would they advertise keywords they were not 100% sure what results it would return?! Do you ever whatch The Apprentice on NBC, and how at the end of each show they tell you a Yahoo keyword to search for? Keywords such as “apprentice movie” or “apprentice car” … usually based on the product featured on the eppisode task.

This proves that YES .. Yahoo does hard code search results!

Why would they advertise keywords they were not 100% sure what results it would return?!

]]> By: Artem http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/hand-coded-shortcuts-on-yahoo/#comment-3242 Artem Sun, 06 Nov 2005 11:09:11 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=76#comment-3242 "But we don’t have the ability to pick or boost the results for a search. Which hopefully also answers Artem’s question and Search Engine Web’s question: no, the results for [sex] are not hand-picked on Google. It’s algorithmic." Thanks for the statement, I'll try using it as an argument in some forum/blog discussions :) It is so amazing to have a real insider's opinion. Even if it is very unofficial “But we don’t have the ability to pick or boost the results for a search. Which hopefully also answers Artem’s question and Search Engine Web’s question: no, the results for [sex] are not hand-picked on Google. It’s algorithmic.”

Thanks for the statement, I’ll try using it as an argument in some forum/blog discussions :)
It is so amazing to have a real insider’s opinion. Even if it is very unofficial

]]> By: Dustin Diaz http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/hand-coded-shortcuts-on-yahoo/#comment-3215 Dustin Diaz Sat, 05 Nov 2005 21:20:44 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=76#comment-3215 || I would have to believe Google’s staff members are WAY more mature than the others || Who ever said we were mature here at Y!? || I would have to believe Google’s staff members are WAY more mature than the others ||

Who ever said we were mature here at Y!?

]]> By: Matt http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/hand-coded-shortcuts-on-yahoo/#comment-3141 Matt Sat, 05 Nov 2005 04:33:01 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=76#comment-3141 Then lots0 said "Hmmm, but could you say this page is getting a hand tweaked PR boost? No answer expected… ;-)" I'm happy to answer that: no pages receive a hand-tweaked PR boost. craig, to me the difference is that we thought that for words like image and photo, it might be useful to suggest doing an image search. I doubt anybody was anticipating the query [yahoo image search]. But Yahoo clearly did extra work for the specific query [google] to offer the search box right there on the page. Then lots0 said “Hmmm, but could you say this page is getting a hand tweaked PR boost? No answer expected… ;-) ”

I’m happy to answer that: no pages receive a hand-tweaked PR boost.

craig, to me the difference is that we thought that for words like image and photo, it might be useful to suggest doing an image search. I doubt anybody was anticipating the query [yahoo image search]. But Yahoo clearly did extra work for the specific query [google] to offer the search box right there on the page.

]]> By: Chuck http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/hand-coded-shortcuts-on-yahoo/#comment-3117 Chuck Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:54:41 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=76#comment-3117 (sorry, this is a duplicate post from end of the day yesterday...thought I'd try one more time to get a response...) Matt, Two quick things: 1. When filing a reinclusion request, one receives an email which begins: “Thank you for your note. This is an automated reply to your inquiry about your site’s inclusion in the Google search results. We’re always working hard…” It’s hard to tell whether one needs to reply again to get the request considered…or whether just the filing the initial request is enough. Can you clarify? 2. I’m guessing this isn’t your area…but this slow loading ads thing is killing me. I have to load my pages 7-8 times before they will come up…and Adsense ads appear to be the problem. Certainly this is costing both me AND Google money. I wrote to support and recieved these two apparently contradictory responses in the same email: “Yesterday evening we encountered technical difficulties with our ad servers, and were unable to serve targeted ads to your web pages for a brief period. This problem should be entirely resolved by tomorrow. If you continue to have problems after that date, please let us know.” “Our engineers quickly resolved the issue, and ad serving has returned to normal.” Of course, I can wait until tomorrow to see if it’s resolved. But there has been NO improvement from what I’ve seen so far. They DO know there’s still a serious problem, right? Thanks! c- (sorry, this is a duplicate post from end of the day yesterday…thought I’d try one more time to get a response…)

Matt,

Two quick things:

1. When filing a reinclusion request, one receives an email which begins: “Thank you for your note. This is an automated reply to your inquiry about your site’s inclusion in the Google search results. We’re always working hard…”

It’s hard to tell whether one needs to reply again to get the request considered…or whether just the filing the initial request is enough. Can you clarify?

2. I’m guessing this isn’t your area…but this slow loading ads thing is killing me. I have to load my pages 7-8 times before they will come up…and Adsense ads appear to be the problem. Certainly this is costing both me AND Google money.

I wrote to support and recieved these two apparently contradictory responses in the same email:

“Yesterday evening we encountered technical difficulties with our ad servers, and were unable to serve targeted ads to your web pages for a brief period. This problem should be entirely resolved by tomorrow. If you continue to have problems after that date, please let us know.”

“Our engineers quickly resolved the issue, and ad serving has returned to normal.”

Of course, I can wait until tomorrow to see if it’s resolved. But there has been NO improvement from what I’ve seen so far. They DO know there’s still a serious problem, right?

Thanks!

c-

]]> By: dmo http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/hand-coded-shortcuts-on-yahoo/#comment-3055 dmo Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:17:35 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=76#comment-3055 I dont think so it is too bad, I mean yahoo has a legit right to promote itself to you. As long as the search is not ad laden it is ok... I dont think so it is too bad, I mean yahoo has a legit right to promote itself to you.

As long as the search is not ad laden it is ok…

]]> By: Dave http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/hand-coded-shortcuts-on-yahoo/#comment-3023 Dave Fri, 04 Nov 2005 04:25:51 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=76#comment-3023 I believe if Google hadn't come along, Yahoo and MSN would be selling all places in their index! Min PPC would be a LOT higher too. Google turned the SE arena on its head when they came along. I believe if Google hadn’t come along, Yahoo and MSN would be selling all places in their index! Min PPC would be a LOT higher too.

Google turned the SE arena on its head when they came along.

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