Major differences between Google algorithm and Yahoo algorithm

Major differences between Google algorithm and Yahoo algorithm – Google vs Yahoo
Different Search engine are made of different algorithms. When compared to smaller search engines we can drag more number of differences between higher search engines such as Google and Yahoo.Why because you will be submitting your website only to major search engine directories such as google ,yahoo and msn. You are not going to bother whether your site is indexed in smaller search engines.So you will be well known about google,yahoo and msn.Google always remains in top position when compared to all other major search engines. Google does not have paid submission or inclusion results with its traditional (or organic) listings. Google is such a friendly search engine that does not take more than 1 week for indexing. Well the differences which i have mentioned below are just what we think. As we know that search engines algorithms are not going to be revealed. But if you are a good webmaster then you would have felt few major differences between google and yahoo algorithm.

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1)Page Rank: First Major difference is Yahoo algorithm doesn’t have pageranking feature while google has its own pageranking feature.

2)Meta tags: Most webmasters think meta description is quite important in yahoo,but only little importance in google. Tim Mayor from Yahoo says

“Yahoo Search uses the Metakeywords tag . We did not use them at FAST or Altavista. It is important that you make the keywords and description different (targeted) on every page. Exactly what the page is about. ie. the right specificity. Having all the pages have the same keywords and description is not helpful to the SE.”

3)On-page optimization: Yahoo gives higher priority for on-page optimization. If you are good at On- page optimization then you can easily archive higher ranking position in yahoo,but not in google. Due to this reason you can find most of the sites are volatile in yahoo only because of competition. You can check this point practically. Do an excellent post and try to index both in yahoo and google. Your post tops in both search engines why because all search engines loves fresh content. After 2 or 3 days you will not find stability in yahoo.

4)Off-page optimization: Google gives higher priority to off-page optimization such as inbound links. Try to build as many as relevant incoming links as possible.This link building is critically important in google. Google gives high waitage for quality incoming links.

5)Site indexing: There are two types of submission in yahoo i.e Paid and unpaid. Paid submission to yahoo is through Overture’s site and Site Match XChange programs. For unpaid sites yahoo takes more time for indexing. When it comes to Google it is absolutely free submission. And google is the search engine which doesn’t take more time for indexing.

6)Keyword density: This factor comes under On-page optimization.Yahoo gives higher priority for keyword density in body text.Keyword density is nothing but the ratio between total number of keywords as measured against non-keywords used in the body text, title, link-anchor text, and meta tags. Even google also gives higher preference for Keyword density but not as yahoo.

7)Age of domain: Almost all major search engines gives priority to age of domain.Old domains will be given higher priority than new domains.For indexing, yahoo takes lots of time.From this we can say Age of domain is a big factor in yahoo. Similarly google also gives higher priority to age of domain,hence we have google sandbox effect. From this we can say almost all search engines gives higher priority to age factor.This is the major factor that no one can fake. popularity, backlinks,content can make fake but not age of domain. What i have felt is that google algorithm is giving a bit higher priority than yahoo.

These are the seven major differences what i have felt till now. If you know any other differences between google and yahoo algorithm then feel free to comment.

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