Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'yahoo site explorer'

Again, Yahoo seemed to have quietly updated Site Explorer to include new data. The new data is on the summary page and includes: Key TermsDelicious ActivitiesTop Delicious TagsSearchMonkey Objects Here is a screen capture of what I think are the...

Posted on October 19, 2009 9:35 AM

I was looking at Yahoo Site Explorer when I was reviewing the dynamic URL tool earlier and noticed a new beta link available to sites that are validated or authenticated in Site Explorer. The new tool is named "Top Queries"...

Posted on September 17, 2009 9:07 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread has discussion about future of Yahoo's SearchMonkey and BOSS tools, specifically after the Microsoft & Yahoo deal, where Yahoo is pretty much giving up on search technology. If this is a concern for you, i.e. will SearchMonkey,...

Posted on July 31, 2009 8:34 AM

A site owner has confirmed reports from a Google Webmaster Help discussion thread that his site was completely removed from the Google index by his previous webmaster. It seems like this previous webmaster was upset with the site owner and...

Posted on February 2, 2009 7:41 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread reports that folks are noticing that Yahoo Site Explorer has updated the link counts for the tool. I do not typically track these numbers, but many do. So if you do, definitely take a look and...

Posted on January 9, 2009 8:25 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread asks why does the site command in Google not match up in the number of "indexed" URLs reported in Google Webmaster Tools. A very valid question, let me show you. A simple site command in Google for...

Posted on January 7, 2009 8:25 AM

A Google Groups thread discusses a classic SEO challenge, passing link popularity for tracking URLs. Honestly, I cannot sum up the issue better than the original poster: Our site uses query string variables in our URL's to track traffic and...

Posted on October 30, 2008 8:29 AM

Yahoo Site Explorer seems to have pushed out their beta design to everyone now. The new look, is not just visual, it also contains these new data points: + Site URL + Number of pages known + Number of pages...

Posted on October 3, 2008 8:41 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread reports that Yahoo Site Explorer has done a major update to their linkage data reports. Most webmasters are reporting huge drops in the number of links reported today versus the days before. The linkage drops are...

Posted on September 3, 2008 8:24 AM

The Yahoo Search Blog tells us that Yahoo! Site Explorer has a new interface with more dynamic features. Additionally, the redesign boasts a new Site Summary page that provides interesting statistics for sites that have been authenticated with Yahoo! Site...

Posted on August 22, 2008 9:22 AM

I am not sure if this is new but it seems if you search in Yahoo for www.domain.com, Yahoo will return results as if you submitted a site command to Yahoo. For example, a search on www.seroundtable.com returns about 18,800,...

Posted on July 15, 2008 7:54 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread is reporting a possible bug with the Yahoo Site Explorer tool. The webmaster reports that when trying to delete the https URLs of his site from the Yahoo index via Yahoo Site Explorer, it tries to delete...

Posted on May 15, 2008 8:15 AM

Kevin Gibbons blogged about his recent discovery that Yahoo Site Explorer is available for users in the United Kingdom and Ireland. His blog post contains screenshots of the tool, but UK members can access Yahoo! Site Explorer right here. Is...

Posted on April 2, 2008 10:27 AM

Recently, one of the most requested Google Webmaster Tools features I have been hearing through the forums either directly or indirectly is the ability to mark links as links you do not vouch for. Even though we have said time...

Posted on March 20, 2008 7:24 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums has reports from dozens of webmasters that their link counts in the tool are way down. Some users are reporting as much as of an 80-percent reduction in the number of links Yahoo Site Explorer is finding...

Posted on March 19, 2008 7:10 AM

I have been hearing reports from friends in the industry that the external link reports at Google Webmaster Tools have not been updated for an unusually long time. I personally stop tracking those updates back in November 2007. We now...

Posted on February 25, 2008 7:24 AM

There are numerous reports coming from DigitalPoint Forums that Yahoo Site Explorer is reporting a huge reduction of pages and inlinks for sites. Personally, I cannot confirm these reports to be true at this time. It appears my link counts...

Posted on November 15, 2007 7:06 AM

Last week, we reported that Yahoo has released a product fix for the Site Explorer discrepancy regarding the number of inlinks being inaccurate, with registered users seeing different numbers than non-registered users. The Yahoo! blog has announced today that the...

Posted on November 6, 2007 12:24 PM

Two weeks ago, we reported that users using Yahoo! Site Explorer were seeing different results depending on whether they were logged in or not. The Yahoo! Search Team has answered the call in a recent blog post, saying that a...

Posted on October 26, 2007 4:25 PM

Yahoo Site Explorer is a wonderful tool to check your page index count and the number and source of links you have pointing to your site. But did you know that you get different results if you are logged into...

Posted on October 12, 2007 7:22 AM

WebmasterWorld members have reported that there are problems with the Yahoo Site Explorer API. The problem seems to be either that the service is unavailable or that Yahoo only provides the first 50 results and nothing further. There's no word...

Posted on October 10, 2007 9:29 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread reports that Yahoo Site Explorer seems to be showing less and less link data every month for some sites. Personally, I do not track my link counts in Yahoo Site Explorer. But at this moment in...

Posted on October 8, 2007 7:46 AM

Yesterday I reported on issues with Yahoo Site Explorer. It now appears that Yahoo Site Explorer is operating just fine. With yesterday's issues, we reported that people were having problems accessing the tool. A DigitalPoint Forums thread has reports of...

Posted on September 20, 2007 7:36 AM

It appears that the Yahoo LinkDomain command search is not functioning properly. When I personally try to conduct a linkdomain:seroundtable.com search, it simply times out. I am also hearing reports that Yahoo Site Explorer is not responding. It isn't responding...

Posted on September 19, 2007 7:32 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread reports a recent change in how Yahoo handles displaying a banned site within Yahoo Site Explorer. In the past, Yahoo showed only the home page of a banned site in Yahoo Site Explorer. Now, there are early...

Posted on July 13, 2007 7:17 AM

There has always been this perception that links from domains with a .EDU TLD is better than links from .COM, .NET, .ORG and so on. Chris Boggs covered the debate with Are Links From .edu and .gov Domains Really "Better?"...

Posted on July 2, 2007 7:05 AM

Yahoo's site explorer tool is a great tool to check your links as well as competitor links. A WebmasterWorld notes something fairly clear to most users of the tool, that Yahoo! seems to order the links in order of some...

Posted on June 14, 2007 7:25 AM

We asked the question in the past, Can an Email Address Be Counted as a Back Link? Well, maybe the answer is yes. I was looking at Excel Diamonds backlinks in Yahoo! Site Explorer for fun and found that Yahoo!...

Posted on June 1, 2007 5:40 PM

Very early reports via WebmasterWorld about a possible Yahoo! Search link update. Funny that Google seems to be doing a link update today as well. Anyone notice a charp reduction in backlinks? Mine have dropped from almost 6,000 to about...

Posted on March 7, 2007 8:09 AM

As, I reported yesterday, Yahoo! announced that they launched new features for their Site Explorer Tool. As an FYI, Site Explorer went live September 29, 2005, it was the first of its kind, until Google came out with Sitemaps, followed...

Posted on January 31, 2007 8:07 AM

Yahoo! Site Explorer, Yahoo!'s Webmaster tool that details your index count and link count for your pages and site, has released badges. These Yahoo! Site Explorer Badges can be placed on your site to promote how many links you have...

Posted on January 30, 2007 7:03 AM