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

Yahoo Site Explorer Mishandling HTTPS Vs. HTTP Protocols?

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...

Yahoo! Site Explorer Available for the UK and Ireland

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...

Google Should Add Inbound Link Opt Out Feature to Webmaster Tools

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...

Yahoo Site Explorer Showing Less Links Recently?

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...

Google Webmaster Tools Links Not Being Update & Yahoo Site Explorer Up and Down

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...

Yahoo Site Explorer Showing Fewer Pages & Links?

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...

Yahoo! Fixes Site Explorer Counts Issue

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...

Yahoo! Responds to Site Explorer Inlinks Issue

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...

Yahoo Site Explorer Showing Different Counts For Registered vs. Non-Registered Users

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...

Is the Yahoo Site Explorer API Broken?

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...

Yahoo Search Showing Less Links in Site Explorer?

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...

Yahoo Site Explorer Back & Link Counts Normal Again

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...

Yahoo Link Domain Search Temporarily Down?

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...

Does Yahoo Lower Case Banned Site's Page Titles in Site Explorer?

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...

Finding Some of Your EDU Links with Yahoo Search

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?"...

Yahoo! Appears to Order Your Links in Site Explorer by Quality

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...

Yahoo! Search Indexing Email Addresses As Links

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!...

Yahoo! Search Link Update

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...

Yahoo! Site Explorer Adds New Features: Change Your Yahoo! Password

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...

Yahoo! Site Explorer Wants You To Show Off Your Links With Badges

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...


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