Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'yahoo update'

Last night, the Yahoo Search blog warned us of a search index update that is currently taking place. Dan Rampton from Yahoo said, "We're rolling out a web index update over the next few days. During this process, you may...

Posted on September 4, 2009 8:36 AM

There are signals from the forums and via Twitter of a possible Yahoo update. Yes, Google seems to be updating as well, but so is Yahoo. A WebmasterWorld thread, started on Friday afternoon, shows some SEOs and webmasters discussing changes...

Posted on August 24, 2009 7:39 AM

BillyS, a senior member at WebmasterWorld posted that he thinks Yahoo Search might be updating now. BillyS is known for watching Yahoo Search pretty closely, but in this case, no one has come in to back his observation. BillyS said:...

Posted on June 1, 2009 9:09 AM

The Yahoo Search Japan blog announced they are updating their index now. Perhaps this is a sign that Yahoo in the US will update soon as well. I am pretty sure that both indexes are mostly separate for the most...

Posted on May 22, 2009 8:42 AM

It has been about a month since the February Yahoo Search update and we are now seeing reports of a new update. Threads at WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums have a lot of discussion around the changes at Yahoo. Like usual,...

Posted on March 30, 2009 8:39 AM

There seems to be a Yahoo Search update taking place now. A WebmasterWorld thread has discussion around the update. We do not have official confirmation from the Yahoo Search Blog yet, but we didn't have confirmation the last update either....

Posted on February 26, 2009 8:34 AM

On January 19th we reported about a Yahoo update that many SEOs and webmasters took note of. The thing is, Yahoo never officially confirmed that shuffling as a update. Now, I am seeing new reports of a Yahoo update at...

Posted on February 5, 2009 8:08 AM

Textex at WebmasterWorld is reporting that he is seeing both an Ask.com update and a Yahoo Search update. He first noticed Yahoo Search changes yesterday afternoon, saying "Seeing movement." He was then backed up by full member, Vimes, who said,...

Posted on January 19, 2009 7:57 AM

The Yahoo Search blog announced there would be an update over the weekend at Yahoo Search. The thing is, there are currently no comments at that Yahoo blog post on the update nor do I see many threads discussing any...

Posted on November 24, 2008 7:33 AM

The Yahoo Search Blog announced a "weather report," signifying a search update was taking place. No one really noticed anything, not until last night - at least. Last night, I saw a post at WebmasterWorld reporting that the "Serp's are...

Posted on October 16, 2008 6:51 AM

There are reports from WebmasterWorld that Yahoo Search is shuffling their search results. This is interesting, because we normally do not have a Yahoo Search update until the first week of the month. The last update was on September 6th...

Posted on September 29, 2008 7:52 AM

I am seeing major reports on a Yahoo Search update at WebmasterWorld right now. The timing makes sense, it is just about one month from the August 2008 Yahoo update. I would not be surprised if we see a post...

Posted on September 8, 2008 8:32 AM

Yahoo conducted an update to their search engine over the weekend. We reported on the early discussion around the update and it then became official when the Yahoo Search Blog confirmed the update later in the day. But since then,...

Posted on August 6, 2008 8:20 AM

We have substantial reports from webmasters and SEOs in both WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums of a major Yahoo Search update. This update was unannounced by Yahoo and has hit webmasters by surprise. The last update was on July 17th but...

Posted on August 4, 2008 7:34 AM

Let me take you back a few steps before getting into this update. On June 30th, Yahoo announced an update that did not update any of the search results around that date. Several days later, around July 7th, webmasters began...

Posted on July 17, 2008 8:27 AM

When Yahoo Search announced the update on June 30th, it went very unnoticed, as if there was no update. But things have changed over the holiday weekend. Starting on Friday, July 4th, in the morning, some webmasters began reporting fluctuations...

Posted on July 7, 2008 7:01 AM

Yahoo has announced yet another Yahoo Search index update. Yahoo notified us that we "may see some ranking changes and page shuffling in the index." But as of this morning, no SEO has noticed any significant changes with their rankings....

Posted on July 1, 2008 7:35 AM

Yahoo Search typically does a search update once a month. Yahoo has announced last night that they have pushed out a new update that may result in "ranking changes and page shuffling in the index." Did we, the Search Engine...

Posted on May 28, 2008 8:05 AM

This weekend, we have reports coming from WebmasterWorld of major ranking changes at Yahoo Search. It appears Yahoo has started an algorithm and indexing update at their search engine. Currently there are no "weather reports" with the status of an...

Posted on April 14, 2008 7:08 AM

Yahoo Search announced an update will be taking place today. They wrote the typical line: We're in the process of rolling out some changes to our crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms. While we expect the update will be completed soon,...

Posted on March 4, 2008 8:05 AM

The January 2008 Yahoo Search Update is reportedly now fizzling out. A WebmasterWorld thread says the results are beginning to look stable and the update seems to be settling out. Typically with Yahoo updates, the results initially look out of...

Posted on January 29, 2008 8:01 AM

I am seeing early signs of reports of a Yahoo Search index and algorithm update. The last update at Yahoo Search was on December 3rd of last year, so we are well due an update. We have threads at both...

Posted on January 18, 2008 6:57 AM

It has been just about a month since Yahoo Search last did an index and algorithm update. It appears there is some early chatter at WebmasterWorld about a possible update that started rolling out on December 1st. Some reported seeing...

Posted on December 3, 2007 7:10 AM

It appears that some folks are buzzing about a new update taking place at Yahoo Search. A DigitalPoint Forums thread has one person documenting a major change in traffic from Yahoo: Just like every morning I am checking my SERP's...

Posted on October 31, 2007 7:21 AM

There seems to be a major update taking place at Yahoo! Search today. A WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums thread has chatter on it from SEOs. One member said that his rankings "jumped from 168 to 29." But is this update...

Posted on September 26, 2007 10:27 AM

There are early reports via WebmasterWorld of fluctuations in the rankings at Yahoo Search. The reports came over the weekend where some have seen large jumps or declines in rankings within Yahoo. Yes, I had a drop from #7 to...

Posted on September 10, 2007 7:54 AM

The Yahoo Search Blog announced yesterday a new crawler behavior for the newly trained Slurp (Yahoo's search crawler). So instead of Slurp running around your site like an untamed animal, it is not more proper and polite. I looked through...

Posted on August 23, 2007 10:04 AM

Over a week ago Yahoo announced a search update, telling us to expect "fresh web data and crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms over the last few days." New reports are coming from WebmasterWorld of more changes to the Yahoo Search...

Posted on July 31, 2007 7:08 AM

Last Thursday, July 19th, the Yahoo! Search Blog announced that they have started rolling out an update. We've been rolling out some changes to our fresh web data and crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms over the last few days. We...

Posted on July 23, 2007 7:33 AM

The Yahoo! Search Blog announced last night that they have done an update. That update now appears to be complete. We rolled out some changes to our index and ranking algorithm last night. So, as you know, throughout this process...

Posted on June 7, 2007 7:23 AM

The Yahoo! Search Blog posted a weather report informing us that they are updating their search index. We are in the process of rolling out some changes to our search results. As usual, you may see some changes in ranking...

Posted on April 5, 2007 1:30 AM

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

Part of Yahoo! announcing they have added support for a No Yahoo Directory tag, Yahoo! has issued a weather report saying they need to do an index update for this NOYDIR to work. Before the weather report was issued there...

Posted on February 28, 2007 1:32 PM

On January 19th we reported a Yahoo! Search Update was underway. Now, recent updates to that WebmasterWorld thread suggest that Yahoo! is rolling back that update, to the previous state. On February 14, starting at message number 3252410, textex asked:...

Posted on February 15, 2007 7:43 AM

It appears from the forums that we have early reports of a big Yahoo! Search update underway. WebmasterWorld moderator, Sugarrae posted a thread at WebmasterWorld saying; I'm seeing very big changes in the index this evening... looks like a big...

Posted on January 19, 2007 7:33 AM

Let me start off by saying, I am having a really hard time finding juicy threads this week and this morning, I am digging really deep, but still can't find good ones. It must be the holiday season... Two posts,...

Posted on December 28, 2006 8:08 AM

Yahoo! Search is currently undergoing an update. If you noticed your rankings shuffle around, it is true. A WebmasterWorld thread first spotted these changes yesterday morning. Tim Mayer of Yahoo! said; There will be more changes tomorrow. Things should settle...

Posted on December 12, 2006 7:11 AM

Late last night, Yahoo! announced a new "Weather Report: Yahoo! Search Index Update." They said; Welcome to our first weather report of the fall season. We are rolling out an index update tonight. As usual, you'll see some changes in...

Posted on October 11, 2006 8:13 AM

There are some early reports of a Yahoo! Search update or algorithmic change. A WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums thread have reports of shifts taking place. Of course, you see that those posting, currently at least, are unhappy with the result...

Posted on August 25, 2006 9:26 AM