Yahoo consolidation

[Nameable]

My linkpop checker (custom scripts) started having problems with alltheweb.com... turns out that yahoo is consolidating its search engines under one system.

http://www.cbronline.com/currentnews/5c33f135d134fffb80256e4c003851f6

Thought this might be useful to anyone else who does bulk linkpop checks.

 

[Nameable]

And now they've followed suit with altavista.

Even Marketleap has removed the two from their publinkpop engine.

This brings about the question... what are your favorite SE's for linkpop evaluation?

 

[WebCat]

I know one thing- Google is having massive problems with "losing" websites, and a LOT of people are complaining. As a result of this as well as Yahoo's determined efforts to improve, Yahoo may again become the dominant force in the SE world.

Here's one small example. I have a site that was spidered by Googlebot, then was indexed and showed up in serps. Then it disappeared. Completely! Then it reappeared again...? All the while, it retained a solid position in Yahoo's DB.

I began to investigate and found this was happening to thousands of people as Google screws around with it's algo in real time. That SUCKS!

Also- it seems like AllTheWeb "linkpop" results have become useless. I've been finding that ANY iteration of the search phrase is showing up as a "link", whiuch is bogus. For example- if you search on "dogfood.com", they might find a reference to a sentence like, "your dog eats dog food. Commercially available....."

Then they will list that portion as a "link"! Net result, I've seen AllTheWeb "link" numbers have go through the roof.

I don't know what's happening over there. :-(

 

[ToastyX]

And now they've followed suit with altavista.

Even Marketleap has removed the two from their publinkpop engine.

This brings about the question... what are your favorite SE's for linkpop evaluation?

I have found MSN to be the most accurate for link popularity.

 

[cyphix]

Yeah... google always "lose" my sites.. pisses me off!