The New Yahoo!?
OK, maybe I’ve been hiding out in the forest, or lost in the desert but I don’t really use Yahoo! search all that much. Nothing against Yahoo! but I’ve always had Google on my IE search bar.
But today I was going through the site stats (we are stats-a-holics) and noticed quite a few (well, ok ALOT) of people coming to the site from Yahoo! So I wanted to see what the searcher sees and noticed the new Yahoo! search… well atleast the colors and layout are a new.
So here is the first screen:
So I keyed in my search terms – but as you see the search area is different. They’ve added a few items and redid the colors. Looks better. The second thing you will notice is the drop list. Click it, click it! I dare ya!
Like Google as you type in the search field, the related search items also changes. Nice thing with Yahoos’ system is that you can hide the additional search items. You will also notice that the keywords are a slightly darker color, allow you to easily see the “primary” search phrase you are using.
But there is something different from Google here – did you notice it? Look at second item - “Explore concepts”. Concepts basically shows you related items to keyphrase you entered.
Another neat addition they have made is the ability to set your Search Assist suggestions:
Finally they’ve also made it easy to identify potentially harmful sites – I’ve seen Google do this, and this is the first time I’ve noticed it on Yahoo!
Here is a close-up of what is show up above…
Overall I like the new search layout and colors. But am I ready to jump from Google to Yahoo? Nah! I still like my Google.
The New Yahoo!?
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I switch between yahoo and google – sometimes one is better at finding other things than others. I do like though how yahoo suggests to people what they should search for
Hi Chelle,
With all the recent hub-hub about the Yahoo + Google deal, I really wonder how long Yahoo will even be around? They may make a comeback, but everything that I’ve read seems to indicate that as a search engine they are “done”.
Time will tell if they can pull themselves out of the situation they are in.
Mo
Although I have been using the Yahoo search but I was not familiar with the security feature which scan the sites. I think Yahoo is going on the right path.
To be very frank, I was not using Yahoo since many years and google was on the priority but from a few month, i am amazed to see the traffic by yahoo. My site is not too bog but it is generating a very good amount of traffic from yahoo instead of Google.
Hi Qaswer – welcome to OIBO!
I also have not used Yahoo for years. I’ve just grown accustomed to Google. Their results seem more relavent. Mind you, in Yahoo I am in #1 for some good terms but I don’t see the traffic from Yahoo as much as I do through Google.
With all the latest changes taking place with Yahoo, it will be interesting to see if any additional consolidation will take place with respect to search.
Google all but dominates the online advertising sphere, especially their purchase of ValueClick.
Also visited your site, looks good but none of the images display. I’d like to see what Nancy Ajram looks like!
Regards,
Mo
Do we have some system to track Yahoo Traffic? Truly I am working for Google and there is no other way. Google has a lot of options like Analytics and Sitemaps. I have to check some keywords on Yahoo and I have noticed some new features. Perhaps they are working hard to compete Google.