[desybabe]

I find Yahoo loves links, in a different way to Google.
Yahoo will count links from anywhere these days, similar to the old MSN ways.
If you do a lot of cross linking within your site, Yahoo lovs it. So yes, copy is important as with any search engine, but good copy and good internal cross linking will get you there for yahoo.

With Google, the links need to be better quality.

I too get good conversion rates in some sectors on Yahoo, but the quantity just is not there.

Will more people use Yahoo now that Google are showing their ads in Yahoo?
This is in testing and unless more people know about it then I guess nothing will change.
Would people switch to Yahoo just because of Google ads?
Looks like these questions are for a whole new thread and different topic.

[Petnanny]

I don't even know if we show in yahoo! Maybe I should take a peek!

[nass]

I doubt whether Google ads will make any difference to people using Yahoo. I think if the Y-MSN deal makes it then things could get interesting.

[Cathy]

I think it is true though that to focus exclusively on Google (as many do) is to miss an opportunity.

I can't remember the exact percentages but if Yahoo has 20 percent of the search market then that can still make a contribution to your sales.

One things I'd definitely recommend is submitting sitemaps to Yahoo.

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Cathy

I think it is true though that to focus exclusively on Google (as many do) is to miss an opportunity.

I can't remember the exact percentages but if Yahoo has 20 percent of the search market then that can still make a contribution to your sales.

One things I'd definitely recommend is submitting sitemaps to Yahoo.

Agreed tis much better to be No 1 on Yahoo than to be on page 2 of google.

They may only have 7-8% of the UK traffic.but as there are 1.3 billion web users ,thats still one hell of a lot of people's.

Alvin

[nass]

Yeah. I find that conversion rate is better in Y! but volume lower