Comments on: Yahoo Directory bug lets you see your competitors clients http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/yahoo-directory-bug-lets-you-see-your-competitors-clients/ Internet marketing and search engine optimisation Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Jonk http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/yahoo-directory-bug-lets-you-see-your-competitors-clients/#comment-52328 Jonk Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:49:16 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/?p=748#comment-52328 Forgive me but I don't get it. How does this show your clients? Forgive me but I don’t get it. How does this show your clients?

]]> By: Jerry Welch http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/yahoo-directory-bug-lets-you-see-your-competitors-clients/#comment-49823 Jerry Welch Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:55:01 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/?p=748#comment-49823 To set the record straight, Yahoo! Directory Search is simply a subset of Yahoo! Web Search that has been restricted to the content of URLs listed in the Yahoo! Directory. So it is possible to run a search that will return results because the term is somewhere on the site that the search returns. The same exact thing happens with Web Search, only there are so many other results that the phenomenon is often masked. Jerry Welch Yahoo! Directory Product Manager PS - Blogstorm is now in the Directory and will show up with the next data refresh ;) To set the record straight, Yahoo! Directory Search is simply a subset of Yahoo! Web Search that has been restricted to the content of URLs listed in the Yahoo! Directory. So it is possible to run a search that will return results because the term is somewhere on the site that the search returns. The same exact thing happens with Web Search, only there are so many other results that the phenomenon is often masked.

Jerry Welch
Yahoo! Directory Product Manager

PS – Blogstorm is now in the Directory and will show up with the next data refresh ;)

]]> By: Zoe http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/yahoo-directory-bug-lets-you-see-your-competitors-clients/#comment-49546 Zoe Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:03:46 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/?p=748#comment-49546 9xb were the first company I searched for too ;) It seems to show very old connections - bizarre! 9xb were the first company I searched for too ;) It seems to show very old connections – bizarre!

]]> By: Patrick Altoft http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/yahoo-directory-bug-lets-you-see-your-competitors-clients/#comment-49541 Patrick Altoft Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:47:02 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/?p=748#comment-49541 It works well with web design companies too <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search/dir;_ylt=A0geu.GL.31IKVABwLKEzbkF?p=9xb&y=Search&fr=&ei=UTF-8" rel="nofollow">link</a>. It works well with web design companies too link.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/yahoo-directory-bug-lets-you-see-your-competitors-clients/#comment-49540 David Bradley Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:29:58 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/?p=748#comment-49540 Very odd. I did some brand searching in the way you suggest and found one or two sites that have carried links to me, but no actual clients or anything too worrying. Very odd. I did some brand searching in the way you suggest and found one or two sites that have carried links to me, but no actual clients or anything too worrying.

]]> By: Deus Ex Machina http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/yahoo-directory-bug-lets-you-see-your-competitors-clients/#comment-49538 Deus Ex Machina Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:24:38 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/?p=748#comment-49538 Who uses Yahoo anyway? Google > Yahoo Who uses Yahoo anyway?
Google > Yahoo

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