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Topics related to getting listed for free through Yahoo Search. For more background, see Yahoo SEO news stories from our sister site, Search Engine Land. Below are topics submitted by Sphinn members:
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Stephen T, in-house SEO at LocateTV does an outstanding job visually walking us through the process of implementing enhanced listing parameters in Yahoo SearchMonkey, with SERP results that include photos, links, etc.

Applying these tactics cou read more »
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Lots of reports about a weekend Yahoo Search update. No official word from Yahoo yet, but it seems like we got a major Yahoo update going on. read more »
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- SEO by the SEA - How well can an algorithm determine how “cluttered” a web page is, as opposed to an actual person making the same determination? That’s hard to say for certain. With so many pages on the web, asking people to review pages for clut read more »
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- SEO by the SEA - What I found most interesting about the document was the change in focus of a search engine from crawling and understanding individual pages to understanding how pages within a site relate to each other.

How do the topics and read more »
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That's right -- you heard it correctly -- the Yahoo! Search experience will soon be open. read more »
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These patent documents provide a peek at how some data collected about how people use the Web, and about the Web itself, may impact both search and advertising on the Web. read more »
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If you want real link data from Yahoo Site Explorer, it appears you now need to be logged into Site Explorer and authenticate your site.

They show different results based on that criteria now... read more »
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This is my comprehensive guide to search engine optimization focusing on the new Yahoo! Search results, including, but not limited to, the Yahoo! Search Assist tools. Includes tips on optimizing Flickr, Yahoo Videos, Event Listings on Upcoming, and read more »
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Aaron Wall just posted anecdotes about some pretty big shifts in Yahoo rankings (including screwed up 301 redirects) and is asking for our input. read more »
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When used properly, Yahoo answers can actually send more free targeted traffic than Yahoo organic search. read more »
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Is Yahoo trying to confuse users with their organic results ?? Reading the Scott Hendison blog, I found another great finding about Yahoo Organic Results and Yahoo! Shortcut... read more »
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Too lazy to do 301s? Have Yahoo do them for you... read more »
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Why is Yahoo! Site Explorer now adding this parameter to searches: “fr2=seo-rd-se”?

UPDATE: Since ThreadWatcher.com seems to be down for good, I'll go ahead and recreate my findings here.
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