Google Still Loves Yahoo Answers
By Matt McGee on Sep 7, 2008 in Social Media
It’s been a while since I’ve had reason to go looking for instances of pages from Yahoo Answers appearing in the SERPs, but I found a couple examples this weekend. See, we have a new puppy here at Casa McGee, and it’s been … oh … I think about 30 years since I’ve owned a dog. So, I’m a little rusty on what it’s like to be a dog owner.
Here are the two Yahoo Answers pages I found ranking very highly in Google: (try not to laugh at the second one)
Neither of the pages from Yahoo Answers that you see ranking so well on Google ranks for the same questions on Yahoo and MSN Live search. That continues a trend I noticed back in the spring while I was researching for my SMX Social presentation on Yahoo Answers. The domain ranks much more often in Google than in the other engines.
Your turn: Have you seen Yahoo Answers appearing in the SERPs lately? Share the search query in the comments.
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6 Comment(s)
By Matt Siltala on Sep 7, 2008 | Reply
Over the weekend in fact I have been noticing Yahoo Answers all over the SERPs, so its funny to read this post because its so fresh in my mind!
By Todd Mintz on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply
You had to go use a search engine to figure out if dogs fart?
By Matt McGee on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply
Gee, Todd, sorry we can’t all be as smart as you. Like I said, I haven’t had a dog in 30 years. And the dog we have now is an outside dog who’s forced to be inside these days because he just had surgery. It’s not like I’ve had lots of opportunities to know about the gaseous habits of dogs. Sheesh.
By Todd Mintz on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply
Sorry, I would have thought we’ve all smelled them at one time or another :.)
By jardel on Sep 10, 2008 | Reply
i think your serp have a lot of relation with question queries. Like “how much” or “do” at the start of a phrase, this is more likely to end in answer sites.
By Matt McGee on Sep 11, 2008 | Reply
I have to comment on my own blog post, because I just found Yahoo Answers at #1 and #2 on Google for “least expensive place to live”:
http://www.google.com/search?q=least+expensive+place+to+live&pws=0
Just putting this here for own records.