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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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Avatar Went Hot: July 17, 2008 - 1:33 am
Posted By: ViperChill 138 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.blogstorm.co.uk)
Category: Yahoo SEO
A strange new bug in the search feature of the Yahoo Directory seems to be showing sites either hosted or extensively cross-linked with the site you are searching for. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 22, 2008 - 9:21 am
Posted By: seanmag 164 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seomoz.org)
Category: Yahoo SEO
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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Avatar Went Hot: April 14, 2008 - 7:50 am
Posted By: rustybrick 231 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: Yahoo SEO
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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Avatar Went Hot: March 5, 2008 - 1:05 pm
Posted By: theGypsy 272 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seobythesea.com)
Category: Yahoo SEO
- 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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Avatar Went Hot: February 28, 2008 - 2:45 pm
Posted By: theGypsy 279 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seobythesea.com)
Category: Yahoo SEO
- 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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Avatar Went Hot: February 28, 2008 - 1:13 am
Posted By: patrickaltoft 279 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.ysearchblog.com)
Category: Yahoo SEO
That's right -- you heard it correctly -- the Yahoo! Search experience will soon be open. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: February 4, 2008 - 9:27 pm
Posted By: SpostareDuro 301 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seobythesea.com)
Category: Yahoo SEO
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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Avatar Went Hot: October 12, 2007 - 12:29 pm
Posted By: rustybrick 416 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: Yahoo SEO
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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Avatar Went Hot: October 2, 2007 - 7:36 am
Posted By: EricLander 426 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Yahoo SEO
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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Avatar Went Hot: September 27, 2007 - 11:37 am
Posted By: aimClear 432 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seobook.com)
Category: Yahoo SEO
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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Avatar Went Hot: September 19, 2007 - 7:52 pm
Posted By: DamnDomainer 439 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.damndomainer.com)
Category: Yahoo SEO
When used properly, Yahoo answers can actually send more free targeted traffic than Yahoo organic search. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: August 28, 2007 - 11:21 pm
Posted By: charropower 460 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.pdxtc.com)
Category: Yahoo SEO
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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Avatar Went Hot: August 21, 2007 - 11:37 am
Posted By: rustybrick 468 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Yahoo SEO
Too lazy to do 301s? Have Yahoo do them for you... read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 16, 2007 - 4:35 pm
Posted By: NatashaRobinson 504 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.threadwatcher.com)
Category: Yahoo SEO
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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