Oh-Oh Yahoo Is Now "STEALING" the #1 Position on SERPs

A number One Position in Yahoo! - ain't what it used to be

Sponsored Links are One thing - but now - Yahoo! is now stealing #1

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=be...lv1-&fl=0&x=wrt



Their Three Links are right under the Sponsors - in the same color as the SERPs and the Red Logo acts as an eyecatcher

I noticed that also. Thought it was pretty stupid to be honest. Oh and by the way, not fair to the serps.

I guess they are maximizing profit

I don't see that. Only a test or a bug?

I've seen this lately as well. Before you know it...the top 50 listings will be Yahoo listings and sponsored listings.

Sponsor results on the top, on the bottom, and another 8 on the right side...

Geez! That sucks!

That's why I love Google

Google got 8 sponsored results on right and at least 4 on top also. It is not much different, the only thing is that the search results at google are more relavant IMHO

Google has never had 4 sponsor results on the top.

that is news up top...lol

Type web hosting at Yahoo, you get 13 sponsor results (plus Yahoo's plug at the first spot, and yahoo's geocities is there also, so you could say there are 15)

Type web hosting at Google you get 9 sponsor results...

This just reminds me of why it's been several years since I used Yahoo to look for something...

as far as I'm concerned, yahoo isn't a search engine or directory anymore. just look at the home page. The freaking directory is now down to 12 categories, and it is shoved way down at the bottom of the site.

anybody who pays $299 to be listed in it these days must have money to throw away. i think we all got screwed when they changed evrything over. i remember when i used to get thousands of visitors to just one of my sites everyday..all from the directory. now i may get 5.

you would think with that huge Y! services box shoved right in your face, that covers every major market, they could at least give us a few bones, and provide a friendly, ad-free search environment.

No News LoL, go do a product search and you will see what I mean LOL.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=golf+shirts

Ya maxmizing their profit.

I believe that the main difference between yahoo and google is their philosophy in doing business. G is owned by geeks whose main interest was the technology itself (pr), they are customer oriented, and the more relevant their results are, they more successful they will be. Money comes later from advertisers who will eventually pay to get listed on a relatively honest serp. If google loses relevancy and accuracy in serp, then it's out of business, at least in the search industry.
Yahoo's always was "advertiser" oriented, and that's how it will remain. $$$ comes first. Yahoo seens a tough rival in google, that's why they optimized their search technology, but still yahoo is a portal, and it makes money from a lot of other sources than search itself (games, hosting, astrology, shopping, etc...)
I see msn driving the same road yahoo does. That's why I am confident that Google will remain the "standard" search engine for many years to come, considering the powerful Froogle, and other new technologies all aiming to one direction : search and find documents fast and easily.

do people actually get traffic from yahoo? i'm not :/