When Search Engines Index Search Engines (Or Why I don’t Use Yahoo)
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Every once in a while, I try using Yahoo for search. Most of the times it is because I didn’t find something in Google, and other times it is simply because I feel bad for them. Regardless of the reason, I always get smacked in the face and bounce back to Google for a while (or until I forget).
Yoday was one of these searches. I was looking for "cardinals jersey" (relax, I am not a fan), and whose at #1? The top ranked organic results was Become.com (Shopping search engine), but the problem was, the Become.com didn’t have any products on that page, but only Google Ads. So should Yahoo even index / give authority to all these possible search results off Become.com?
Tags: Search Arbitrage, Become.com