Google falls for Yahoo!

[Eric Rumsey]

Last November, I reported that Google had the uncanny ability to sniff out 
high-quality directory sites.  I'm now finding evidence that Google's new 
alliances, especially the pact with Yahoo! that was announced in June, seem 
to have compromised its ability to find directories -- Yahoo! is apparently 
being pushed up and other directory sites lowered, or dropped completely, 
in Google searches.

For more:
Searching for directory sites: Google falls for Yahoo!
Hardin MD Notes, Sept 12, 2000
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/notes7.html

Please note: I'm considering this a draft document, open to changes pending 
comments from the list -- Are there other explanations for my observations 
about Google's ranking of Yahoo! and other directory sites.

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Eric Rumsey, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
University of Iowa, Iowa City IA 52242
<eric-rumsey at uiowa.edu>
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