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  Section 11 -Think Content and Relax
 
1. Think Content and Relax
     
 

A content- oriented approach is highly favored by Yahoo! more than any other search engine. It calculates the page ranking based on the content of the page. If your page should be at stake with Yahoo!, you will be able to safe guard your situation by adding more content.

The type and form of content as well matters with Yahoo! You must take into consideration the type of content whether it is on page content, off page content or off site content and so on. Each of these play its own role in making your content significant to yahoo!

A thorough investigation of your targeted keywords should be made before you set your hands on content development. Having a database of targeted keywords, you can develop your content keeping in mind that the keyword saturation for Yahoo! is different from Google. Though you have a lot of liberty with Yahoo! in terms of keyword rich content, your page should not be over stuffed with keywords which might trigger spam alerts even in keyword liberal Yahoo!

Your on page content should bear in mind the needs of your target visitors as they make your business flourish or fall. Your content should be readable and should make sense to an average visitor. Well crafted sales copy will fair well with the search engines and it will fair even better on the conversion rates of your online sales.

Optimization techniques that will bring high search engine ranking in Google need not necessarily bring similar effects in Yahoo! as the search algorithm of Google is very much different from Yahoo! algorithm. Google values incoming links and anchor text and the keyword density tolerance when compared with yahoo are narrow in Google. In Yahoo! content in king whereas in Google it is of almost zero value.

 
     
2. Think Content and Relax - Keyword Density Levels
     
 

Yahoo! and Google part ways in their keyword saturation tolerance levels. Keyword saturation level for Yahoo! is relatively high to the extent such saturation levels would be considered by Google as keyword stuffing whereas Yahoo! favors over use of your main keywords and phrases.

With Google, one can expect the keyword saturation levels to be 2% to 3% of the overall word count. Exceeding this saturation level will trigger appropriate keyword stuffing filter in Google. While optimizing for Google, to be on the safer side, it is better to keep your keywords to 1% to 2%.

Yahoo!'s high keyword saturation level allows flexibility in your web page's content writing. By maintaining a good balance between Google's narrow keyword saturation levels and Yahoo!'s liberal keyword saturation levels and by employing appropriate techniques, you will be able to get the best out of both search engines.

One way of saving yourself from the keyword-stuffing problem is to make use of synonyms. By using different words that mean the same thing will give you the benefit of making your page rich in keyword content and at the same time you will not be penalized for keyword stuffing by Google. The Yahoo! algorithm is more a language based algorithm that will entertain variety in your content.

It is also believed that Yahoo! is more stemming sensitive than Yahoo! By stemming it has to be understood that a word may have manifold forms such as plurals, minor variation in terms of tense and so on. Such a sensitivity enables one to write more freely using natural style. Natural writing content not only helps with search engine rankings it also serves well to promote conversion rates.

Without converting visitors to your site to potential customers, there is no point having high search engine placing. This implies that your SEO optimization should not be merely dedicated to search engines but right attention should be given for your site's visitors. Right attention, here would mean attention on the content of your webpage.

Optimizing your site to search engines need not mean that it cannot be visitor friendly. Using natural language in your content will help you achieve both the ends, because the bottom line of all this circus is profitability.

 
     
3. Think Content and Relax - Adding More Web Pages and Content
     
 

All that you have to do to improve your search engine results pages in Yahoo! is to include more content. You can either append the content on each page or you can add new pages with fresh content. The advantage of adding more pages is that you will create for yourself more entries for the spiders to enter and for visitor traffic to trace your site.

Design your website's user navigation in the form of a sitemap. More than with Google and its active bot, it is for the sake of Yahoo! you must make the entry paths easily accessible because different from Google spider, Yahoo! spider does not seem to crawl that deeply as Google spider.

Good internal linking with proper keyword anchor text will pave easy way for the spiders to index your pages. This at the same time makes navigation in your site easy for your visitors.

You can increase your content value by adding a blog component. The blog component will keep your page content fresh and will boost both your search engine ranking and your website traffic as well. Blogs win special favor from search engines as they constantly refresh your keyword rich content and blended with plenty of incoming links. Blogs gain greater significance with Yahoo! as Yahoo! algorithm is content based and hence your page get highly place in Yahoo! SERPs.

Meta tags that have very little value in Google have some recognition in Yahoo! If you should decide to use Meta tags make sure your Meta tags are different for every page of your website. Meta tag concentration per page should not go beyond five, breaching this rule will trigger spam filter in the search engines. Optimal usage of Meta tags will win special favors from Yahoo!.

The much maligned meta tags appear to have some value to the Yahoo! algorithm. While most SEO professionals agree that meta tags have little value to Google, they seem to carry some minor weight with Yahoo!. If you do elect to use meta tags, select new ones for every web page . Concentrate on a maximum of about five of the most important ones for the page to prevent possible spamming. Don't over use any meta tags, and you may get some benefit from Yahoo! for them.

 
     
4. Think Content and Relax - Off Site Factors to Consider
     
 

While trying to gain upper hand with Yahoo!, you can score some good points by having your site included in internet directories and in Open Directory Project (DMOZ). It will fetch greater advantage if you get your site listed in Yahoo! Directory. To get yourself listed in Yahoo! Directory, you should be ready to part with $299.

Yahoo! finds the relevance of incoming links in SEO optimization, but it is not only Yahoo! that gives importance to incoming links it holds good with other search engines as well. It also boosts your site visitor traffic. If online browsers fail to access your site, you will certainly not be able to make any online sales. The usage of keyword rich link anchor text will bring high search engine placement. Link anchor texts are effective channels placed in other related sites through which your visitors find your site.

 
     
 

Conclusion

 
     
 

From the above discussion one can safely conclude that content is important for Yahoo! more than in Google. Yahoo! algorithm is content based, it gives importance to on page, off page, even off site content.

Good ranking in Yahoo!, will certainly increase your website traffic and hence your client base. No wise person places all his eggs in one basket, as on coming changes are inevitable one should be prepared for the changes in the search engine market. Your optimization should be balanced enough to meet this changes and should be able to secure good ranking in both Yahoo! and Google.

The trick to catch the fly is to take a balanced approach, Yahoo! looks for content, Google looks for incoming links blend the two and you win the game.

 
     
     
 

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