Is yahoo selling top Search engine spots? - GoFuckYourself.com

Hornydog4cooter · 02-13-2006, 08:37 PM

This damn company has the #1 and 2 spot for all my keywords. The damn site aint even adult related

http://dns2go.deerfield.com/status/i...de.dynodns.net

Thus pushing my links to second page what a decreaase in traffic

Anyone else having this problem?

SpeakEasy · 02-13-2006, 08:41 PM

It's always been that way.

SmokeyTheBear · 02-13-2006, 08:48 PM

no it hasnt always been that way , and yes they are... not the sponsored links but the real links are being swapped and sold.. its supposed to only be with the site owners consent though , so you can get it stopped i believe

SmokeyTheBear · 02-13-2006, 08:49 PM

do a gfy search for "wildline" you will see some threads about this

WiredGuy · 02-13-2006, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

no it hasnt always been that way , and yes they are... not the sponsored links but the real links are being swapped and sold.. its supposed to only be with the site owners consent though , so you can get it stopped i believe

Yup, unfortunately this is true.
WG

SmokeyTheBear · 02-13-2006, 08:53 PM

i think its a rather pathetic way to sift traffic though , because from my view the companies only exist to sell already existing traffic back to the owner..

I suppose its a smart idea , but thats rather hard to judge.. i think site owners get fooled into thinking they are somehow "gaining " traffic that didnt exist.. when likely all that happens is their search engine traffic vanishes and they get a new whale onboard = lost profit

SmokeyTheBear · 02-13-2006, 08:56 PM

its like a guy who offers to get you customers if you give him a percentage, then he goes to the phone company tells them to switch your phone number to his phone number , then he sells all the customers back to you..

SmokeyTheBear · 02-13-2006, 08:57 PM

and my example isn't so silly, that has/does happen nowadays with the yello wpages

WiredGuy · 02-13-2006, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

i think its a rather pathetic way to sift traffic though , because from my view the companies only exist to sell already existing traffic back to the owner..

I suppose its a smart idea , but thats rather hard to judge.. i think site owners get fooled into thinking they are somehow "gaining " traffic that didnt exist.. when likely all that happens is their search engine traffic vanishes and they get a new whale onboard = lost profit

Oh I know, I lost a whole bunch of organic listings to wildline. Its smart really, they pay Yahoo a fortune for these great listings and these sponsor companies will cave since they become a whale on an immense level. If I could have made the deal with Yahoo directly, I would have as well...
WG

Hornydog4cooter · 02-13-2006, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

do a gfy search for "wildline" you will see some threads about this

Yeah ok i remember that thread now. I need to go back and look it over thanks

02-13-2006, 08:48 PM	#3
SmokeyTheBear ►SouthOfHeaven Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: PlanetEarth MyBoardRank: GerbilMaster My-Penis-Size: extralarge MyWeapon: Computer Posts: 28,609	no it hasnt always been that way , and yes they are... not the sponsored links but the real links are being swapped and sold.. its supposed to only be with the site owners consent though , so you can get it stopped i believe __________________ hatisblack at yahoo.com

02-13-2006, 08:49 PM	#4
SmokeyTheBear ►SouthOfHeaven Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: PlanetEarth MyBoardRank: GerbilMaster My-Penis-Size: extralarge MyWeapon: Computer Posts: 28,609	do a gfy search for "wildline" you will see some threads about this __________________ hatisblack at yahoo.com

02-13-2006, 08:53 PM	#6
SmokeyTheBear ►SouthOfHeaven Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: PlanetEarth MyBoardRank: GerbilMaster My-Penis-Size: extralarge MyWeapon: Computer Posts: 28,609	i think its a rather pathetic way to sift traffic though , because from my view the companies only exist to sell already existing traffic back to the owner.. I suppose its a smart idea , but thats rather hard to judge.. i think site owners get fooled into thinking they are somehow "gaining " traffic that didnt exist.. when likely all that happens is their search engine traffic vanishes and they get a new whale onboard = lost profit __________________ hatisblack at yahoo.com

02-13-2006, 08:56 PM	#7
SmokeyTheBear ►SouthOfHeaven Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: PlanetEarth MyBoardRank: GerbilMaster My-Penis-Size: extralarge MyWeapon: Computer Posts: 28,609	its like a guy who offers to get you customers if you give him a percentage, then he goes to the phone company tells them to switch your phone number to his phone number , then he sells all the customers back to you.. __________________ hatisblack at yahoo.com

02-13-2006, 08:57 PM	#8
SmokeyTheBear ►SouthOfHeaven Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: PlanetEarth MyBoardRank: GerbilMaster My-Penis-Size: extralarge MyWeapon: Computer Posts: 28,609	and my example isn't so silly, that has/does happen nowadays with the yello wpages __________________ hatisblack at yahoo.com

02-13-2006, 08:37 PM	#1
Hornydog4cooter Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,859	Is yahoo selling top Search engine spots? This damn company has the #1 and 2 spot for all my keywords. The damn site aint even adult related http://dns2go.deerfield.com/status/i...de.dynodns.net Thus pushing my links to second page what a decreaase in traffic Anyone else having this problem?

02-13-2006, 08:41 PM	#2
SpeakEasy Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Internet Posts: 2,681	It's always been that way.