Search engines - Yahoo

The company `Yahoo! 'Was founded in 1995 by David Filo and Jerry Yang founded. What initially only a simple link list of two students has been, is today, with over 350 million users, 7500 employees and a turnover of several billion US dollars, one of the largest Internet portals in the world.

Among many services (e-mail, dating, etc.) offers this portal Yahoo on a Web catalog, and a search service, Yahoo `search '. While in the first years of editorially led Webkatalog greater importance, is the current focus mainly on the development of the search service. For this reason, Yahoo bought 2003 Overture and Inktomi. Along with the technology, a new, own and independent of Google search service. Yahoo ended in early 2004 to work with Google. Since Yahoo uses its own algorithms and indices.

The ranking factors, after which the results will be listed, however, are the factors the search engines like Google. Link popularity and individual content is also top priority. Yahoo has with its search service in the German market accounted for 3-5% ...