Thread: Google vs. Yahoo!

no this is not a question of who is the best search engine in the whole world...

my question is... between the two, who's faster in indexing a new site? is it Google or Yahoo?

Also, is there a way (or a tool) to know when did the search engine indexed the new site?

your thoughts please...

Google, no contest.

To know when it was indexed? Not sure of a definitive method, but you can search for URL and look at date on 'cached'.

Originally Posted by marsguitars

Google, no contest.

To know when it was indexed? Not sure of a definitive method, but you can search for URL and look at date on 'cached'.

tried it already. but the date it shows is the date when it was last indexed/cached.

thanks though... i appreciate your help.

Alexa Time Machine?

I would have to say Google tends to index newer sites faster than Yahoo. Its technology is getting better by the moment

Definitely it's google, and my google analytics stats showed it to me:swink:

I think Yahoo is, when I had a new site, first thing I found out that Yahoo indexes it, it was until a few days later that Google indexes. Not sure if this is coincidence, but I find Yahoo is fast though no accurate as Google

obviously its google and it has a better layout

I think Yahoo index new site faster...

Originally Posted by Hafsoh

I think Yahoo index new site faster...

can you prove that?
for me i choose google...google indexed my site in 10min

Originally Posted by digitalseo

can you prove that?
for me i choose google...google indexed my site in 10min

Can you prove that too? :lep-laugh:

Google by a long shot.

If you have an RSS feed your content can get indexed within 10 minutes of posting new content.

Not only does Yahoo lag on indexing, it lags even more in ranking a site. Why Does Yahoo! Search Lag Google & Microsoft in Ranking Newer Websites? : SEO Book.com

based on my personal experience, Google is a lot faster than the rest of the SEs

Originally Posted by Mysanctuary23

Definitely it's google, and my google analytics stats showed it to me:swink:

maybe if you have yahoo analytics, it will show you otherwise?

Originally Posted by Fraelm

Can you prove that too? :lep-laugh:

lol...yah...based on my own experience..so why don't you try it too...
i know you are also aware on that..

this is depends on your site seo works.
who is first catch your new sites.

I definitely like Yahoo's link checker better. (ex. link:mysite.com)

Based on my experience as of today, Yahoo indexed my site much faster than Google. I guess it has something to do with another change of algo..

Google indexing fastly. Yahoo bot is lazy in crawling.

I think yahoo is faster, but you will get more traffic from google in the long run.

for me google is faster in indexing a new site. And you it will also give you lots of traffic.

Just submitted sitemap.xml to Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask and Moreover.
MSN picked up xml after 10 sec.
Waiting for others (2 h passed).

the answer is very obvious, it is google

yahoo indexed my site earlier.

Yahoo tries to act like Google too much now...especially with the new "ymail" >_>

well both are very good. I cant decide, but I'm using google

I think so its google because its the best for everything but yahoo is not bad too

It always Google. Yahoo takes more time than Google.

Originally Posted by gUrLaLiEn

no this is not a question of who is the best search engine in the whole world...

my question is... between the two, who's faster in indexing a new site? is it Google or Yahoo?

Also, is there a way (or a tool) to know when did the search engine indexed the new site?

your thoughts please...

I don't know which one indexes faster. But in order to know if the pages have been indexed, I use BuzzMonitor (its a gudget in google). I put the keyword there and it monitors and brings the most recent buzz by that specific keyword. I immediately know if my new post is indexed because it appears in MyBuzz feed.

google always comes out top. Thier search algorithim is awsome

I once had a long tail keyword article indexed in about 8 minutes by google which i discovered purely by chance had to look twice could not believe it myself.

Originally Posted by hem

Google indexing fastly. Yahoo bot is lazy in crawling.

On my own experience yahoo crawls faster than google but if you add atom.xml to your blog google will crawl it in less than a day.

Hi i think when compare to yahoo,google is faster in indexing.Because they updating a new web-site regularly.And even the features are good when compare to yahoo.If the searching is not found in google database, then the google providing answer with the help of yahoo.........
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Stephen

google here, it is an SEO freindly SE...

+1 for Google

I like Google because it's simple user interface and it's for a good search information.

Google index my site faster than yahoo...

I like Google more then Yahoo, but: Based on my experience with several new websites: when website is new, with no backlinks on other websites, Yahoo is much faster (1-3 days) then Google (10-15 days)...

Google is most popular in the world. But Yahoo is popular only in USA!

search with google but use yahoo for finance.