Yahoo tops Google in US traffic

Post by ramblerman » Thu, Aug 22, 2013, 6:47 AM UTC

brymaster wrote: post #5

I don't doubt that Yahoo has a shit load of traffic still, but unless Alexa/Quantcast/ComScore/Compete/Nielsen or any of these other so-called 'web traffic measurement services' have direct access to Yahoo and Google's traffic data (they don't), I'd take these all with a grain of salt. These services have never been accurate. http://moz.com/blog/testing-accuracy-visitor-data-alexa-comp...

Post by mistermann » Thu, Aug 22, 2013, 6:55 AM UTC

abhiv wrote: post #51

uniclaude wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well that's a very simple problem to fix, the "-" operator still works, so you can exclude stackoverflow easily, or use the "site:" operator to force the result to come from apple. You can even setup those parameters as custom search engines in Chrome so you don't have to repeat yourself every time.

True, although I think this is something that I shouldn't have to manually specify.

Post by psbp » Thu, Aug 22, 2013, 7:02 AM UTC

dpcan wrote: post #48

I believe it. I love the Yahoo homepage. And when I'm with a group and someone mentioned something obscure... just about everyone mutters - "oh yeah, I saw that on Yahoo." Keep in mind, these are not a geeky bunch, I'm the only redditor among them. We're talking about people who use their phones for everything and the computer to browse the web or answer an email.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 22, 2013, 7:05 AM UTC

acchow wrote: post #74

dpcan wrote: post #48

I believe it. I love the Yahoo homepage. And when I'm with a group and someone mentioned something obscure... just about everyone mutters - "oh yeah, I saw that on Yahoo." Keep in mind, these are not a geeky bunch, I'm the only redditor among them. We're talking about people who use their phones for everything and the computer to browse the web or answer an email.

Where do you live? I just went to Yahoo.com. I believe this is my first time. The frontpage articles are "Jennifer Aniston's vacation bikini", "Bizarre Russian beach scene", "Horned sea monster is a mystery", "Forgot something, Lindsay?", and "Tycoons giving wealth away." And that's the last time I go to yahoo.com

Post by ryfm » Thu, Aug 22, 2013, 7:11 AM UTC

Dn_Ab wrote: post #50

pasbesoin wrote: post #15

I "Google" less and less for search results, as they become increasingly crap. They are mostly best for "big name" items; also, the prominence of StackOverflow means that some computer technology queries still work pretty well. These days, I'm fortunate when I know specifically enough what I want that I can jump straight into Wikipedia and hopefully find an adequate page. Whatever you are and aren't doing about it, G…

Very true, glad I'm not the only one to have noticed this. And I've got a suggestion for a search engine so intelligent - well relatively - it took google back to school and enrolled it in kindergarten. I find myself using it whenever Google gets stumped; it consistently gives better results in the sense that I feel it has a better understanding of my query. Take this example that prompted my above semi-hyperbole. Ba…