need help with Yahoo

[algorithm]

Hi folks...

Can anyone help me? What are the important things I should do to rank well in Yahoo and MSN?

Any help in this matter will be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help and time.

[seo guy]

http://www.seo-guy.com/forum/thread2091.html here you go, and welcome to the forum :-)

[algorithm]

Thanks SEO guy. But the problem is that for many of my clients I have already done most of what you say. I must admit that I rank very highly for many search terms in both Yahoo and MSN (mostly Yahoo). But the fact remains that I do not rank well with many other key phrases.

The search terms for which I do not rank well (even after doing all this) do not have that high competition when compared to the one's in which I have great ranks.

Why is there such inconsistency? After all, if I am doing the same things for all search terms, and they all have almost the same type of competition, I should rank highly in most (if not all). I would understand if for example with term 'X' I ranked at say #4 in Yahoo and and with term 'Y' at #8 or even in page 2.

But the fact is that with the term 'Y' I am not even in the first 10 pages. Whereas, I am at #4 with 'X'. And I have dome the same things for both these terms.

That is my problem and confusion.

If any expert can provide useful advice that would be great.

Thanks for your time.