From what I've seen, Yahoo none and MSN very little. That's too bad too because MSN could be a contender if they did.

Is there a big difference in how Yahoo and MSN rank their sites? My site shows very well under title keywords on MSN, but shows up way down the list on Yahoo and Google. Curious how to increase my exposure on Google and Yahoo. MSN ranked with almost no extra work, (it seems MSN picked up on the words in the title).

Rick Burton
www.UtahHomeSales.com

Google is hard to control. You can add some pages with articles and have your friends link to those pages from their sites (that would be my advice). Getting listed in DMOZ would be a good idea as well.
Here is a thread from their forum where an editor runs the long winded rules for real estate listings by me
http://www.resource-zone.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35315&page=2
Yahoo! is in the zone right now, kind of a combination between the Google and msn algo IMO.

Mike

Google is BIG on on links and MSN puts more weight into keywords, title, ect...

I don't think that is the case. I believe it is more likely that google has shifted focus from the link itself to the process of linking. In a natural sceme there would be both incoming and outgoing links, some of which would be reciprocated some would be one way. A reciprocated link from a directory or one from a link page with dozens of other links would be canceled out, on the other hand if both our sites specialize in second homes then a reciprocal link for vacation homes would be more appropriate for both sites.

hey all,
i will try to share my oblique knowledge of what is happening with links.
links are very important to google. if a site is ranked without incoming and outgoing links i would like to look at it, and check on its google PR

to begin this the internet is all about links, without links the robots would have nowhere to travel. we are looking for an infinite loop on the internet. links are factors in ranking in a manner that is wiggie at best, but here goes. if you link to a site that has a PR 7 and you are a PR 4, this is something that google has in their algorithm, not only that the site you are linking to is a PR 7, but the sites theme, your sites theme, and the site you are linking to's theme, must be relevant, when they update the PR, and index your site, because you have links to sites that are relevant and "important" in that themes realm, its a plus. if you are linking to sites outside your theme just because they have good PR, then google would not take them into consideration.

i think reciprocal links are good in some instances and hurtful in others, you dont want to be a PR3 linking to a PR0 but the PRO can link to the PR3 in the same theme, and benefit.

links are truly what makes the internet, so please dont take my haphazard interpretation as gospel. i am also an SEO, web programmer, designer. these are things i have learned, keep up with google yahoo and msn. consider if it were true, that links were not important, would be like the commercial where the guy says he went to the end of the internet. lol. anyhow, i am doing rambling.

holla