Yahoo Algorithm Insights and Proxydrop

After changing our homepage, Yahoo dropped us from #3 to #10. There has been some shifting taking place in Yahoo recently with regards to back-links being updated, but so it's possible it's just a coincidence. But we ranked consistenty at #3, until the site was re-indexed. I know this because I check the position and cache everyday, and the shift didn't take place until we were re-indexed. There are two major changes between the old home page and the new one: The new page has around 1,000 words as opposed to 300, and the density for Boston Website Design changed from 3.86% to 1.79%. The new homepage is largely written in CSS layout while the previous was written in tables (I'm still not sold on the idea that there are SEO benefits to CSS layout), but the general on-page optimization is relatively the same (headers, title, etc.). There are rumors that Google has a much lower density threshold than Yahoo, and especially MSN, so we're hoping that although our Yahoo and MSN ranking may drop, Google will favor our new home page that delivers a large ammount of unique content that doesn't focus so much on keyword density.

Recently I stumpbled upon a website called proxydrop.com. It's a site that will load any other site for viewing within their site. This is an interesting concept if the user ever wanted to visit a site without leaving any tracks. Hopefully though, it still records IP addresses for on-line predators who try to view inapropriate websites and reports them to the proper authorities, because it would be a shame if proxydrop was providing a safe avenue for these types of activities.