rankings very different

[rockcoastmedia]

I have optimized several web sites that all rank very highly on Google, Yahoo and MSN, but for some reason they are not ranking well in Ask. Does anybody know of a special technique that needs to be used for Teoma, or are there specific SEO techniques that work better on Ask that the other engine's dont' pay so much attention to?

[rustybrick]

Ask is slower to update, just slower. The algo is different, whereas it places more weight on links from within the same community of sites. But the main thing is that Ask is slower.

[rockcoastmedia]

Thanks for the feedback. So what you are saying as I understand it is that inbound links though important most be even more relevent for Ask then for the other major players. I am not so sure about the speed factor as These sites have been on the web and indexed for over 2 years each.

[rustybrick]

That is the basis of how the Teoma search engine works. I wrote a really really old article on it a few years ago at http://www.rustybrick.com/seo_articles_7.php - it may be still valid, but just use it as a conceptual overview as to the premise behind Teoma.