http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000455.html

This latest algos are more democratic in the way they factor backlinks – less TrustRank proned – thus giving Yahoo more of a distinct search personality, instead of trying to be in the shadows of Google.

These algos were actually suggested to them during their last update. It is uncertain whether this is a coincidence of if they took the advice.

But overall, the SERPs appear to balance a wider variety of factors, thus allowing more versatility in the results.

* Click popularity * will further tweak and refine this update in the upcoming days to determine the final relevance.

> This latest algos are more democratic in the way they
> factor backlinks – less TrustRank proned – thus giving Yahoo
> more of a distinct search personality, instead of trying to
> be in the shadows of Google.

How do you know?