Yahoo! Site Explorer (YSE) was a Yahoo! service which allowed users to view information on websites in Yahoo!'s search index. The service was closed on November 21, 2011, and merged with Bing Webmaster Tools, a tool similar to Google Search Console (previously Google Webmaster Tools).[1] In particular, it was useful for finding information on backlinks pointing to a given webpage or ___domain because YSE offered full, timely backlink reports for any site. After merging with Bing Webmaster Tools, the service only offers full backlink reports to sites owned by the webmaster.[2] Reports for sites not owned by the webmaster are limited to 1,000 links.[3]
Webmasters who added a special authentication code to their websites were also allowed to:
- See extra information on their sites
- Submit Sitemaps
- Submit up to 20 URL removal requests for their domains to Yahoo!.
- Rewrite dynamic URLs from their site by either removing a dynamic parameter or by using a default value for a parameter.
- Submit feeds for Yahoo Search Monkey
- View Errors Yahoo encountered while crawling their web site
References
edit- ^ "Site Explorer Reminder". Yahoo! Search Blog. 18 November 2011. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Backlink Reports After Yahoo! Site Explorer". Elite Strategies. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Bing Revamps Their Webmaster Tools & Launches Partial Yahoo Site Explorer Replacement". Search Engine Land. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.