Apr 27 2009

How to Sort Google / Yahoo Search Results

There is one trick I use to find listings in Google and Yahoo SERPs based on any chosen criteria:

  • (optional) Set Google / Yahoo to show 100 results per page;
  • Use SEOquake FireFox plugin to integrate a wealth old important data right within the SERPs;
  • Sort results based on any (!) of the chosen criteria.

Sort Search results

Here are some tips when you might find this trick useful:

  • Search for youngest (and already successful!) competitors;
  • Find most link-to pages (think about SITE: operator for site diagnostics);
  • Find pages with highest / lowest Google PR;
  • Identify listing with most powerful (linked-to) domains;
  • Find pages popular at Digg or Delicious,
  • You name it!

25 Responses to “How to Sort Google / Yahoo Search Results”

  1. Oh_Bella (YsobelHamidjojo) says:
    December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm

    RT @mjleonard How to Sort Google / Yahoo Search Results (Neat tip from @dailySEO) http://is.gd/vlq5

  2. mjleonard (Matt Leonard) says:
    December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm

    How to Sort Google / Yahoo Search Results (Neat tip from @dailySEO) http://is.gd/vlq5

  3. phintch (Andrew Burch) says:
    December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm

    RT @seotips2go: How to Sort Google / Yahoo Search Results http://tinyurl.com/c52lyz

  4. seotips2go (Martin Canchola) says:
    December 31, 1969 at 11:59 pm

    How to Sort Google / Yahoo Search Results http://tinyurl.com/c52lyz

  5. Josh Millrod says:
    April 27, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    Once you’ve got that data, make a spreadsheet so you can look at all the metrics together and figure out the common denominator. Then beat that and you’ve got it in the bag!

    Great post!

    Josh Millrod’s last incredible blog post..Keyword Density Will Skyrocket Your Traffic and Make You Attractive

  6. Barry Welford says:
    April 27, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Thanks for this tip, Ann. I was unaware of that plugin and it seems to provide some most useful data in a very handy format. It almost allows you to guess which of these factors may be what is influencing the ranking order in particular cases.

    Barry Welford’s last incredible blog post..Google Profile – Yes Or No

  7. john says:
    April 27, 2009 at 8:36 pm

    Not a big fan of this add on. Too busy and the results don’t provide concrete value.

  8. ThePicky says:
    April 27, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    Thanks Ann, Very useful tip.
    Google “Advanced Search” tab has options to filter search results using Date, usage rights, numeric range, and more.

  9. Bullitt says:
    April 27, 2009 at 11:05 pm

    Thanks Ann! I never knew it did that!

  10. Oliver says:
    April 28, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    Thanks for this, it looks like it could be really informative. Will have to get it and see what it is like as it would be good to know all this information to help with SEO.

  11. Digital Cameras says:
    April 29, 2009 at 3:53 am

    I don’t know how I feel about this add on. It seems helpful, but like one of the visitors already mentioned in the comment, google advanced search already does most of this, and the google toolbar will show the PR and everything.
    -Kathy

  12. Laptop Battery says:
    April 30, 2009 at 6:29 am

    Thanks for this tip.

  13. Chris Chong says:
    April 30, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    I’ve been using the SEO Quake plugin and find it to be a very effective tool for comparing sites.

  14. Deddy says:
    May 2, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    thank’s your info,but can’t open search engine fastest.

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  15. CAP Digisoft Solutions Inc. says:
    May 8, 2009 at 7:43 am

    I could not get the most appropriate result out of this addon. I always stick on to yahoo site explorer.

  16. Ron Edwards says:
    May 19, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    That explains why I have 500 yahoo backlinks and no google backlinks.

  17. Church Content Management System says:
    June 2, 2009 at 5:14 am

    Google and Yahoo sorting for data have different tactics which they used, You have to build many back links if you want to sort out by search engines. Thanks for these tips

  18. Zafar Majid says:
    June 6, 2009 at 3:44 pm

    Hi Ann

    Is there an equivalent plugin for internet explorer?

    I hate to admit it, but I still use IE.

  19. Inchirieri Auto says:
    June 16, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    there also another addon seobook.com

  20. South Tampa Condos says:
    August 19, 2009 at 10:10 am

    Good trick of sort out result. I’ll use SEO quake. Thanks.

  21. Label Printers says:
    September 7, 2009 at 10:52 am

    My friend suggested me SEO firefox addon. It’s really good.

  22. Proiecte Case says:
    October 18, 2009 at 2:59 pm

    Thanks, I had no idea that existed…

  23. Alexandra Bucuresti says:
    November 20, 2009 at 9:32 am

    Thanks for this tip. This is very useful indeed

  24. Derm says:
    February 1, 2011 at 9:46 pm

    Those are the same tricks that I use when sorting the results and it works great

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