I think I saw that same webmasterworld thread or at least one similar. I do think Yahoo should honor a noyahoo tag too. I would think if your site has built up enough authority in general then the Yahoo link isn’t doing so much anymore. If you have enough links from other generally trusted sites you possibly have enough trust in the eyes of the other engines not to need the Yahoo link.

Of course if you remove the listing you may not rank as well in Yahoo itself so it’s a tough call.

It might be best for now to see if that noyahoo tag does find it’s way into this quarter. The noodp one was so popular I’m actually surprised Yahoo didn’t come out with something sooner.

The issue has not been resolved. I am still seeing the company name.

I read a thread on webmasterworld.com that suggested that a noyahoo tag or similar was in the works for the first quarter of 2007. I am thinking of removing our listing from Yahoo but from the looks of things, that may be an issue also.

I’ll keep you informed.

Here Yahoo seems to be using the predominant anchor text back to your home page as the text to display for the link in the results. Most of the time it will end up being your company name or domain name.

I think for most sites this may be something of a non issue, but it can have some negative effects of it’s own. Not quite as damaging as what you’re seeing with your directory listing though.

It looks like you’ve managed to sort out your issue. I just did a search for ‘web design Ireland’ and I see your site #1 along with some better text in the title. How did you fix things?

Yahoo are rumored to be bring out a meta tag similar to a noodp tag that can help.
Heres hoping.

Most sites will indeed show up fine. For most sites the worst case is they will show for their company name instead of their full page title. But some sites will be affected by this and may be affected in a way they would rather not.