Why do I rank so differently in Bing and Yahoo?
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Howdy SEOmozers,
I've noticed that I rank very differently in Bing and Yahoo compared to Google (and it’s the bad kind of different) for many of the terms that I'm targeting. Can anyone give some advice on how I can put this right or link me to some good resources about the differences in their ranking algorithms?
Thanks
Paul
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I'm noticing the same thing. All of our rankings took a huge dive in Bing and Yahoo while our Google rankings remained steady. Not sure what to make of it just yet so I'm researching the issue a bit to learn more and what I can too to rectify this.
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Here is a statement of Aaron Wall Bing versus Google:
http://www.seobook.com/google-vs-bing (I suppose Bing and Yahoo are quiet the same).
Hope this helps.
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A search on Google (how ironic) for 'google vs bing seo' will bring up several dozen articles, including one semi-recent by SEOmoz: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/google-vs-bing-correlation-analysis-of-ranking-elements
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