Did the Bing/Yahoo deal change?
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I just went to my campaign to check on rankings, and my Bing rankings are wildly different from my Yahoo rankings. None of the keywords are even close, every one is very different. Anyone know what is happening here? Shouldn't they still be the same?
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It's an interesting article, what I don't get is why my rankings in Bing and Yahoo used to be completely or nearly identical, and then all of a sudden they aren't even close. Just seems odd to me.
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Daniel,
I have noticed the same thing, I found this article on the topic. Hope this helps: http://goo.gl/36fk4
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