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I run a branded furniture site and what I see is that brand and brand associated keywords are improving. Possible that Bing has it's own 'Panda' update that favors brands and brand+product.

My experience from using services like Localeze to submit to directories is that you should consistently use your business name, so if your name is 'horse buggy,' use that instead of something like horesebuggy.net that might be your URL. You are building a new brand from scratch and will benefit from using your proper name consistently from the start and rank for your name.

I had the same happening to me using Firefox Rank Checker and I believe they get flagged for taking resources. I suggest using SeoMoz instead.