I have a site that: a) Does quite well on MSN b) Has many pages listed on Google but is not returned on any searches c) Is completely banned from Yahoo, no pages indexed. For grins I checked my server logs for the past week to see how often each of the above visits: MSN - 60,160 hits from msnbot Google - 13,785 hits from googlebot Yahoo - 5,757 hits from Yahoo! Slurp Just about exactly what I'd expect.
I think they are unsympathetic and their search results are mixed up. I think google's results are far more logical. They ask for ridiculous fees for businesses to be considered for inclusion, theý come up with tons of services to get people hooked to their website. I was a Yahoo fan in the 90's but I don't get them... it also helps that I'm a high ranker in google and yahoo seems to keep me from getting hits haha.
Yeah, SEs rank: Google -> MSN -> Yahoo!, in the matter of how many natural search referrals I get. MSN ranked me number one for my keyword in the matter of a few weeks though, Yahoo! isn't doing too badly for me.