A few months ago it used to be really easy to rank well at MSN... now it seems more difficult. However, getting a good rank at Yahoo is a piece of cake now. I opened 3 sites, and for all 3 of them it took about a week to get top rankings for my main keywords, and they have stayed there without problems. Anyone else seeing this?
Nope, I think that MSN gives much more relevent results. To this point Yahoo is easy to rank with spamming techniques, but that will hurt you on the other engines. Many (including myself) would love to see Yahoo get it together with better spam filters. Also IMO you can rank on Yahoo for a long period of time, do everything white hat and still vanish off the radar at any given time for no apparent reason. The most inconsistant of the major SE IMO.
If you're site is one of those keyword stuffing site... then I guess you easily position at yahoo because yahoo love crap site.
Our sites are just the opposite. We get good, fast results with MSN, but NO WHERE to be found on Yahoo. Prior to Yahoo's last update, some 4 months ago, we enjoyed great search term positions in Yahoo, but now we are barely there. Almost like they are punishing us for something, but can't figure out what....
MSN shows practially instant results for those trying to optimize their pages. Next comes yahoo and google. I love MSN, I want to have sex with MSN.