Tourz - 8:25 pm on May 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

Dropped in the SERPs: this is the thanks I get for opening a MSN adcenter account? I was waiting two weeks for my ads to come online and now I see why.

I was just telling someone I met from Microsoft this past weekend how they were in my good books. Not anymore.

The natural SERPs should not be affected by who is advertising on the online ad listings. Income from natural SERPS supports paid listings. The inflationary nature of PPC bidding is not sustainable for long-term advertising, so it is in MSNs best interest to continue giving traffic to advertisers who support their paid listings. Duplicate results? Let the advertiser decide if that's a problem.

If not, you'll get dropped.