Dumped in SERPS by Yahoo and MSN

Could this be due to Adsense?

[malachite]

My sites have always suffered the yo-yo effect in Google's SERPs, but have been very consistent in Yahoo and MSN for nearly 3 years.

Since I started displaying Adsense, I've noticed an increase in traffic coming from Google, and until yesterday, about the same levels from Y and MSN - which was the majority of my traffic.

The last couple of days, I've noticed a drastic drop in traffic from Y and MSN (70% less), and on checking for pages which used to consistently rank between #1 and #6 in those search engines, I found the pages have suddenly disappeared. Not even in the top 30 - I didn't look any further down, too depressing :(

Has this happened to others here? Do Y and MSN not like sites with Adsense? If it has happened to you, have your sites eventually recovered their position?

Any suggestions!

[hunderdown]

I would tend to think that it's a coincidence.

I've been in AdSense for two years and seen no significant changes in Yahoo traffic till recently, when it went UP. I attribute that to a site reorganization.

[europeforvisitors]

Coincidence, at least if my limited experience is any guide. (I'm doing better in Yahoo and MSN than ever, with AdSense ads on every page.)

[malachite]

It does seem quite a big coincidence, but hopefully that's all it is, and we'll bounce back! :)

[aeiouy]

I think you will find lots of people with adsense ranking in top spots for both Yahoo and MSN.

That this is something other than a coincidence is highly unlikely.

[NoLimits]

Simple answer for you OP - no.