Adwords altering organics

Do I need a tinfoil hat?

[bluntforce]

Several times I've initiated a new adwords campaign using both search and content for generic keywords and two word phrases. Shortly after initiation, my Yahoo and MSN organic results increase noticeably.

To the best of my knowledge, Yahoo and MSN aren't serving Google ads, so there isn't any obvious explanation.

My current thought is it's possible Yahoo and MSN are reading the JS ads through the content network and considering them as links rather than served ads.

Has anyone else seen a similar effect, have an alternate theory, or do I just build a hat and shut up?

[Bob535]

More clicks, more sales, more personal reviews and comments on forums, better SERP