Good Google SERPS but poor bing and yahoo rankings.

[SamCUK]

My site has some good google SERPS but yahoo and bing don't rank it well at all. I know of course they have different algorithms to google but I would expect there to be some correlation. Why does google appear to consider my site valuable and return it for search queries and yahoo/bing don't?

[matbennett]

Looks like you are in the UK. If that is right I wouldn't be overly concerned. It's certainly better than it being the other way around. Contentious view, so let me elaborate.

Google marketshare in the UK is generally reported as be 90-92%. Whilst it would be nice to pick up more of the remaining 8-10% I think that there are 2 questions to ask yourself before putting much effort in to Bing, Yaho et al:.

1. Are you likely to get a better return from building rank on other search engines, or by working more on your Google results?

2. How much are you willing to risk your google results to rank in other engines?

Now for the good news: The results across engines to correspond more "at the top end". As your site becomes close to the obvious choice for  a search it is more likely to appear across multiple engines.

[loopyal]

The downside, of course, is that if something happens, your whole business depends on one traffic source. That is a very bad thing.

[matbennett]

If I was looking at any project where 100% of the business came from search my priority would be to correct that rather than looking at the mix of where that search traffic comes from.