When is the date that can be used in Japan?

Answer:

The new Sponsored Search will gradually roll out to additional markets once all upgrades in the U.S. are complete. We’re committed to helping you achieve a smooth transition to the new Sponsored Search and will provide you with ample notice before upgrades take place in your market.

WOW, what a change. I am trying to learn where the next bidder is beneath me. Will there be a tool to see who is bidding for the same keywors under me and what they are paying?

And Alan asks:

I perceive these changes are not really useful as current tools and data are, for example:

“Estimated” Average Position, “this column provides an estimate of the average position in which your ad may be displayed on the results page”; this column is not an accurate data as “Position” column is. I can not see my benefit in this change; it supposed these changes are to give costumers more control of their keywords but they won’t do it at all and changes will even hide high relevant information to placed the keywords on a desire position and cost.

“Your Cost” this is a high relevant and accurate column that shows exactly how much I’m spending for each of my keywords,
if it disappears, how would I exactly know how much am I spending for each keyword?
“Bid Range for Top Positions” “this column displays the bids for the positions at the top of the search results page for each of your keywords”. But what if I don’t want to be on first or second place, how would I placed my keyword on a desire position if I can’t see who’s below or above and what’s their bidding so I spend and placed exactly what I want.

We answer:

As always, we encourage advertisers to track their results (conversion rate and other performance metrics) from individual keywords, so that you can manage your bids and creative for maximum return-on-investment. A keyword can be profitable at any position on the page, so we suggest not focusing too much on position. Rather, you should test different bids and creative (titles and descriptions) to find the “sweet spot” where your profit is the greatest.

Oh wait, I already know the answer…$$$$$

Smooth move Yahoo.