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	<title>Comments on: Improving Ad Quality, Part IV</title>
	<link>http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2007/02/21/improving-ad-quality-part-iv/</link>
	<description>The official blog of Yahoo! Search MArketing</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 18:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Australian Online Advertising News &#38; Information &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The Year in Review</title>
		<link>http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2007/02/21/improving-ad-quality-part-iv/#comment-191403</link>
		<dc:creator>Australian Online Advertising News &#38; Information &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The Year in Review</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2007/02/21/improving-ad-quality-part-iv/#comment-191403</guid>
		<description>[...] our senior director of content solutions, wrote a whole series about it (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV). Heck, we even elected a VP of Network Quality and opened a Network Quality [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] our senior director of content solutions, wrote a whole series about it (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV). Heck, we even elected a VP of Network Quality and opened a Network Quality [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Australian Online Advertising News &#38; Information &#187; Blog Archive &#187; What Quality Index is… Not</title>
		<link>http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2007/02/21/improving-ad-quality-part-iv/#comment-190254</link>
		<dc:creator>Australian Online Advertising News &#38; Information &#187; Blog Archive &#187; What Quality Index is… Not</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2007/02/21/improving-ad-quality-part-iv/#comment-190254</guid>
		<description>[...] Improving Ad Quality, Part IV [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Improving Ad Quality, Part IV [&#8230;]</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<link>http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2007/02/21/improving-ad-quality-part-iv/#comment-22008</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: WebProNews Video Blog &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Richard Ball critical of Yahoo&#8217;s Search Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2007/02/21/improving-ad-quality-part-iv/#comment-6119</link>
		<dc:creator>WebProNews Video Blog &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Richard Ball critical of Yahoo&#8217;s Search Marketing</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2007/02/21/improving-ad-quality-part-iv/#comment-6119</guid>
		<description>[...] to accept ad distribution to their partner network, which is rife with syndication fraud.&#8221;   DiggOther Formats: MP4 &#124; MP3Add this video to yoursite. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Melissa</title>
		<link>http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2007/02/21/improving-ad-quality-part-iv/#comment-3749</link>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2007/02/21/improving-ad-quality-part-iv/#comment-3749</guid>
		<description>Richard, this isn't an existing feature.  I've heard lots of advertisers asking for it, though.  Yahoo, you really should elevate the priority of this - it would make the program better for everybody.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Richard, this isn&#8217;t an existing feature.  I&#8217;ve heard lots of advertisers asking for it, though.  Yahoo, you really should elevate the priority of this - it would make the program better for everybody.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Ball</title>
		<link>http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2007/02/21/improving-ad-quality-part-iv/#comment-3511</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard Ball</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2007/02/21/improving-ad-quality-part-iv/#comment-3511</guid>
		<description>Hi Michael,

Thanks for the response.  Ok, so we advertisers cannot block individual partners.  Is there an option to opt out of all partners?  IOW, is it possible to actually buy Yahoo! Search Marketing - only PPC ads on Yahoo! properties?

If not, I think such a feature would actually improve Yahoo! PPC revenue.  I know I would bid higher for Yahoo! PPC ads.  I suspect other advertisers would also bid higher.  Combine that with not having to share revenue with partners and that's more money for Yahoo!

The alternative is that advertisers will either drop Yahoo! PPC entirely or will bid lower to maintain a positive ROI.  Not sure if the volume from "search" partners (mostly parked domains) at lower CPC would make up the difference.  Certainly doesn't seem to be a good long term strategy for Yahoo!

My apologies if a Yahoo!-only PPC ad configuration is an existing feature in the Panama upgrade that I simply haven't found.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Michael,</p>
<p>Thanks for the response.  Ok, so we advertisers cannot block individual partners.  Is there an option to opt out of all partners?  IOW, is it possible to actually buy Yahoo! Search Marketing - only PPC ads on Yahoo! properties?</p>
<p>If not, I think such a feature would actually improve Yahoo! PPC revenue.  I know I would bid higher for Yahoo! PPC ads.  I suspect other advertisers would also bid higher.  Combine that with not having to share revenue with partners and that&#8217;s more money for Yahoo!</p>
<p>The alternative is that advertisers will either drop Yahoo! PPC entirely or will bid lower to maintain a positive ROI.  Not sure if the volume from &#8220;search&#8221; partners (mostly parked domains) at lower CPC would make up the difference.  Certainly doesn&#8217;t seem to be a good long term strategy for Yahoo!</p>
<p>My apologies if a Yahoo!-only PPC ad configuration is an existing feature in the Panama upgrade that I simply haven&#8217;t found.</p>
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		<title>By: Administrator</title>
		<link>http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2007/02/21/improving-ad-quality-part-iv/#comment-3147</link>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2007/02/21/improving-ad-quality-part-iv/#comment-3147</guid>
		<description>&lt;em&gt;Dear Richard,

Sorry, but we don’t draw a distinction between traffic from our thousands of publisher sources, nor do we allow advertisers to opt-out of particular partner implementations. When advertisers bid on a particular keyword, the bid covers clicks from all sources. Also, since advertisers themselves control their bids, the price paid per click reflects the aggregate value of that traffic.

-M2&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Dear Richard,</p>
<p>Sorry, but we don’t draw a distinction between traffic from our thousands of publisher sources, nor do we allow advertisers to opt-out of particular partner implementations. When advertisers bid on a particular keyword, the bid covers clicks from all sources. Also, since advertisers themselves control their bids, the price paid per click reflects the aggregate value of that traffic.</p>
<p>-M2</em></p>
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