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]]> By: Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog » Managing the Minimum http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-503041 Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog » Managing the Minimum Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:21:27 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-503041 [...] now, you probably have keywords with minimum bids that can change from time to time—reserve prices that reflect both the value and quality of your keyword. If you weren’t paying attention before, [...] […] now, you probably have keywords with minimum bids that can change from time to time—reserve prices that reflect both the value and quality of your keyword. If you weren’t paying attention before, […]

]]> By: Don http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-484168 Don Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:56:03 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-484168 I agree with Dave, #94. The whole point of us doing this is to make money. Not lose it. If I make a $100 EPC on most stuff (thats earning 100 dollars for every 100 clickthrus) its generally a pretty good thing. Many things do go higher, but most are lower for me. So what of this "genius" program (or some lamer assigning bogus min. bids off the top of their heads)? How can it be justified to charge us say $350 per hundred clicks for something that is only worth $85.00 per hundred clicks? Do the Bozos know that if Im bidding $50 per 100 clicks on most things Im only making $15?! Soe people need to get fired or do some extraction from where the sun does not shine. Simply try something amazing...ITS CALLED FREE MARKET ENTERPRISE! The system will regulate itself. GOD FORBID ANY OF US ACTUALLY FIND SOMETHING WE CAN BID ON AND STILL MAKE MONEY! I agree with Dave, #94. The whole point of us doing this is to make money. Not lose it. If I make a $100 EPC on most stuff (thats earning 100 dollars for every 100 clickthrus) its generally a pretty good thing. Many things do go higher, but most are lower for me. So what of this “genius” program (or some lamer assigning bogus min. bids off the top of their heads)? How can it be justified to charge us say $350 per hundred clicks for something that is only worth $85.00 per hundred clicks? Do the Bozos know that if Im bidding $50 per 100 clicks on most things Im only making $15?!

Soe people need to get fired or do some extraction from where the sun does not shine. Simply try something amazing…ITS CALLED FREE MARKET ENTERPRISE!

The system will regulate itself. GOD FORBID ANY OF US ACTUALLY FIND SOMETHING WE CAN BID ON AND STILL MAKE MONEY!

]]> By: Don http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-484154 Don Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:42:34 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-484154 Seriously. Who is the crackhead who thought up this scheme? Do these idiots have the slightest notion of how it works on our end? Letting the market self regulate works fine. For your information nobody is going to walk off with a cheap Van Gogh, even if they started the bidding at 1 cent. Keyword bidding has nothing to do with Sotherby's or a Hog Auction anyway. The reality is that most of us here in the trenches dont make jack already after paying for PPC. This is caused by newbs overbidding. These people are selling from the same source as us and are obviously in the business of going out of business. Yahoo will not have any long term success with them. Its just a matter of time before they get the picture that they are only paying money to make money for others. The problem with newbs overbidding is bad enough. Now we have some certified idiots going in there and jacking up minimum bids to ridiculous levels. Great long term move guys!...but I guess there are plenty of idiots waiting in line to overbid themselves out of business as well. I noticed in my panel that all the seriously unpopular terms I had in their went up to ridiculous amounts. Where are the ones that should of dropped below 10 cents? Do any of you see any? This is a sham, seriously. Seriously. Who is the crackhead who thought up this scheme? Do these idiots have the slightest notion of how it works on our end? Letting the market self regulate works fine. For your information nobody is going to walk off with a cheap Van Gogh, even if they started the bidding at 1 cent. Keyword bidding has nothing to do with Sotherby’s or a Hog Auction anyway.

The reality is that most of us here in the trenches dont make jack already after paying for PPC. This is caused by newbs overbidding. These people are selling from the same source as us and are obviously in the business of going out of business. Yahoo will not have any long term success with them. Its just a matter of time before they get the picture that they are only paying money to make money for others.

The problem with newbs overbidding is bad enough. Now we have some certified idiots going in there and jacking up minimum bids to ridiculous levels.

Great long term move guys!…but I guess there are plenty of idiots waiting in line to overbid themselves out of business as well.

I noticed in my panel that all the seriously unpopular terms I had in their went up to ridiculous amounts. Where are the ones that should of dropped below 10 cents? Do any of you see any? This is a sham, seriously.

]]> By: Don http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-483462 Don Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:53:41 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-483462 I just got the email and went and looked at the panel at the keywords and what the new minimum bids were. It was simply ridiculous and way way way overvalued. Making a profit on such is now completely out of the question. Did I mention that the new minimum bids were way way way too much? Seriously. Are the people making the decisions on what the new bids are on crack or something? Do they have any idea what the actual conversion ratios and metrics are? Looks to me like someone just went through the list of keywords and randomly assigned ridiculous minimum bids. At the minimum bid prices I saw the only people that will be buying them are first time newbs (who wont be doing it for long) and corporations with big pockets (until their ad mamagers get fired for going way way way over budget). This is about the most wacked out and simply stupid change I have seen in years. Seriously, I have been barely breaking even on some stuff I was bidding on at 50 cents a click...now the minimum bid for many is like $3.50 to $4.50 a click. I just cant believe the stupidity of the model. Does the person(s) on the other end have any actual idea what they are doing. It's a joke. I just got the email and went and looked at the panel at the keywords and what the new minimum bids were. It was simply ridiculous and way way way overvalued. Making a profit on such is now completely out of the question. Did I mention that the new minimum bids were way way way too much? Seriously. Are the people making the decisions on what the new bids are on crack or something? Do they have any idea what the actual conversion ratios and metrics are? Looks to me like someone just went through the list of keywords and randomly assigned ridiculous minimum bids.

At the minimum bid prices I saw the only people that will be buying them are first time newbs (who wont be doing it for long) and corporations with big pockets (until their ad mamagers get fired for going way way way over budget). This is about the most wacked out and simply stupid change I have seen in years. Seriously, I have been barely breaking even on some stuff I was bidding on at 50 cents a click…now the minimum bid for many is like $3.50 to $4.50 a click.

I just cant believe the stupidity of the model. Does the person(s) on the other end have any actual idea what they are doing. It’s a joke.

]]> By: InternetMarketingAdvice.net » New Changes in Google Adwords & Yahoo Paid Search http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-450069 InternetMarketingAdvice.net » New Changes in Google Adwords & Yahoo Paid Search Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:23:25 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-450069 [...] Minimum Bid Changes - In late February 2006, Yahoo implemented a change to their reserve bid pricing structure. Previously, all keywords could enter the auction at a minimum bid of .10 or higher. But throughout February and March, Yahoo changed the reserve bid to a variable amount which could be lower, but oftentimes higher, than the minimum bid of .10. In short, Yahoo is using a quality score system, similar to Google’s quality score algorithm, to determine the minimum bid for each keyword in the auction. Quality is based on various factors with CTR being the most important. Other quality indicators include keyword value (e.g., level of competition on a particular keyword) and that appears to be it for the moment (e.g., landing page is not currently a factor). [...] […] Minimum Bid Changes - In late February 2006, Yahoo implemented a change to their reserve bid pricing structure. Previously, all keywords could enter the auction at a minimum bid of .10 or higher. But throughout February and March, Yahoo changed the reserve bid to a variable amount which could be lower, but oftentimes higher, than the minimum bid of .10. In short, Yahoo is using a quality score system, similar to Google’s quality score algorithm, to determine the minimum bid for each keyword in the auction. Quality is based on various factors with CTR being the most important. Other quality indicators include keyword value (e.g., level of competition on a particular keyword) and that appears to be it for the moment (e.g., landing page is not currently a factor). […]

]]> By: MCPHS - Marketing Blog » Blog Archive » Help With Minimum Bids http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-447891 MCPHS - Marketing Blog » Blog Archive » Help With Minimum Bids Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:10:37 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-447891 [...] Search keywords can now be lower or higher than $.10, depending on value and quality of that term. The webinar session is designed to tell you [...] […] Search keywords can now be lower or higher than $.10, depending on value and quality of that term. The webinar session is designed to tell you […]

]]> By: Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog » Help With Minimum Bids http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-418214 Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog » Help With Minimum Bids Wed, 28 May 2008 13:00:26 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-418214 [...] Search keywords can now be lower or higher than $.10, depending on value and quality of that term. The webinar session is designed to tell you [...] […] Search keywords can now be lower or higher than $.10, depending on value and quality of that term. The webinar session is designed to tell you […]

]]> By: Judith Kazem http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-389002 Judith Kazem Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:26:32 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-389002 There have been so many changes lately, it is very difficult to keep up with them, especially for small companies such as ours. There have been so many changes lately, it is very difficult to keep up with them, especially for small companies such as ours.

]]> By: mark http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-388961 mark Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:01:30 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/02/26/minimum-bids/#comment-388961 Going back to google won't help as they've implemented a similar idea. Going back to google won’t help as they’ve implemented a similar idea.

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