Comments on: Five Burning Questions http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/ The official blog of Yahoo! Search Marketing Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:17:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jeney andreson http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-870873 jeney andreson Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:22:22 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/#comment-870873 Nice content it would be helpfull for me .I am impressed your website . Its layout is very attractive .Thanks and keep on working Nice content it would be helpfull for me .I am impressed your website . Its layout is very attractive .Thanks and keep on working

]]> By: unlimited http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-860033 unlimited Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:55:29 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/#comment-860033 Looks like people is very mad at yahoo with the new system, hope that yahoo reads the responses of all of us and improves this a bit more or a lot of people is going to go to other place to make their advertisements and it's going to be a pain for them... Looks like people is very mad at yahoo with the new system, hope that yahoo reads the responses of all of us and improves this a bit more or a lot of people is going to go to other place to make their advertisements and it’s going to be a pain for them…

]]> By: Noticias SEM, herramientas de seguimiento de conversión y un enfoque en primer plano sobre SearchREv | Search Engine Land en Español http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-505110 Noticias SEM, herramientas de seguimiento de conversión y un enfoque en primer plano sobre SearchREv | Search Engine Land en Español Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:07:56 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/#comment-505110 [...] noticias de YSM por el momento. Mirando su blog, he encontrado un artículo interesante llamado Cinco Cuestiones Candentes en el cual se encuentrab las preguntas más populares de los seminarios web para anunciantes. [...] [...] noticias de YSM por el momento. Mirando su blog, he encontrado un artículo interesante llamado Cinco Cuestiones Candentes en el cual se encuentrab las preguntas más populares de los seminarios web para anunciantes. [...]

]]> By: Mark Logan http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-455396 Mark Logan Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:46:26 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/#comment-455396 Our problems seem very common, the new interface is confusing, without being advanced enough to produce results. We are thinking of pulling away from Yahoo, they are eating up our advertising dollar without results. Our problems seem very common, the new interface is confusing, without being advanced enough to produce results.

We are thinking of pulling away from Yahoo, they are eating up our advertising dollar without results.

]]> By: bill smith http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-454028 bill smith Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:58:43 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/#comment-454028 it's too bad you changed your system. i used a search optimizing company, nicer ad layout thru my provider and get nothing now. sure, i cut back my budget since i received a rate increase that's out of line. i'll bet that you are losing alot of clients to Google. that's where i'm going. adios to yahoo. it’s too bad you changed your system. i used a search optimizing company, nicer ad layout thru my provider and get nothing now. sure, i cut back my budget since i received a rate increase that’s out of line. i’ll bet that you are losing alot of clients to Google. that’s where i’m going.
adios to yahoo.

]]> By: Tampa Furniture and Mattress Clearance store http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-452590 Tampa Furniture and Mattress Clearance store Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:22:48 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/#comment-452590 I agree...but. "Disgruntled" makes some particularly poignient (sp?) comments and I agree with them all, but I also see a vast area for improvement in Yahoo's (and Google's for that matter) natural search results. Surfers are wise to Sponsored Search and I believe many are ignoring the results in favor of the natural results...which in my field are terrible on both Yahoo and Google. They've invested so much energy in tweaking the natural results, that legitimate business get buried behind a bunch of junk sites, all sorts of yellow pages and other directories. If I wanted to go to Yellowbook to search for widgets, I would have started at Yellowbook, not started at Yahoo only to be taken to somewhere else to do another search. As a searcher, rather than advertiser, I'm tired of the bad results. A new company that simplifies natural search for us, as users, may have a shot at disrupting the big guys. I give Yahoo some credit. I've received more help from the people at Yahoo than I've ever received from Google. I agree…but.
“Disgruntled” makes some particularly poignient (sp?) comments and I agree with them all, but I also see a vast area for improvement in Yahoo’s (and Google’s for that matter) natural search results.

Surfers are wise to Sponsored Search and I believe many are ignoring the results in favor of the natural results…which in my field are terrible on both Yahoo and Google. They’ve invested so much energy in tweaking the natural results, that legitimate business get buried behind a bunch of junk sites, all sorts of yellow pages and other directories. If I wanted to go to Yellowbook to search for widgets, I would have started at Yellowbook, not started at Yahoo only to be taken to somewhere else to do another search.

As a searcher, rather than advertiser, I’m tired of the bad results. A new company that simplifies natural search for us, as users, may have a shot at disrupting the big guys.

I give Yahoo some credit. I’ve received more help from the people at Yahoo than I’ve ever received from Google.

]]> By: Mark S http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-452248 Mark S Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:57:20 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/#comment-452248 Ditto to all of the above. I've dropped my spending to 25% of what you used to be on the old system because it's no longer worth the time and effort. The old system was so much more managable. Ditto to all of the above.
I’ve dropped my spending to 25% of what you used to be on the old system because it’s no longer worth the time and effort. The old system was so much more managable.

]]> By: Paul M. http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-452109 Paul M. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:04:43 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/#comment-452109 I am very glad to see that it was not just me that had seen bid amount skyrocket and sales plummet. I really liked the old Overture system, it was working extremely well for me, bringing in many new customers. All of a sudden, it's like someone turned off the spicket. Is there any chance we can go back to a more user-friendly PPC system? Thanks for considering our requests, Yahoo. I am very glad to see that it was not just me that had seen bid amount skyrocket and sales plummet. I really liked the old Overture system, it was working extremely well for me, bringing in many new customers. All of a sudden, it’s like someone turned off the spicket. Is there any chance we can go back to a more user-friendly PPC system? Thanks for considering our requests, Yahoo.

]]> By: Patty http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-452072 Patty Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:32:36 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/#comment-452072 I have advertised with Yahoo and Goggle as well as others. In the last 6 months my spending has almost doubled on Yahoo without increasing my sales. The new system has made most of my important keywords unusable. We can't afford to pay $2.75 for a minimum bid. When I am only paying $1.00 for the same keyword on Goggle. The worst part is when you do a search on that word there is only 1 or 2 companies that show up. So tell me why does Yahoo feel it is so important to raise the minimum bid to an amount that no one wants to pay. Thank god for GOGGLE! I have advertised with Yahoo and Goggle as well as others. In the last 6 months my spending has almost doubled on Yahoo without increasing my sales. The new system has made most of my important keywords unusable. We can’t afford to pay $2.75 for a minimum bid. When I am only paying $1.00 for the same keyword on Goggle. The worst part is when you do a search on that word there is only 1 or 2 companies that show up. So tell me why does Yahoo feel it is so important to raise the minimum bid to an amount that no one wants to pay. Thank god for GOGGLE!

]]> By: Gil C http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-451714 Gil C Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:09:00 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/06/04/burning-questions/#comment-451714 Wow! If heads don't roll I'll be amazed. I was beginning to wonder why sales had suddenly dropped off. A bit of finger pulling from orifices needed here! Wow! If heads don’t roll I’ll be amazed.
I was beginning to wonder why sales had suddenly dropped off.
A bit of finger pulling from orifices needed here!

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