Comments on: The Blocked Domains 500 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/ The official blog of Yahoo! Search Marketing Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:16:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: unlimited http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/comment-page-1/#comment-857710 unlimited Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:31:09 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/#comment-857710 Good effort but 500 is still too low. You hit the maximum really fast and it seems to have different networks of fraudulent domains for all types of keyword niches. So it's far from being enough. The block domain feature is only available for YSM US/CAN/IT/ES/DE/FR. It should be possible to block bad domains in ALL YSM markets. YSM scandies market send 99.9% of fake clicks and there are no way to turn bad domains off. Not fair! Good effort but 500 is still too low. You hit the maximum really fast and it seems to have different networks of fraudulent domains for all types of keyword niches. So it’s far from being enough. The block domain feature is only available for YSM US/CAN/IT/ES/DE/FR. It should be possible to block bad domains in ALL YSM markets. YSM scandies market send 99.9% of fake clicks and there are no way to turn bad domains off. Not fair!

]]> By: John http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/comment-page-1/#comment-854257 John Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:24:39 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/#comment-854257 Yahoo could raise the maximum number of domains to 25,000, and within a year that wouldn't be enough. Is Yahoo so technologically inferior to its competition that it cannot offer advertisers the ability to advertise on Yahoo search only? They would likely find a lot of advertisers who had walked away from them in disgust because of all of the fraud on Sponsored Search might actually return. Their new CEO seems to clueless though, just read some of her quotes from a recent NY Times piece. Yahoo could raise the maximum number of domains to 25,000, and within a year that wouldn’t be enough. Is Yahoo so technologically inferior to its competition that it cannot offer advertisers the ability to advertise on Yahoo search only? They would likely find a lot of advertisers who had walked away from them in disgust because of all of the fraud on Sponsored Search might actually return. Their new CEO seems to clueless though, just read some of her quotes from a recent NY Times piece.

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]]> By: Sam http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/comment-page-1/#comment-835123 Sam Thu, 07 May 2009 07:33:37 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/#comment-835123 I just started advertising on Yahoo today. I have experience with google search and google content network and I understand absolutely how differently campaigns need to be setup on search vs a content campaign. I made absolutely sure to turn off "content match" because I only wanted to run a search campaign on Yahoo. 100 clicks in I look at my referrers and discover 90% of the clicks are coming from horribly templated and irrelevant websites which are not yahoo.com. I was very confused why I was getting content traffic on a search campaign. Now finding this post I am in absolute disbelief. Yahoo apparently calls ad placements on other websites part of a "Sponsored Search" campaign and will only allow me to advertise with them if I allow ads to run on these domains. There is apparently no option to only advertise on searches done on yahoo.com . This is completely backwards, what are you guys thinking? I just started advertising on Yahoo today. I have experience with google search and google content network and I understand absolutely how differently campaigns need to be setup on search vs a content campaign. I made absolutely sure to turn off “content match” because I only wanted to run a search campaign on Yahoo.

100 clicks in I look at my referrers and discover 90% of the clicks are coming from horribly templated and irrelevant websites which are not yahoo.com. I was very confused why I was getting content traffic on a search campaign.

Now finding this post I am in absolute disbelief. Yahoo apparently calls ad placements on other websites part of a “Sponsored Search” campaign and will only allow me to advertise with them if I allow ads to run on these domains. There is apparently no option to only advertise on searches done on yahoo.com .

This is completely backwards, what are you guys thinking?

]]> By: Dan PPCPROZ http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/comment-page-1/#comment-770621 Dan PPCPROZ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:05:30 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/#comment-770621 Do not be confused... We ARE talking about search, not content advertising... Just like Google Adwords offers google only, or google search plus google search partners... When will yahoo do the same? Do not be confused…

We ARE talking about search, not content advertising…

Just like Google Adwords offers google only, or google search plus google search partners…

When will yahoo do the same?

]]> By: Xantrex Technologies http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/comment-page-1/#comment-727103 Xantrex Technologies Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:11:48 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/#comment-727103 Thank you. I never choose content network. it not work with me. I use Sponsored Search for a long time. however i will try to do it. Thank you. I never choose content network. it not work with me. I use Sponsored Search for a long time. however i will try to do it.

]]> By: tv43 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/comment-page-1/#comment-686018 tv43 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:53:29 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/#comment-686018 Very helpfull ! We can use this post Very helpfull ! We can use this post

]]> By: Hugh Hood http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/comment-page-1/#comment-668870 Hugh Hood Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:01:12 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/#comment-668870 I agree with the others about a 'Yahoo ONLY' option. We pretty much have ceased sponsored search on Yahoo due to the excessive number of questionable quality clicks from God knows where. If you want me to start spending money again with you, please add this feature. Hugh Hood I agree with the others about a ‘Yahoo ONLY’ option.

We pretty much have ceased sponsored search on Yahoo due to the excessive number of questionable quality clicks from God knows where.

If you want me to start spending money again with you, please add this feature.

Hugh Hood

]]> By: Steve Kellman http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/comment-page-1/#comment-663758 Steve Kellman Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:10:41 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/#comment-663758 This may be a dumb question, but where can I go to find a list of Yahoo's search partners so that I can review it for potential exclusions? (And I second the requests to allow Yahoo-only ad placements and to limit the time periods that ads show.) This may be a dumb question, but where can I go to find a list of Yahoo’s search partners so that I can review it for potential exclusions? (And I second the requests to allow Yahoo-only ad placements and to limit the time periods that ads show.)

]]> By: gary shapiro http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/comment-page-1/#comment-663633 gary shapiro Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:53:35 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-blocked-domains-500/#comment-663633 we have seen this parked domain problem for a year now..we used to spend 500 per day on yahoo now it is 100. we cut our bids down to the bone..we only want to use yahoo search. each morning we check our statistics program and their is another few "cockroach" site we got clicked on. we go there and it is the same format for each one..people are gaming the yahoo system and yahoo does not care as revenue is needed to support the stock story. even msn has a better system..we devote 90% of our budget to google. we have seen this parked domain problem for a year now..we used to spend 500 per day on yahoo now it is 100. we cut our bids down to the bone..we only want to use yahoo search.
each morning we check our statistics program and their is another few “cockroach” site we got clicked on. we go there and it is the same format for each one..people are gaming the yahoo system and yahoo does not care as revenue is needed to support the stock story.
even msn has a better system..we devote 90% of our budget to google.

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