Comments on: Do You Know Where Your Ads Are? http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2009/09/10/do-you-know-where-your-ads-are/ The official blog of Yahoo! Search Marketing Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:30:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Beware of a New Click Fraud Scam on Yahoo’s Search partners | Seer Interactive SEO Blog http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2009/09/10/do-you-know-where-your-ads-are/comment-page-1/#comment-878390 Beware of a New Click Fraud Scam on Yahoo’s Search partners | Seer Interactive SEO Blog Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:30:26 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/?p=708#comment-878390 [...] weeks before we found out that all these leads were not legitimate sales prospects. I turned to Yahoo new placement tool, which was released in September 2009, to see if it was a particular search partner that was [...] [...] weeks before we found out that all these leads were not legitimate sales prospects. I turned to Yahoo new placement tool, which was released in September 2009, to see if it was a particular search partner that was [...]

]]> By: Local Web Design http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2009/09/10/do-you-know-where-your-ads-are/comment-page-1/#comment-872285 Local Web Design Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:35:54 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/?p=708#comment-872285 Great to see Yahoo improving and adding more features. As a company that specializes in delivering leads for local businesses the improvements to the geographic targeting is good news. Great to see Yahoo improving and adding more features. As a company that specializes in delivering leads for local businesses the improvements to the geographic targeting is good news.

]]> By: Pricing Adjustments Working, Say Experts http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2009/09/10/do-you-know-where-your-ads-are/comment-page-1/#comment-865468 Pricing Adjustments Working, Say Experts Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:18:19 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/?p=708#comment-865468 [...] analytics software maker Covario, is reporting that Yahoo! Search Marketing’s September change to the way pricing discounts are determined is having a significantly positive impact for advertisers. Blogger Craig Macdonald and team [...] [...] analytics software maker Covario, is reporting that Yahoo! Search Marketing’s September change to the way pricing discounts are determined is having a significantly positive impact for advertisers. Blogger Craig Macdonald and team [...]

]]> By: Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog » Pricing Adjustments Working, Say Experts http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2009/09/10/do-you-know-where-your-ads-are/comment-page-1/#comment-865448 Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog » Pricing Adjustments Working, Say Experts Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:59:41 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/?p=708#comment-865448 [...] analytics software maker Covario, is reporting that Yahoo! Search Marketing’s September change to the way pricing discounts are determined is having a significantly positive impact for advertisers. Blogger Craig Macdonald and team [...] [...] analytics software maker Covario, is reporting that Yahoo! Search Marketing’s September change to the way pricing discounts are determined is having a significantly positive impact for advertisers. Blogger Craig Macdonald and team [...]

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]]> By: Rene LeMerle » Blog Archive » Yahoo! Releases Ad Delivery Reports and New Click Charging Model http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2009/09/10/do-you-know-where-your-ads-are/comment-page-1/#comment-858384 Rene LeMerle » Blog Archive » Yahoo! Releases Ad Delivery Reports and New Click Charging Model Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:43:01 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/?p=708#comment-858384 [...] week, Yahoo! announced that the changes are now live and a new Ad Delivery Report will help advertisers make sense of the [...] [...] week, Yahoo! announced that the changes are now live and a new Ad Delivery Report will help advertisers make sense of the [...]

]]> By: unlimited http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2009/09/10/do-you-know-where-your-ads-are/comment-page-1/#comment-857691 unlimited Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:49:47 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/?p=708#comment-857691 We like the Ad Delivery Report! That is a great to block partners who produce nothing but impressions. But we'd like to have Panama in other non-us market and also the possibility to block non-pc devices such as gaming consoles and cellphones.. just like Adwords. It would sounds fair to us that we can choose to receive only Yahoo search traffic and block ALL partners. This "issue" have been reported for years now. While waiting, the current block domains should have its limit raised to at least 1000 domains and we'd like this feature to be added to ALL YSM markets.. Currently it's only available for US/CAN/FR/DE/IT. All other countries get 99% of fraud clicks and it's impossible to block fraudulent domains. Just my 2 cents! We like the Ad Delivery Report! That is a great to block partners who produce nothing but impressions. But we’d like to have Panama in other non-us market and also the possibility to block non-pc devices such as gaming consoles and cellphones.. just like Adwords.

It would sounds fair to us that we can choose to receive only Yahoo search traffic and block ALL partners. This “issue” have been reported for years now. While waiting, the current block domains should have its limit raised to at least 1000 domains and we’d like this feature to be added to ALL YSM markets.. Currently it’s only available for US/CAN/FR/DE/IT. All other countries get 99% of fraud clicks and it’s impossible to block fraudulent domains.

Just my 2 cents!

]]> By: SEM Allstars http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2009/09/10/do-you-know-where-your-ads-are/comment-page-1/#comment-857422 SEM Allstars Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:39:48 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/?p=708#comment-857422 I spend a fortune with yahoo on a monthly basis... To the tune of about 500k... and double that on Google... I get so much bad traffic from the partner network that in order for my clients to make money the sites must convert at astounding rates... With clicks costing around 10 bucks and the daily headache of tracking these criminals down and trying to get my money back its barely worth it... *when* I have the option to block the partner network my spend will increase dramatically... isn't that what yahoo wants? I spend a fortune with yahoo on a monthly basis… To the tune of about 500k… and double that on Google… I get so much bad traffic from the partner network that in order for my clients to make money the sites must convert at astounding rates… With clicks costing around 10 bucks and the daily headache of tracking these criminals down and trying to get my money back its barely worth it… *when* I have the option to block the partner network my spend will increase dramatically… isn’t that what yahoo wants?

]]> By: Austin http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2009/09/10/do-you-know-where-your-ads-are/comment-page-1/#comment-856841 Austin Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:53:59 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/?p=708#comment-856841 I am going to stop using YSM! I expect my ads to only show on Yahoo.com but that is not true and misleading because everyones ads are shown on "partner" sites as well. Most of the partner sites are total junk and high in click fraud. I was charged for 289 clicks yesterday and all of them were junk clicks. Adwords allows you to block partner sites and I guess Yahoo is waiting for a class action law suit before they allow their advertisers the option of blocking ad delivery on partner sites. Wise up Yahoo, you are hurting your brand name and long term relationship with advertisers for short term click fraud profits. Stop pretending you are doing us a favor by allowing us to manually block partner ad delivery for 500 urls. I am going to stop using YSM! I expect my ads to only show on Yahoo.com but that is not true and misleading because everyones ads are shown on “partner” sites as well. Most of the partner sites are total junk and high in click fraud.

I was charged for 289 clicks yesterday and all of them were junk clicks. Adwords allows you to block partner sites and I guess Yahoo is waiting for a class action law suit before they allow their advertisers the option of blocking ad delivery on partner sites.

Wise up Yahoo, you are hurting your brand name and long term relationship with advertisers for short term click fraud profits.

Stop pretending you are doing us a favor by allowing us to manually block partner ad delivery for 500 urls.

]]> By: alan http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2009/09/10/do-you-know-where-your-ads-are/comment-page-1/#comment-856237 alan Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:55:46 +0000 http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/?p=708#comment-856237 It is nice to see that Yahoo has finally followed google's lead and implemented this feature. Though Yahoo does not perform nearly as well as google, tools like this can at least help advertisers reduce waste on traffic coming from partners in the yahoo network that deliver junk traffic. :) It is nice to see that Yahoo has finally followed google’s lead and implemented this feature. Though Yahoo does not perform nearly as well as google, tools like this can at least help advertisers reduce waste on traffic coming from partners in the yahoo network that deliver junk traffic. :)

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