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Today yahoo is now in the UK using a similar system to google regarding google’s “smart pricing” …

From today, 15th November, advertisers in the UK can benefit from discounted clicks for better quality traffic

Cool discounted clicks …

One big problem with this.. As yahoo hasn’t launched YPN in the uk then this is really only to be a tiny change.. Why?

Well… The “discount clicks” only apply to “partner distribution network” clicks.. So.. With no YPN in the uk then is a small number of site “driving” this traffic…

Don’t hold you breath for a massive increase in traffic due to this change…

 What is changing?
Previously you were charged the same amount for traffic from all websites within our partner distribution network. However, with pricing discounts, a discounting system will be introduced and you may be charged less for certain clicks than the price you would normally pay. This discount depends on the overall quality of the websites who are providing this traffic to you. As a result, your click charges may decrease

Maybe just maybe UK YPN is coming !!!

Full info here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/uk/yahoo/ysm/sps/start/overview_qbp.html

Meeting at yahoo London…  

The new awaited PPC engine from yahoo (know as panama) is almost ready to launch in the uk..

The US launch back in Feb went really well but as you know us in the UK have to wait a bit..

Looking forward to the launch

Its seems yahoo is already running some new algo test in the uk so we could be days away..
More info on this algo test http://forums.seroundtable.com/showthread.php?t=1921

Full report of everything I saw has of course been writen by our friends accross the pond..

Basically everything is here http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/006425.html

But it was good to talk about it first hand…

Barry kicked my arse when its came to yahoo swag http://www.cartoonbarry.com/2006/10/shwag_from_yahoo_search_market.html but its about level with google for me.. hehehee…

Hopefuly after uk I’ll be able to go back to yahoo and say “what I think” hehehe..

picy of yahoo stuff

Thanks yahoo guys/girls :D 

A few threads and blog posts in regards to the fact that mybloglog tracks clicks inlcuding clicks on adsense may get you banned..

As of 5 minutes ago I’ve removed MyBlogLog from my own personal blog. My Adsense account is too valuable to risk, and I’m outraged that MyBlogLog was stealing this data from my site. 

more info here

 The bottom line is that MyBlogLog is tracking AdSense and YPN clicks too. (Update: They do show you ads clicks in MBL Pro. Not having Pro does NOT stop the tracking from loading.) Who else gets this data?

More info here to

Forum info:

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=256499

 google have just update the tos …

You must not match other ads to the google styled ads… Wooo This is going to change everything.. No blending if you have any ads on your site basically.. All the ypn publishers that rotate with adsense MUST change the look of ypn or the adsense ads..

What the point ??????

Good write up over at jensense!!

However, this also affects ad units that mimic AdSense, yet are not contextual based, something that was always well within the AdSense terms and policies before now. So if you are selling text ads or running affiliate links in ad units that mimic AdSense, you will be in violation of the terms. 

http://www.jensense.com/archives/2007/01/adsense_competi.html

 More info from google

http://adsense.blogspot.com/2007/01/updated-program-policy-page.html

Over at ypn the guys at yahoo have added a new feature called the compliance manager..

This feature helps you pinpoint problems with the implementation of your Yahoo! ads, or problems with content on the same page as your Yahoo! ads, so that you can correct them—and keep the ads flowing.  

This is big news and i’ve held off posting due to my “I don’t care about YPN until I can use it in the UK”

Hopefully google will take this on board and maybe just maybe we will see far less of the “i’ve been banned” posts..When people / webmaster have no idea why..

More info here 

 And 

http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/006744.html

Well dosen’t effect me

 uk ypn come on!!!!

We are not all spammers in the uk..

Anyway ypn says :

 

We’ve been doing some tinkering under the bonnet recently, so some of you may notice a few changes in your ads. The changes you’re likely to see include the removal of ellipses (…) and truncated words, the inclusion of 40-character titles on certain ad units, and a change in the number of ads displayed on certain ad layouts.

http://ypnblog.com/blog/2006/09/19/network-update/ 

Rusty puts some picture up..

http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/006210.html