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I think they can make more money with yahoo publisher network, if they make it worldwide. Many webmasters will use yahoo publishers, and yahoo ads will be spread in all websites, which is not going to happen with that 100million
100% agree with you .. if YPN was made for worldwide publisher .. I might fall in love with Yahoo! .. for now, I'll keep my heart for Google .. Unless I can find some handsome guy here ..
really yahoo can compete google in real sense.. Its all about trust and network coverage..and i think people trust at yahoo for more than google where come to their privacy..also they have worldwide network.. http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2885&iArticleId=5138344 http://www.googledaily.com/documentaries/45-googles-dark-side-google-conspiracy.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google http://www.google-watch.org/bigbro.html
Remember they did not sell! They got investment from Microsoft! I would say this is part of the long term plan!