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Yahoo used to beat Adsense...not anymore

Discussion in 'Publisher Network' started by BigBob, Jun 22, 2006.

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    I think YPN (yahoo's answer to Google Adsense) reduced their sharing revenue. I used to make double or triple per click compared with adsense, now it's closer to even. Weird, huh?
     
    BigBob, Jun 22, 2006 IP
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    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    No not really. This was bound to happen. Being a new program they are obviously trying to encourage publishers to use them over Adsense.
     
    dcristo, Jun 22, 2006 IP
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    #3
    this should be in the YPN forum.
     
    Dekker, Jun 22, 2006 IP
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    Agent47 Well-Known Member

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    It's still in beta. I wonder what will be the payout when it becomes available to all:rolleyes:
     
    Agent47, Jun 22, 2006 IP
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    hmm...well mabey all these people will stop whining then ;)
     
    FIVE539, Jun 22, 2006 IP
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    Google knows that they are going to lose marketshare to YPN and other upstart competitors as they pay high percentages to gain a foothold. It won't last forever, so enjoy it while you can!

    In the end, I think the competition will drive up rates for QUALITY websites, just like it does for QUALITY television stations.
     
    tschrock, Jun 22, 2006 IP
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    For me YPN was 10x RPC compared to AdSense a few months ago. Now it is only 5x. Still kicking AdSense butt, for now anyway.
     
    geomark, Jun 23, 2006 IP
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    if yahoo continues to give lower and lower PPC it WILL lose to google. yahoo's ad code isnt even xhtml valid!
     
    ssk, Jun 23, 2006 IP
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    #9

    I pulled YPN because of this. The trouble being they dont have nearly the advertiser volume, so my users are less interested in their ads. I've always gotton more clicks from adsense, not that the per click amount is down, I actually make more with adsense for the same number of page impressions.
     
    joeychgo, Jun 23, 2006 IP
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    Google's ad code isn't xhtml valid either, because they use both IE and Mozilla methods for the hand/pointer icons.

    Admittedly, there isn't anything they could do to fix that and still work, but it sucks for us anal webmasters.
     
    bmelton, Jun 24, 2006 IP
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    You can easily add a single line of code to make it valid, I told people that in January yet no one knows it. I knew how to fix that the day I got approved. YPN is 1,000,000 times better than AdSense and Google, I hate Google so much. :)
     
    ArcticPro, Jun 25, 2006 IP
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    I can't necessarily speak from both sides, as YPN hasn't let me in, though I haven't resorted to blowing their house down just yet. I would have loved to have been in on their initial beta, when their rates were going to be high, but as they near a more public launch, those figures simply aren't sustainable.

    I like AdSense for the most part, but I can certainly see things that could be better, and obviously, if you're banned from the Goog, YPN is probably the best bet for you. What, specifically, about YPN is so much better?
     
    bmelton, Jun 25, 2006 IP
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    letsjoy Well-Known Member

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    as every body know Yahoo and google are now in compitetion so it can said ;)
     
    letsjoy, Jun 25, 2006 IP
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    Didn't Google start out having high amounts per click, but once it went public, and turned stable, they lowered the PPC?
     
    Duality, Jun 25, 2006 IP
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    Most people know they can get new info for google and get right back in. Google Adsense will aprove a cat.

    The question is will you get paid once you reach $100 or will some sort of "audit" once it's payday find you out?
     
    wentworth, Jun 26, 2006 IP
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    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    That is the same excuse Jeremy Zawodny is using to run Google ads instead of YPN ads on his sites ;)
    from seopedia.org
     
    Blogmaster, Jun 26, 2006 IP
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    YPN is still working very well for me and they have the majority of sites until that changes.
     
    LeeD, Jun 26, 2006 IP
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    Yeah I am feeling the same way you are Lee. My sites are growing tremendously. :)
     
    ArcticPro, Jun 26, 2006 IP
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    Woohoo! I ditto that:D
     
    idotcom, Jun 26, 2006 IP
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    It could just be a downward slide for a little while. I get it all the time on Adsense. One month I could be earning a good amount per click and then another month I could be earning peanuts.

     
    john269, Jun 29, 2006 IP