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Announcing The Yahoo! Publisher Network Self-Serve Beta
You may have heard a few rumors over the past few months about Yahoo! developing more solutions for small- and medium-sized publishers. Well, those rumors are true, and we're 100% committed to living up to them.
I'm proud to announce today that Yahoo! has launched a beta network in the U.S. for small- and medium-sized publishers. Currently available through invitation only, as Yahoo! tests and refines the new platform, small- and medium-sized publishers can easily sign up online and access new revenue sources and enhanced Yahoo! content through our new self-serve platform. Our goal is to extend the beta to more publishers by the end of the year.
We spoke to many Web publishers throughout our alpha phase to get a sense of what you want out of a publishing platform. Several things became clear: In addition to the obvious -- competitive revenue opportunities - you expressed a desire for more ways to enhance the content of your sites and connect with your users. You also indicated that you'd like more control - not only over how ads appear, but also over what types of ads appear on their sites. In addition, the publishers we spoke to expressed a need for more accessible customer service.
We heard those requests, and we've built a beta product that addresses those needs. Our new self-serve platform will offer publishers new sources of revenue, starting with our Content Match contextual advertising product, and one-stop access to unique Yahoo! products, such as "Add to My Yahoo!" buttons and Yahoo!'s Y!Q beta. The Yahoo! Publisher Network self-serve beta will also offer phone and email customer service and in the coming weeks, will feature ad targeting capabilities to publishers. And that's just the beginning. Down the road look for more opportunities through the self-serve platform that draw from other types of Yahoo! content (Think: Web search, "Add to My Web" buttons, RSS advertising, shopping...).
As we gather feedback from our initial beta phase, we'll further shape and refine our new products and services to bring to the entire global publishing community. We've already received a lot of great feedback from you, and hope that you'll continue to send us your questions, ideas and "wish lists." We hope all of our publishers, advertisers and users find the Yahoo! Publisher Network as valuable as we think it is and we can't wait to hear your comments.
For more information on the Yahoo! Publisher Network, click here.
Will Johnson
Vice President & General Manager, Yahoo! Publisher Network Self-Serve Beta


Comments
What would be really cool is if you could allow some Yahoo 360 users to use the Yahoo Ads on their pages!
Posted by: Alex | August 3, 2005 02:14 AM
Great: It is more flexible for small websites, hope you can make it worldwide soon.
Posted by: Carlos | August 3, 2005 05:12 AM
cool, i already use Gooogle Adsense I was thinking about swithcing when I saw R.Beatie testing the Yahoo ads. Can't wait to switch !
Posted by: Guillaume | August 3, 2005 05:33 AM
With the program aimed at small- and medium-sized web sites, I hope Yahoo sets their payment schedule lower than Google's AdSense. Then it would be a true value to those lesser-read blogs that must feel like they will never get a check from Google.
Posted by: EngineBlog.com | August 3, 2005 07:40 AM
This is waht I said in the previous comment area.... We are now all happy (...Yahoo needs to let me beta test it...haha)
Posted by: Anonymous | August 3, 2005 08:14 AM
Hello,
You know what would really be nice? Support for web publishers living outside the US. Like me.
I, for example, run a growing adsense supported forum for citizens of a large West African country, where I live.
But only 16.7% of my traffic is local - 41.6% of my traffic is from the US, 12% is from the UK, and the rest spread around the world.
Surely, such a website is of value to even US-based advertisers, though the owner isn't US-based. What are you doing to take advantage of websites such as mine?
Seun.
Posted by: Seun Osewa | August 5, 2005 10:28 AM
Hey,
We want to be the Beta -stage evaluator of this yahoo program,Can some one send us the invitation. we are operating through india and our approch is the whole globe.
with Regards
Kapil Singhal
Posted by: Kapil Singhal | August 11, 2005 07:10 AM
I've been pretty wary about using AdSense because of all the horror stories I hear from people who have had their accounts disabled due to "fraudulent" clicks. I'm looking at YPN mostly because I'd like to work with a company that won't disable me without even telling me why. Please don't credit us for fraudulent clicks... but don't disable us, either!
Posted by: Darren | August 12, 2005 07:21 PM
Yeah, I was disabled by Google Adsense, and I did not cheat (I run a fairly popular website). I wrote them, no reply. I'm certain whatever Yahoo provides will be better than that. Anyone know how long the approval process takes? I applied to YPN a couple days ago.
Regards,
James
Posted by: James | August 13, 2005 07:32 AM
We all know that google has been taking advantage of us all, can't wait for an alternative option, hope you hit the UK soon!!!
Posted by: Zafar ali | August 29, 2005 05:49 PM
Looks great. Anyone have an "express" way to be offered an invite? My friend received an invitation, but I have yet to see an email from Yahoo.
Posted by: Elliot | August 30, 2005 10:33 PM
I was previously with Adsense also and was banned for "fradulent clicks." I guess my members just clicked ads randomly. I use kanoodle ads now. They are not good at all and I am expecting yahoo to be a much better alternative.
I cant wait to test/use it!
Posted by: Carey D. | September 4, 2005 02:21 PM
I was using Google Adsense,its good.But more enthu over upcoming Yahoo's Publisher.I have already Registered for it,I hope when it comes out of US I can test try it.
Posted by: Rajesh Goalla | September 21, 2005 01:22 AM
One of the lucky Beta testers here...
Not impressed, but I'm not disapointed either. Too early to tell for sure one way or another.
I do hope you Yahoo's pull this off well, everyone I know is tired of google running the show.
Posted by: Brad B. | October 4, 2005 09:02 PM
I have a question and I hope someone can answer.
If Yahoo detects invalid clicks on a publisher's site, will Yahoo simply filter out the invalid ones and not discontinue the publisher's entire account?
Posted by: Marsha | October 9, 2005 07:49 PM
I got invitation to test YPN Beta. I feel it's better than AdSense, simple easy to use self-service platform for small publishers like me. I read all terms of use and Yahoo is not as arrogant as Google. Surely, YPN will take over AdSense.
Posted by: Joe | October 15, 2005 07:32 AM
I got invitation to test YPN Beta. I feel it's better than AdSense, simple easy to use self-service platform for small publishers like me. I read all terms of use and Yahoo is not as arrogant as Google. Surely, YPN will take over AdSense.
Posted by: Joe | October 15, 2005 07:33 AM
There are Lot of Reason I like YAhoo better...
1] All the other Big companies[like Adsense] are taking advantage of publishers b/c THey things they are the only 1 in market...
2] Adsense support is very bad that I dont have words, No replies+No security[I think]==I create acount [didnt receive their PIN untill 3 months [+NO replies]
3] Every1 wants new and Best support at same time
4] b/c I dont like adsense:D
Take care..
Reply if U can......
Posted by: Nil | October 19, 2005 10:29 AM
I just got the Google "Account Disabled" email because they said I had "invalid clicks". I have never clicked on my own ads and am disgusted at the way they have treated a loyal and honest customer. They have failed to reply to my email trying to get my account re-instated. I hope the Yahoo Publisher Network gets out of Beta soon so we can all join it. I suspect there will be a lot of sites that have been banned for life from AdSense for no good reason that will flock to this new service when it is generally available.
Well done Yahoo! Goodbye arrogant Google.
Posted by: Neal Weston | October 25, 2005 10:21 AM
I have just one request of YPN!. If you detect invalid clicks on a web site simply withhold the money for those clicks. Don't do what Google does (i.e disable the account, take all the money in the account to date that hasn't been paid and ban that person from using AdSense for the rest of their life). If you search for "AdSense Account Disabled" in any search engine you will see the thousands of former AdSense customers who have been thrown out of the program because of circumtances beyond their control. All these sites will use YPN as long as you don't adopt the same policy as Google AdSense.
Posted by: Carl | October 25, 2005 11:00 AM
Bravo Yahoo! 5 days before they were due to send me a check for $120 Google AdSense cancelled my account because they said I had been clicking on my own ads. I have never been so insulted in all my life.
Attempts to contact Google Support resulted in a stoney silence. Can't wait to try out Yahoo's offering.
Posted by: Neil | October 25, 2005 11:22 AM
I agree with the posts above. If Yahoo can filter out invalid clicks rather than disabling the user accounts, I do believe most Adsense publishers will quit Google immediately. Why? Google is too arrogant. The customer service of this company will finally hurt its reputation. Adsense team disabled the publisher account without any evidence. They said our sites have invalid clicks. How can we avoid our site to expose to the countries or people who are suspected to generate invalid clicks? When this giant internet company cannot do it, how we, as a small publishers, can achieve this goal!
Posted by: Kelvin | October 28, 2005 01:20 AM
I have been trying for weeks to get on the beta.
But no luck!
tim
Posted by: tim adams | November 1, 2005 01:07 PM
I have found AdSense to be nothing but a nightmare. Their support is attrocious. If you email them a question you wait 3 days for a reply and when it arrives it is a cut and paste boilerplate answer that makes it perfectly clear they didn't even read the message.
They have billions of dollars in cash and some of the best engineers on the planet (or so they claim) but cannot answer simple questions ina timely manner and disable accounts without any investigation into invalid clicks. If Yahoo can get this right they will have many "AdSense Refugees" coming to them and bringing them business.
Posted by: Rob | November 7, 2005 10:30 AM
well i think yahoo will somehow take over 50% google adsense business in end of next year. ( if they cam out of beta soon). but what i think yahoo is missing a good search engine. i think they need much more intension in that field too. people go and type google.com and search. rather than typing search.yahoo.com ,to do good with pay per click business one should have a good support system too.
Posted by: IndianMafia | November 10, 2005 03:18 AM
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Only solution to all yahoo! related problems
Posted by: Back2basics | November 10, 2005 03:20 AM
I'm in the YPN Beta. Wow if it's all true I'm I'm going to make a couple of thousand more then I ever did with google. I've never been banned from Google but I'm banning them LOL. My only question is The adjusted balance at the end of the month? I wonder what the adjustment difference will be. I'd like to know if it's a small difference or huge. I just got my ads up on Tuesday & it's already ran circles around my Google balance. Bye Bye Google.
Posted by: HippyBuggsGirl | November 11, 2005 11:48 AM
Google banned me though I never clicked myself or inspired anyone 2 click my ads.
Looking forward to YPN and as others said here, dont pay for invlaid clicks but plz dont ban
When ll it be available 2 indians? eagerly waiting
Posted by: Nipon Haque | November 12, 2005 08:44 AM
Hello All!
Actually, it is sure to believe that google trying to become Microsoft by stealing publishers income. Where they think most of the people click their own ads. And if your earning goes more than $500 in any month, it is sure you will be banned. There is no alternative for publishers, so they believe you must signup again with another domain and also use it your previous popular site, and they will approve you and also send pin number. But after three months, when u just waiting to get 1st month payment, you will receive a mail:
“Hello (Name) , Your AdSense account was found to be related to an account previously disabled for invalid click activity and we have therefore disabled your account. Publishers disabled for invalid click activity are not allowed further participation in AdSense and do not receive any further payment. The earnings on your account will be properly returned to the affected advertisers. As outlined in our program Terms and Conditions, Google reserves the right to terminate any publisher's participation at any time. Sincerely, The Google AdSense Team”
So, they are stealing all publishers 7 months income (3 & half and 3 & half). It is sure “The earnings on your account will be properly returned to the affected advertisers” this will never happened coz there is no single clicks by you specially 2nd time. And they found your previously disabled website 3 months later just before when you are waiting to get 1st month payment check.
If they got more than $3000 just from 1 publisher, how many publishers banneding daily? And Google's real income using this publisher websites must be $3000 X 5 if they give 20% to publishers.
Most of webmasters try his best to make his site popular to earn from ads. So, they try hard. No day! No night! No holiday. But after 7 months, they got a “0” income.
So, we publishers want no income from invalid clicks; even accept lower commissions from Yahoo’s actual earning from advertiser but a warranty not to be banned.
Thanks All
Posted by: Raju | November 26, 2005 02:46 AM
The initial figures for Yahoo Publisher are *awesome*. How soon are you getting out of Beta? Looked but couldn't find a scheduled date .. looking forward!
When you said you'd beaten GMail, I wasn't fooled. But with this effort you have truly beaten AdSense.
Great job, Yahoo..
Posted by: Pranab | November 29, 2005 06:18 AM
I have been running adsense ads on my sites for more than a year. and have been in on the beta for ypn and I am not real impressed with ypn.
Either they do not have the advertiser base or have yet to figure out how to match the ads to the content on the publishers website.
I run 6 websites at first I ran 3 with google adsense and 3 with YPN as a test now I have 5 with adsense and 1 with YPN because my visitors are not clicking on the same 5 ads yahoo is showing on each and every page of my site because they are not related to what my site is about. I have made thousands from google adsense this month and barely 100.00 from yahoo but im keeping my fingers crossed because i dont want all my eggs in one basket. And google is kinda uppity
Posted by: Adam | November 30, 2005 02:34 PM
Adam-"I have made thousands from google adsense this month "
I don't believe you Adam.
Posted by: Doug | November 30, 2005 10:40 PM
As every1 is saying that Google is stealing money and that is for sure they're stealing Publishers money and not even giving it back to Advertisers .. those 2 lamers are billionaires just by stealing our money .. this friggin company with a ridiculous name should be sued ... right now i'm using YPN and o my you guys wont believe it their CTR is just awesomei couldn't imagine with that google S*@*@ that i would ever make 2k in a single day .. wtg Yahoo ! .. i would say Yahooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !
Posted by: Syed | December 4, 2005 06:45 PM
If you want nights with sleep, never use google adsense!
Posted by: Me, a publisher | December 8, 2005 07:15 AM
Please bring to the UK asap - as post's above Google have just banned me for invalid clicks - I told them I would never use them again for their invalid honesty
It took me a year to get up to approx £300 monthly payout - to see £480 of it disaapear down the drain.
Google Adsense - Thieving bastards!
The king is dead - long live Yahoo!
Posted by: Peter | December 10, 2005 08:50 AM
I applied for the Beta about two weeks ago. Anyone have an idea how long it might take? Or, is there a way to get an invite?
Posted by: Evan | December 12, 2005 08:27 PM
I am from India. Can anybody tell me will Indian sites are allowed in YPN...
I worked hard on my site. I invested so much money for publishing my website.
In first month I got only $15 but in next month I got $289.
When they r ready to send me the check they told me...
your account is disabled coz of fraud clicks..
Hahahah .....whats they are ?
Really cant believe that....
YPN waiting for you in INDIA
Posted by: alllinfolinks | December 13, 2005 01:25 AM
I applied to YPN and it only took 2 days. It is really fast. I hope yahoo will be better than adsense. With too many accounts disabled each day, I am afraid to use my adsense. Publishers are not stupid to click on their own ads just to get a few dollars.
I think Yahoo SHOULD just ignore invalid clicks. If they feel that 100% of the clicks are invalid, then just ignore it. It is better to hear that than disabling your account. Hehe.
Yahoo will take the lead and will force Google to make some changes in their program. This is what I think. With the number of banned accounts and the thought of being INSECURE with GOOGLE, publishers will look for a safer ground. hopefully it will be Yahoo!
Posted by: Patch | December 19, 2005 01:16 PM
When is YPN getting out of Beta? The expected date was near the end of 2005.. which is here.
Can anyone from Yahoo give an estimated timeframe?
Posted by: Pranab | December 20, 2005 10:22 AM
Google can kiss my a$$. I have never been banned by them but thier customer support is horrible. I had a simple question which was quite relevant and I got back a cookie cutter email telling a whole lot about absolutely nothing. Needles to say i dropped them and am using chitika for now. they pay good but the ctr is quite low. when will ypn come to Canada?
Posted by: firemutt | December 21, 2005 09:02 AM
I used Google's AdSense for a couple of months, making very little $$ at first, but then my site got popular and my income started increasing, I was happy and all...
Then I tried their FireFox referral program, which means you get *up to* USD1.00 for each person downloads FireFox using your Google button. A friend of mine downloaded it on the 1st day (he told me afterwards so I knew it was him), he was very happy with it because he liked FireFox much better. So I was pretty happy too coz I was offered the opportunity to improve my friends' browsing experience while making some extra cash for myself.
Then, a few days later, another friend of mine used the same button to download and install FireFox on the PC's at work. He made a couple of downloads and he told me afterwards. So I was expecting to get a few extra bucks from that.
But no it didn't happen. My record showed that there were clicks but no earnings were made. So I emailed Google and asked about this.
Guess what I got in return? They actually banned me just because someone who liked FireFox and downloaded it using my Google button happen to be my friends !
What is that all about? Isn't that FireFox referral program meant to help more people switch to FireFox? And I got banned because I successfully helped making it happen?
It's not like I told my friends to click on my ads or anything like that. My site is a personal blog, of course the visitors are most likely my own friends, and thus it's likely that they trust whatever I've got to offer !
I just don't get it and I'm super disappointed at Google.
Posted by: shirley | December 21, 2005 11:44 AM
WHY PUBLISHERS ARE LEAVING GOOGLE ADSENSE OR THINKING OF LEAVING GOOGLE ADSENSE NONSENSE
PUBLISHERS ARE LEAVING GOOGLE ADSENSE PROGRAM
1. NO TRANPARENCY IN THEIR PROGRAM
2. GOOGLE FOREFIET THEIR MONEY.
3.GOOGLE PUNISH INNOCENT SMALL PUBLISHERS.
4. GOOGLE DOSENT HAVE ANY MECHANISM TO PREVENT INVALID CLICK OR EVEN JUDGE IT.
5. THEY HAVE VERY SLOW CUSTOMERS SERVICE TO REPLY TO QUERIES OF PUBLISHERS.
6. YOUR APPEALS ARE NOT HEARD IF YOUR ACCOOUNT IS DISABLED.
7. THEY TREAT PUBLISHERS LIKE CRIMINALS.
8. THEY HUMILIATE PUBLISHERS.
9. IF THEY DISABLE YOUR ACCOUNT THEN YOU MANUALLY HAVE TO REMOVE ALL THEIR CODES & IT DESTROYS PUBLISHERS & WEBMASTERS WEBSITES.
10. THEY DO NOT DISCLOSE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY ARE GOING TO PAY TO YOU OR HOW MUCH PROFIT THEY ARE SHARING WITH PUBLISHERS & HOW MUCH THEY ARE LOOTING.
11. THEY PLACE COOKISE IN YOUR COMPUTER & GET ALL THE INFORMATION O YOUR WEB SURFING HABITS.
12. THEY ARE TRYING TO DICTATE & OVERTAKE INTERNET ADVERTISING.
13. WHEN THEY DISABLE PUBLISHERS ACCOUNT THEY ALSO DEBAR PUBLISHERS FROM SUBMITTING THEIR WEBSITES TO GOOGLE SEARCHE ENGINE.
14. GOOGLE ALSO PUNISH PUBLISHERS & WEBMASTERS BY CHANGING THEIR POLICIES FREQUENTLY WITHOUT MOST PUBLISHERS KNOWING ABOUT IT BY INSERTING CLAUSES IN THEIR TERMS & CONDITIONS WHICH ARE AGAINST THE INTEREST OF PUBLISHERS SO THAT THEY FIND IT DIFFICULT CLAIM DAMAGES IN THE COURTS.
15.GOOGLE DOES NOT DECLARE TO PUBLISHERS AS TO HOW MUCH THEY ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THEIR BLOODY TOOLBAR.
16.THEY HAVE BECOME ARROGANT & TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE INTERNET.
17.THEY HUMILIATE THEIR PUBLISHERS.
Posted by: google nonsense | December 22, 2005 05:53 AM
Yes Google Adsense Is Increasingly Unpopular With Publishers as they seem to be waiting for YPN & probable then they will get the oppoturnity to kick Google Dogs Adsense out.
Posted by: samy | December 23, 2005 07:07 AM
Google sucks!! I banned Google.
Posted by: Jake | December 24, 2005 09:19 PM
I am an Indian . i applied for YPN with false identity and i got in YPN beta. But i have no US TAX ID. So now i am not able to earn or display ads . I told yahoo! every thing and they told i can change my address when its available for Indians.
We are waiting for YPN!!!
Posted by: Vishnu | December 26, 2005 01:47 AM
The Yahoo Available balance is a huge difference from the total estimated balance...I would say about 1/10th of the total...
Posted by: matt | January 4, 2006 02:08 PM
Hell matt
You are mistook this Check is for November not for all time
at any way i am from egypt and i get nothing but only test this
thanks
saad
Posted by: Saad | January 5, 2006 07:46 PM
So far, Yahoo's beta has been great. Their service is excellent as I've received an email from their support team on a Saturday. Awesome. Quick response and very informative. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Posted by: John | January 6, 2006 08:30 PM
YPN !! when wil u be worldwide... i.am waiting.I give a s**t to Google ADsense . They have stolen ma money i waited for 3 months and made $ 104 and suddenly i received their account disabling mail for same F*****G reason of invalid links.Dont i have other work to do then to just sit and click on all ads.Goole is a big Pack of S**T.
YPN when i be able to join u ................
Posted by: prince | January 8, 2006 02:52 AM
Do you know what would be nice. That yahoo publisher would use some more relevant ads. I think this will come in the futur. i'm looking forward to this.
Posted by: Christophe | January 12, 2006 06:02 AM
I got a invite today, I can't use it as I am in UK. In case, anyone from US needs it.. I'll be happy to give it away.. Drop me a mail @ efrendz@gmail.com
Posted by: Anusha | January 15, 2006 08:35 AM
I really hope some smart hackr takes on the google adsense program.They are just a load of arrogant cheats.I am using oxado at the mo
http://www.designer-bathroom-remodeling.co.uk/
I am not sure about them.There ads look ok on my site tho.
Posted by: fast eddie | January 25, 2006 10:45 AM
Hi,
I too have been cheated by google and was wondering if yahoo is currently accepting publishers in Canada. Any help would be appreciated.
Posted by: 2006 | January 25, 2006 11:13 PM
Yahoo publisher is really good, but i think google's support is better than Yahoo's support. My google adsense never got disabled, when i got yahoo's invitation i switched all my ads to Yahoo. After running 3 months, i recieved an email from Yahoo team saying that my site got temperorly suspended and it is under quality teams review and will inform the final status ASAP. I said ok, becoz thr no fraud clicks for sure.
It's been 2 months already i am waiting for yahoo quality teams email. When i contact yahoo publisher support, they said they cannot do anything now because it is still under review. This is the third month/.
Currently i am back to google. Still waiting for Yahoo. Who knows whats next.. ..
Posted by: Aj | January 27, 2006 03:12 PM
Yahoo is awesome! I purchased 40 yahoo invites. If anyone is interested, drop me a mail..
anusha.invites@gmail.com
Posted by: Anusha | February 3, 2006 08:22 AM
I have only been with Yahoo for 7 days, but I can clearly see this is much better then Google's Adsense.
Posted by: Bman | February 3, 2006 02:08 PM
Please bring YPN to India soon.
Posted by: Nipon Haque | February 10, 2006 10:28 AM
How does one get in to the Yahoo! beta program? I've tried signing up and have waited over a week now -- no response at all (not even sure if they got it). My site is a long-time, legitimate, high-traffic content site in the U.S. ... seems they would be dying to work with me.
Are they accepting new sites? Or do you have to have an invite from an existing Yahoo! beta publisher?
Posted by: Dave | February 20, 2006 08:23 PM
AdSense disabled my account when I had almost $300, the reason is that I had it on geocities, and there are some yahoo ads. Plus I downloaded FireFox for myself... I really want to test YPN. Cant wait till I'll get a chance to use it. My site I've been working on for a couple month already is comming soon... Good luck, Yahoo! I know your customer service would be a lot better since I had to write google twice until they replied. Their reply was mean too. There is no worse customer servie than adsense's... I ban google, start using yahoo...
Posted by: Russ | February 27, 2006 09:09 PM
I wrote a review of Yahoo YPN at http://www.alexgomes.com/blog/gomes/yahoo-ypn/
Posted by: Gomes | March 4, 2006 09:28 AM
All- Thanks for your all your comments/feedback. For those of you who are interested in being invited into the Yahoo! Publisher Network beta, visit publisher.yahoo.com to learn more and sign up.
For those of you already in the beta or have general questions, I do my best to respond to Yahoo! Publisher Network related questions on Search Engine Watch, WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint message boards.
Posted by: YahooSarah | March 6, 2006 01:58 PM
It'd be fantastic if YPN is available for people from outside the US. I've been trying to get Google Adsense for a while now but no luck and yes, they don't answer emails. I've also read too many horror stories on Google Adsense that it's scaring the beejeezus out of me.
Please bring YPN to Malaysia.
YPN, please don't become like GoogleAds when you're successful.
Posted by: Nana | March 7, 2006 01:34 AM
Please post a date as to expected world wide release... how long does beta last?
Posted by: Articledash | March 7, 2006 10:12 AM
Please say when you are going to be available to countries?
Posted by: Generic Superhero | March 23, 2006 07:22 PM
I have been using YPN for going on 3 months now, and I can say I will never even think about recommending adsense to anyone again. Yahoo called my home phone multiple times just to ask me how everything was working.. You can't get better service than having the company call you and ask about their products. That's just F'n awesome.
There were a few glitches in the YPN system, but they explained to me exactly why they were like that and were extremely polite in the process.
All I have to say is keep on the ball Yahoo, word of mouth advertising is all you're going to need if the service stays this good!
Posted by: sam | March 24, 2006 05:34 PM
Great. Because I hate Google and I loathe AdSense!!! Can't wait to see Yahoo bury Google alive in 2-3 years in PPC market.
Posted by: Jon | March 30, 2006 07:36 AM
Forgot to add my biggest irk with Google monsters. Their pathetic, BS motto: "don't be evil"...
Are they freakin' kidding us with that nonsense?
They have become the epitome of EVIL!!!
Worthless jackasses. I cannot wait for Yahoo Publisher to launch worldwide and bury Google where they belong. In the ground with the worms and the slugs.
Posted by: Jon | March 30, 2006 07:51 AM
Yahoo Beta Mail Vesrion will apply worldwide or not?
Posted by: Mohamed | April 2, 2006 03:02 AM
lol... i have been banned bcs my name was in DB of google adsense and have invalid clicks before i register my ACC :) i write email.. after 7 days they re-instated my ACC... after another 30 days... they ban me again.. same reason :) i write another 4 letters... no response.. is funny.. U don't use never before Adsense and u get ban... with ~800$ cash that was not paid!
Posted by: seryi | April 3, 2006 11:20 AM
I think Google doing this because he has monopoly market at present i,e no competiors.
He forget that publishers are also a major part of marketing or advertisement source.
Google killing meany good publishers to banner them forever.
One day will be come when those number of publishers will take a form of EVERAST.
The dayes is not so far when meany honest publsiher will be fight against "google adsence" with the support of "yahoo" in our vast Internet landscape.
so beware google .....no one is king except "GOD".
Think it again....................
Posted by: Siraj Samaddar | April 17, 2006 11:53 AM
I really want YPN to become available in the UK. I need them because at the moment im stuck using clicksor on my site at **autosurf-world**
I really hope they can make this available soon.
Posted by: James | April 17, 2006 01:08 PM
I just wanted to throw in one more request for YPN to begin accepting Canadian sites. My Google Adsense experience mirror most of the ones written above although I wonder about being able to use YPN ads on Blogger blogs, since Google now owns Blogger. Anyone have suspicions that they might try to block YPN from Blogger?
Posted by: Ian | April 26, 2006 08:05 AM
I just wanted to throw in one more request for YPN to begin accepting Canadian sites. My Google Adsense experience mirror most of the ones written above although I wonder about being able to use YPN ads on Blogger blogs, since Google now owns Blogger. Anyone have suspicions that they might try to block YPN from Blogger?
Posted by: Ian | April 26, 2006 08:06 AM
I just wanted to throw in one more request for YPN to begin accepting Canadian sites. My Google Adsense experience mirror most of the ones written above although I wonder about being able to use YPN ads on Blogger blogs, since Google now owns Blogger. Anyone have suspicions that they might try to block YPN from Blogger?
Posted by: Ian | April 26, 2006 08:07 AM
I have not received any news from yahoo either, you would think they would respond quickly and approve sites so that they could get paid! Anybody have an invite they want to shoot my way can send it to the following email address... feedback@blogforcapital.com
Posted by: mike | May 4, 2006 11:30 AM
Want to keep track on your Yahoo! publishers revenues?
I just download a new application called PublisherZ Monitor that can monitor your Yahoo! publishers revenues. You can download it from their web site at www.publisherz.com
Posted by: shefer | June 6, 2006 08:30 AM
Please hurry YPN - we need you in OZ - the land down under - Google has become so arrogant
Posted by: sunirmalya | June 7, 2006 05:05 PM
Yahoo has been very late. Google has captured the ad market -- at least in India. All small and medium businesses have joined adwords. I doubt how much success will it get after such a long delay?
Posted by: Nipon | June 16, 2006 03:04 AM
Google adsense is BAS-TADDs they banned my account bcoz of few invalid clicks did by my someone. they not replied for my email and even they are not giving any money to me and they are doing fraud for publishers and small website owners. when yahoo is coming to INDIA" i am waiting for that
Posted by: Abhishek | June 23, 2006 02:18 PM
All sounds great, but one problem.... If you ever have a problem, you get ABSOLUTELY NO CUSTOMER SERVICE. Me , personally, have been waiting 2 weeks for a response from a customer service rep. I have emailed 7-10 times, asking for assistance. All I get is an automated response that someone will contact me within 24 hours. That was weeks ago. With bad service , just makes me run from this company.
P.S. They have no problems charging me on time though.
Posted by: susan | July 7, 2006 09:54 AM
Hi guys I apply for yahoo publisher a while and I have been waiting for 6 months. I see other sites with less traffic than my sites and with yahoo ads. I just dont get it. Do I need to change my name from Jose to Joseph? Dont get it. One thing that google has but yahoo does not is they aproove you or not in a couple of days. yahoo takes for ever. Im my book that is not cool. I see some positngs about their phone support. Adsense might not have one but they have never left me out in the dark. They always repond to any of my question in no more than 24 hours. So far yahoo has not shown to me at least they are better. I make tons of money with adsense I doubt yahoo wants my business.
Adios
Posted by: Jose L Morales | July 12, 2006 12:11 PM
How long does it take to get approved or disapproved? It's been like 4 days now.
Is their another way to get up and started, like an invite.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Posted by: Bob | July 15, 2006 08:49 AM
The above things against Google Adwords is 100% true. That Google thieves never give amount when it exceeds some %200 to $300. I also had the same experience. even i suggested them to modify the system to ignore invalid clicks. But they are so arrogant that they treat small publishers as criminals. there words are so harsh, it really hurt the publishers. I have removed google search from my site www.mysoreonline.co.in. I am waiting for YPN. YPN should not make this type of mistake. they should just ignore the invalid cliks. then nobody will try to make invalid cliks. this is simple and can be easily done by google. But they purposefully they dont do it, becoz they want to steal the money of small publishers. Google will definetly collapse if this attitude is continued. We BAN GOOGLE FROM OUR WEBSITE. FRIENDS YOU ALSO DO THE SAME to teach a lesson to Google the Great thieves of twenty first century
Posted by: vidya | July 19, 2006 07:57 PM
How long does it take Yahoo to get back to someone when they sign up for YPN to let them know if they have been accepted or not?
Posted by: Angelo | August 10, 2006 11:55 AM
Google are prats and the sooner people stop using them the better the net will be.
We are idiots for putting up with Google and it's crappy arrogant attitude.
Here's hoping that Yahoo take note of these comments and treat Publishers Fairly.
It doesn't matter what anyone does someone will always try to beat the system.
But Google are taking the Pi** out of The Advertisers, Publishers, Affiliates and the Marketers.
Here's To Yahoo knocking Google from it's own self built pedestal and giving them a good kick where it Blo*dy Hurts, in their pockets.
Paul
Posted by: Paul | August 15, 2006 04:56 PM
Would be nice to see YPN go international in Nov . I am waiting for YPN :)
Posted by: Parminder | August 22, 2006 09:29 AM
Hello, I m from India. I just started website for mobile users with google's adsense program. my earnings were too slow, finally i got PIN from google when my account reached 90 dollars. The same day i was banned for invalid clicks.
Dear friend and YPN staffs, Think about it.
I m not a silly person to click my own ads, and break google's terms and conditions for just few dollars.
Its cheat. I didnt expect from a great invalid google adsense program. I expect YPN will have decent and honest publishing programs.
I expect YPN on india.
When will be it launch worldwide?...
Surya
http://www.fundataz.com
Posted by: Ravi | September 2, 2006 01:29 AM
cannot signup for yahoo search marketing.
I am trying to pay for advertising on yahoo but the signup page does not work, for over a week now!
Do not get your hopes up, Yahoo does not want to give my $200.00 month to you. Try it yourself;
http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com
click Sponsored Search
click get
click Self Serve
US continue
nothing,nothing,nothing,nothing,nothing,nothing,nothing,
Let me know if you get to sign up :)
Go to one of my web sites and send me a email,
Thanks
http://www.txdiet.com
txdiet dot com
ps; If we were smart we would get rid of the middle men and I could give you all the money ;)
Posted by: txdiet.com | October 13, 2006 05:01 AM
We are all waiting for YPN in INDIA
Posted by: Jai | October 13, 2006 07:29 AM
Is there anyway anyone can shoot me an invite please? I have tried signing up 3 times and no response... Not even a rejection email. Invite would be very much appreciated. Thank You guy! CEOKhan@gmail.com
Posted by: Khan | November 29, 2006 09:50 AM
Ya I once applied for YPN beta but my site was not accepted.I am from India.i was also a victim of adsense.
I am eagerly waiting for YPN for Indian Publishers.
Posted by: rajan | January 23, 2007 07:23 PM
Hi guys, I am from Canada, I was thinking that IM the only victim of YPN. But now I know there are a lot worldwide, after I applied for YPN I did not get reply from yahoo, (accepted or not). An other thing yahoo don't have trust on users that is why they asks to type YAHOO in the column when IM posting this matter.
ole ole ole ole ole ole oleeeeeeeeeee.......ooolllleee
How U like it?
thanx
Posted by: nav | March 12, 2007 07:06 PM
hi every one
let's protest worldwide where ever UR against google regarding steeling publisher's money. Use the national or international media & tell them how google increased their profit in the past years (by looting publisher's money). Advise advertisers not to advertise on google.
Posted by: nav | March 12, 2007 07:12 PM
I can't wait to get YPN to canada, any one has news on that?
Posted by: Protrox | March 29, 2007 10:32 AM
who is the contact person in yahoo to give adds in yahoo site pls reply to my e-mail id soon
Posted by: sa khan | April 12, 2007 10:09 PM