Comments on: Why I’ve Never Been More Embarrassed for Yahoo

By: Yahoo!’s New Controversial Advertising Terms and Conditions | ineedhits

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:49:10 +0000

[...] think Andy Beal from Marketing Pilgrim sums it up perfectly… How is this legal? Forget legal, how is this [...]

By: Yahoo PPC Automatic Account Optimization

Yahoo PPC Automatic Account Optimization — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:06:53 +0000

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By: Yahoo’s account optimization program | SKY ROCK INDIA

Yahoo’s account optimization program | SKY ROCK INDIA — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:01:15 +0000

[...] about Account Optimizations. So, the title seems to imply that all the bloggers, including us, Andy Beal, Nathania Johnson and many many others are liars or very [...]

By: Yahoo Now Calling Us Liars Regarding Their Auto-Optimization of Campaigns | Kooshy - Sneaky Search Marketing

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:34:15 +0000

[...] about Account Optimizations. So, the title seems to imply that all the bloggers, including us, Andy Beal, Nathania Johnson and many many others are liars or very [...]

By: DF Marketing SEO

DF Marketing SEO — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:55:09 +0000

Thanks Andy Beal! Great information

By: marcus clementson

marcus clementson — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:28:13 +0000

I’me glad I don’t use Yahoo search marketing, its hard enough tweaking your PPC add campaigns so you get a good ROI, but letting Yahoo tweak em’ for you is an insane proposition.

I realy do hope this don’t catch on with other paid search providers.

By: John

John — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:24:34 +0000

look how yahoo indexed those .edu site that redirects to a spam site. go search. John's last blog post..Busby SEO Test the hard way

By: Yahoo! Takes the Liberty of Changing Your Ad Campaigns For You | Search Engine Optimization Blog - Internet Marketing Blog

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:35:46 +0000

[...] and SEM bloggers seem to be outraged by the new TOS. One went as far as comparing it to your investment adviser buying stocks on your behalf or switching your portfolio from bonds to hedge fund…. I can’t say I [...]

By: Lily Bent

Lily Bent — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:16:06 +0000

I was not aware of this. It is too bad for those who use Yahoo Search Marketing. Fortunately, I am not among these people.

By: Goran Web Design

Goran Web Design — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:29:06 +0000

My word!!! What were they thinking? Sure, they did it quietly, likely hoping that they could get away with these changes without anyone noiticing, but really, how did they think this was gonna stay below the radar for long?

By: thewutzupphilippines

thewutzupphilippines — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:24:35 +0000

good thing you point this out. I don't normally read terms and conditions. i think this is a desperate move because google is beating them thewutzupphilippines's last blog post..RP borrows $1.5B from global investors

By: Yahoo Has The Nerve To Change Advertisers Campaigns After Outcry | Kooshy - Sneaky Search Marketing

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:00:42 +0000

[...] caused a major outcry by SEMs this week. Andy Beal felt embarrassed for Yahoo, that they would do this. Loren Baker kind of implied this a way for Yahoo to sneak money [...]

By: samuel port-louis

samuel port-louis — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:22:15 +0000

I have just discovered this site and the info here is just soooooo informative..YEAH iT’S COMING TO LIGHT HERE WHATS BEEN GOING ON IT’S LIKE YOU TIE A DOG TO A LEASH, DONT FEED IT, THEN WHEN THE DOG DIES OF STARVATION, YOU SAY THE DOG DOESN’T WANT TO EAT….!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????

By: fantomaster

fantomaster — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:30:57 +0000

Lends the term "click fraud" an entirely new dimension, whether chiseled into their TOS or not... fantomaster's last blog post..Towards Page Segmentation SEO - Ignore at Your Own Peril

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:32:21 +0000

I recently paused my Yahoo! accounts due to odd changes – now I know why. No response from Yahoo! ad teams to my inquiries on the “mysterious” changes. This is absolutely rediculous!!!

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PPC Losing Apeal, Meta Tags and More | Top SEO Writing Services — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:39:28 +0000

[...] Why I’ve Never Been More Embarrassed for Yahoo – I suppose all of you have heard of this (absurd) news already, but I thought I should share this link just in case someone has missed it. [...]

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:06:11 +0000

yes, yahoo started playing around in accounts at the end of last summer. as a ppc analyst for a ppc management agency, i saw real stupidity where yahoo raised bids on words that were already in the #1 position due to lack of competition, where they turned off ads without offering explanation, and where they turned off some of the best performing keywords in an ad group, seemingly with the sole object of causing us to bid up. in most cases, we turned off the campaigns that were being jacked with… in each and every case, my clients claimed no notice was ever sent to them that any of this was done. when our agency got our yahoo team reps involved, they even seemed embarrassed about it. as an agency we requested that accounts under our management be made off limits, and were told that was the case… but as in most large companies, it seemed like the right hand didn’t know what the left was doing. while the reps were telling us “sure, we’ll flag all of your accounts as “don’t touch,” about every three days i was uncovering evidence of continued tampering.

it’s enough to make you pull out your hair… especially when you are running experiments to prove a point to a client.

Michelle’s last blog post..The Pay Per Click Package Deal – part 1: Understand the System

By: Yahoo Burns Advertisers » Adotas

Yahoo Burns Advertisers » Adotas — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:45:28 +0000

[...] one blogger said, “Yahoo made the bone-headed decision to start unilaterally messing with the keywords and [...]

By: SEO

SEO — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:32:16 +0000

Yes these terms and conditions have existed for a few months, but it appears that right around December 1st they started to use this to gather money, I currently have about $4000 in unfounded charges and activity on my Amex card starting December 1st, I normally bid for a very select few keywords at a monthly value of $100 per month, then they started just billing my Amex card $100 a day, nearly everyday.

Yahoo is on the Amex black list, meaning that if you contact Amex they can stop Yahoo from charging your card, and they will also accept chargebacks for this activity.

Yahoo, is going to really get nailed over this….

Good Luck Yahoo

By: Terry Howard

Terry Howard — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:21:32 +0000

I found these changes only because I saw that a landing page we had decided to no longer use due to poor performance was still receiving traffic. I was able to determine the traffic's origin as Yahoo and after downloading a CSV of the entire account I found countless Yahoo created ads. They tend to use standardized naming for ads so it was easy to use the advanced search feature to get a list of all the junk and delete it after that. But I have to reiterate, that I never received a single email that this was being done, which to me means they violated their end of their own TOS, which makes the damned thing null and void. To me that gave me every right to tell them to keep their grubby mitts off the account now and forever more. Terry Howard's last blog post..Merry Christmas!