Comments on: The Rogue Gardener: Yahoo’s Ad Profiling May Kill Your Weeds And Your Roses http://www.ppchero.com/the-rogue-gardener-yahoos-ad-profiling-may-kill-your-weeds-and-your-roses/ Heroic Feats of Pay Per Click Management Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Joe http://www.ppchero.com/the-rogue-gardener-yahoos-ad-profiling-may-kill-your-weeds-and-your-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-30498 Joe Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:26:11 +0000 http://www.ppchero.com/the-rogue-gardener-yahoos-ad-profiling-may-kill-your-weeds-and-your-roses/#comment-30498 @ Ryan: You can request to have your account listed as a "don't optimize." But you will need to contact your Yahoo Customer Rep. And even then, there is no guarantee. I had not heard that Google was looking into this... interesting. @ Ryan: You can request to have your account listed as a “don’t optimize.” But you will need to contact your Yahoo Customer Rep. And even then, there is no guarantee. I had not heard that Google was looking into this… interesting.

]]> By: Ryan Turner http://www.ppchero.com/the-rogue-gardener-yahoos-ad-profiling-may-kill-your-weeds-and-your-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-30413 Ryan Turner Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:40:25 +0000 http://www.ppchero.com/the-rogue-gardener-yahoos-ad-profiling-may-kill-your-weeds-and-your-roses/#comment-30413 This is a similar product as Google proposed and canceled in pre-production. Of particular interest is the length of time they examine when making "recommendations" as many tail end keywords have limited returns; albeit high conversion percentages. The key to the whole things is: can you disable this? If not they have leveled the bidding field to the lowest level of competition. This is a similar product as Google proposed and canceled in pre-production.

Of particular interest is the length of time they examine when making “recommendations” as many tail end keywords have limited returns; albeit high conversion percentages.

The key to the whole things is: can you disable this? If not they have leveled the bidding field to the lowest level of competition.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.ppchero.com/the-rogue-gardener-yahoos-ad-profiling-may-kill-your-weeds-and-your-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-16627 Elizabeth Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:03:47 +0000 http://www.ppchero.com/the-rogue-gardener-yahoos-ad-profiling-may-kill-your-weeds-and-your-roses/#comment-16627 I'd be curious as to who is doing the "optimizing." I just wrote a post on the fact that Yahoo outsources a lot of its ad writing to India. I’d be curious as to who is doing the “optimizing.” I just wrote a post on the fact that Yahoo outsources a lot of its ad writing to India.

]]> By: Matt Larson http://www.ppchero.com/the-rogue-gardener-yahoos-ad-profiling-may-kill-your-weeds-and-your-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-16577 Matt Larson Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:29:58 +0000 http://www.ppchero.com/the-rogue-gardener-yahoos-ad-profiling-may-kill-your-weeds-and-your-roses/#comment-16577 Given Yahoo's results with Panama given all the time and resources they put into it, I'm amazed they ever try to program anything for their advertisers. Given Yahoo’s results with Panama given all the time and resources they put into it, I’m amazed they ever try to program anything for their advertisers.

]]> By: Nick Stamoulis http://www.ppchero.com/the-rogue-gardener-yahoos-ad-profiling-may-kill-your-weeds-and-your-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-16417 Nick Stamoulis Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:18:57 +0000 http://www.ppchero.com/the-rogue-gardener-yahoos-ad-profiling-may-kill-your-weeds-and-your-roses/#comment-16417 Unfortunately in these cases, some less than altruistic motives are covered up with the ideas that they are created to help people... we'd have to agree with your stance. Unfortunately in these cases, some less than altruistic motives are covered up with the ideas that they are created to help people… we’d have to agree with your stance.

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