Comments on: Yahoo Now Selling PPC Metadata, Brooklyn Bridge http://jolieodell.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/yahoo-selling-ppc-metadata/ tech blogger Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:05:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jolieodell http://jolieodell.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/yahoo-selling-ppc-metadata/#comment-153 jolieodell Wed, 21 May 2008 21:26:21 +0000 http://jolieodell.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-153 Yah, their paid inclusion is pretty Evil Hat, too. I honestly don't know who actually uses Yahoo for search anymore. Maybe those users deserve a rotten search experience. Still, the principle of the thing, that organic search is free and based on the merit of your site's content, is being pooped on by Yahoo's insufficiently advanced technology. It is <i>not</i> magic. It is the suck. Yah, their paid inclusion is pretty Evil Hat, too.

I honestly don’t know who actually uses Yahoo for search anymore. Maybe those users deserve a rotten search experience.

Still, the principle of the thing, that organic search is free and based on the merit of your site’s content, is being pooped on by Yahoo’s insufficiently advanced technology.

It is not magic.

It is the suck.

]]> By: Daniel Riveong http://jolieodell.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/yahoo-selling-ppc-metadata/#comment-149 Daniel Riveong Wed, 21 May 2008 18:55:56 +0000 http://jolieodell.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-149 Hi Jolie, This sounds like Yahoo's paid inclusion program, which has been around for 5-7 years ( I think?). I think I've used it 1-2 times in my lifetime, for huge websites that were having difficulty getting properly crawled by Yahoo. Yes, cynically you can say "Yahoo = Paid description because their engine messes up your SEO.", but you can also say "instantly ensure that your webpages will be included in the index and dictate your description so you can study and boost CTR rates for your organic listings". Yes, I know ultimate it's the same thing. :) Hi Jolie,

This sounds like Yahoo’s paid inclusion program, which has been around for 5-7 years ( I think?).

I think I’ve used it 1-2 times in my lifetime, for huge websites that were having difficulty getting properly crawled by Yahoo.

Yes, cynically you can say “Yahoo = Paid description because their engine messes up your SEO.”, but you can also say “instantly ensure that your webpages will be included in the index and dictate your description so you can study and boost CTR rates for your organic listings”.

Yes, I know ultimate it’s the same thing. :)

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