I'm through with YPN

[Westech]

Yes, after the audit I still made more from Yahoo than I did from Google. I think the optimal thing to do, at least for my niche, would be to set up some kind of geotargetting that shows Yahoo ads to US visitors and Google ads to international visitors.

[john190]

I have also heard that alot have switched over from Adsense to Yahoo. But some of them have gone back to Adsense again as they were making less with Yahoo due to the poor relevancy of the ads with some sites.

[Westech]

That's true. For me, the clickthrough rate with Yahoo was less than with Adsense, but the extra amount per click that Yahoo paid more than made up for it.

[Westech]

Update!

After being kicked out of YPN way back in January (wrongly, in my opinion -- see my original post in this thread) I'm now finally back in.

At the time I was kicked out, I called the YPN support line several times and was told that there was nothing they could do, and they had no way of referring me to anyone who could help. About a week ago, I finally had the thought to reply to the email they sent informing me that I had been kicked out. This email apparently went directly to their "Relevance Department," and around a week later I got a reply saying they had reviewed my case and decided to reinstate my YPN account! They did stress to me that I must geotarget and display YPN ads to US visitors only, which I definitely plan to do.

For anyone who has been removed from YPN and feels they have a strong case, try replying to your terminiation notification email with a calm, well thought out statement explaining why you feel your account should be reinstated.

[Blue Cat Buxton]

Westech, you have obviously been playing with the geotargeting as well. Is this an expensive option? How about a tutorial/primer?

[John]

Westech, you have obviously been playing with the geotargeting as well. Is this an expensive option? How about a tutorial/primer?

http://www.phpadsnew.com/two/

[Westech]

Actually, I'm using the free IP-country database and php API from http://www.maxmind.com/ . I'm leaving town for a few days, but I'll be happy to post some code and a quick tutorial when I return if anyone's interested.

[agua]

I'd be interested to see how it works

[*infin8]

There was a huge hype when YPN launched, I could never get an account because of my non- US residence.. I didnt want to go the illegal route with a YPN channel so I was stranded..

Although it looks like their service is poor, I have also noticed their ads arent targeted to the pages content to well..

Any word on when the service goes out of BETA?

[Westech]

I'd be interested to see how it works

http://www.websitepublisher.net/arti...argetting-php/

[agua]

Thanks John - great article