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**sevent** · 04-06-2007, 12:41 PM

Looks like maybe some others have noticed this? My RPC has dropped to 1/5th or what it was just a few weeks ago, and my ad units are shrinking to fewer and fewer ads.

Any thoughts on how to fix this or is it just time to move on?

**trader** · 04-06-2007, 01:34 PM

Same here. My YPN has declined big time. I am always amazed how so many here want to open a YPN acct when it performs so poorly.

I also noticed the YPN ad blocks are getting smaller with some units which once had 4 or 5 ads only having 2 or 3 ads lately, even just 1.

Guessing that shrinking may be due to less advertisers than in the past?

P.S. Possibly there is a connection with that and those complaining about declines involving parking frims who use a Yahoo feed?

**sevent** · 04-06-2007, 01:48 PM

Hum... and I just moved some of my traffic over to Parked.com to give them another try

**wienerdog** · 04-06-2007, 02:27 PM

Do you think the converse would apply to advertisers? Would YPN now be a _better_ place to advertise?

**sevent** · 04-06-2007, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wienerdog

Do you think the converse would apply to advertisers? Would YPN now be a _better_ place to advertise?

Maybe.... if ad prices at Yahoo are decreasing because declining competition for keywords (vs. at Google) is driving down the price, then that could be.

BUT, if the decline is because: YPN is getting worse, not better, at targeting their ads OR they are shafting publishers OR they've been changing around layouts and number of ads/block then it could be bad for publishers AND advertisers.

**JRBHosting** · 04-06-2007, 11:01 PM

The fact that YPN only targets the United States does not help its stature, either.

Jason

**trader** · 04-06-2007, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JRBHosting

The fact that YPN only targets the United States does not help its stature, either. Jason

Agree, with such a US biased policy in an international internet is it any wonder traffic from other nations is not counted as valid clicks? I heard from reliable source they do not even want Canada traffic, let alone other nations and Europe.

Since I believe the average US based website gets roughly 20% foreign traffic by default that would seem to result in 20% less revenue without even factoring in other issues such as EPC and CTR.

Kind of incredible after being in Beta for so long Yahoo is still so non-international in some ways.

04-06-2007, 12:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
sevent DNF Regular Last Online: Yesterday 04:53 PM iTrader: (31) Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 601 DNF$: 3,839	YPN going down down down Looks like maybe some others have noticed this? My RPC has dropped to 1/5th or what it was just a few weeks ago, and my ad units are shrinking to fewer and fewer ads. Any thoughts on how to fix this or is it just time to move on? __________________ Worlds shortest URL Shortener. Plus free publicity for your links.

04-06-2007, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
trader David Last Online: Today 12:36 AM iTrader: (78) Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,687 DNF$: 9,479	Re: YPN going down down down Same here. My YPN has declined big time. I am always amazed how so many here want to open a YPN acct when it performs so poorly. I also noticed the YPN ad blocks are getting smaller with some units which once had 4 or 5 ads only having 2 or 3 ads lately, even just 1. Guessing that shrinking may be due to less advertisers than in the past? P.S. Possibly there is a connection with that and those complaining about declines involving parking frims who use a Yahoo feed? __________________ There are several very large corporations developing Live Apps for misc live applications. Now accepting offers. 10-year old domain: LiveApps.com Last edited by trader; 04-06-2007 at 09:51 PM.. Reason: ps

04-06-2007, 01:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
sevent DNF Regular Last Online: Yesterday 04:53 PM iTrader: (31) Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 601 DNF$: 3,839	Re: YPN going down down down Hum... and I just moved some of my traffic over to Parked.com to give them another try __________________ Worlds shortest URL Shortener. Plus free publicity for your links.

04-06-2007, 02:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
wienerdog Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: 01-23-2008 04:00 PM iTrader: (8) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 76 DNF$: 335 Location: Internet	Re: YPN going down down down Do you think the converse would apply to advertisers? Would YPN now be a _better_ place to advertise?

04-06-2007, 11:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
JRBHosting Platinum Lifetime Member Name: Jason Last Online: 02-03-2009 08:34 PM iTrader: (10) Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 493 DNF$: 5,125 Location: USA Country:	Re: YPN going down down down The fact that YPN only targets the United States does not help its stature, either. Jason __________________ Domain Blowout-EVERYTHING MUST GO!

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