Yahoo Overture becoming disappointing for me

[bucknor]

Hi forum friends

Placed a new campaign with plenty of targeted keywords with Yahoo-Overture. 2 Days later the campaign is approved - stripped down to 2 (two) keywords. This is becoming pathetic. Do they not want to make money of advertisers or what?

I stopped the campaign right away. This is it. No more money will be spent on Yahoo. MSN Adcenter and Google Adwords are happy to take my money.

Frustrated...... -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[materialistic]

I have similar feelings but from a different viewpoint - my new campaign was just getting hit after hit from what appeared to be ad revenue sites. So I have stopped the campaign also.

Google seems to give good results, I will have to try MSN Adcenter - thanks, I'd not heard of them. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[hexagon]

Suffered the same fate. 3 approved ads out of 12, and nearly zero traffic.

Surely I want to quit. But I still have $300 in my account, and I suppose I've lost them.

Yahoo overture sucks......bigtime. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[dorfy]

make sure you spend atleast $20 a month (minimum monthly spediture) else they'll deduct this money from your account automatically.... -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[nashua]

Originally Posted by dorfy

make sure you spend atleast $20 a month (minimum monthly spediture) else they'll deduct this money from your account automatically....

really? i didn't know that. i have $5 smthing in my account 2 months ago and it still the same up to now. i only have 2 keywords in there. so i don't think they are deducting money automatically -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[roberto]

Overture staff is good in maintaining quality. Don't talk bad about them just because you try to trick the system and think money will let you do whatever you want at Yahoo Search Marketing.

They are not as crooked as you think they are. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[watson]

overture/yahoo are definitely going downhill. smart people, big company with lots of $$$$ yet incapable of making the most obvious improvements. I spend 10 times more with G and would love to do the same with Yahoo, but impossible. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[pumice]

did you contact support to check the issues with the keywords.
yahoo doesnt permit all keywords and has lot of limitations -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[alex]

they have this big issue. i was using them for marketing, but now i have started building links for my website and it helps much better than PPC -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[pumice]

Originally Posted by alex

they have this big issue. i was using them for marketing, but now i have started building links for my website and it helps much better than PPC

links are long term thing while PPC will help to get instant traffic and for those who are selling products with good margins, PPC is proving to be a good idea -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --