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Update on YPN


YahooSarah writes in this thread over at SearchEngineWatch forums: Hi- We’ve received a lot of feedback today about our publisher traffic policies, so I’m writing to offer some guidance. As you know, our publisher terms and conditions prohibit displaying ad listings to users outside of the U.S. This is because the beta

Exploiting a Niche The Fox Way


I was just watching some TV tonight and saw this show on Fox called "So You Think You Can Dance" which is obviously using the very successful model of American Idol and applying it to dance. That's the whole idea of making the most of a successful niche. This can

It Gets Ugly When A CPA Network Goes Down


CX Digital was down sometime today and is still down. Their website is not accessible and all the offers are not showing up. What does that do to publishers? For people doing PPC, they can be losing thousands of dollars if they don't pause their campaigns. For the CPA network, they could

Google AdWords Changes Affecting Arbitrage?


I don't think so. I think it only weeds out the competition. Savvy advertisers win, newbies lose. Sadly, that's going to be the case. I don't think arbitrage is going away anything soon. By the way, many people associate arbitrage with MFA sites but that's really not the case. You

Google Tries To Weed Out MFAs But…


Looks like Google has changed their algorithm to determine the minimum bid for AdWords keywords in an effort to weed out MFA (Made For AdSense) sites. In general, MFA's are sites where the landing page shows little or no content but a whole bunch of AdSense ads. Google wants to