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10 Yahoo! Search Marketing Tips You Probably Don’t Know

Submitted by Mahesh Mohan on October 12, 2007 – 9:08 PM68 Comments


Today, I’m going to share 10 Yahoo! Search Marketing Tips which you probably don’t know. All the 10 Tips are extracted from the emails I received from Yahoo! Search Marketing Customer Support Team so it’s 100% true.

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I. Create a short description for all existing ads to help ensure that the core message of your ad is included when the ad appears in Yahoo! Search results.

II. Follow Yahoo’s editorial guidelines to ensure that your ads go live as soon as possible and provide the highest quality experience to users.

III. Login to your Yahoo! Search Marketing account and use the “insert keyword” feature, to save time and help Yahoo! increase the relevancy and click-through rates of your ads.

IV. Yahoo! Search Marketing will not accept listings for web sites whose primary purpose is the collection of personally identifiable information to be used for consumer or promotional marketing, or related purposes.

V. If you are opening a new account then you will have to deposit some funds into your account, which will be used to pay for your initial click charges. The minimum amount of the deposit is $30.

VI. You are not allowed to utilize the same display URL across multiple accounts.  The system would read an error and only serve one of the accounts.  The URL you employ for your display must be owned and or operated by the account holder.

VII. At the time of review, if they find that your website is violating the aforementioned guidelines then Yahoo! will terminate your account and a refund of $30 (your initial deposit) will be issued to the Credit Card or PayPal account on file.

VIII. If you applied a Promotional Coupon during Sign Up then this credit will be shown in the Billing Transaction Detail report as an Adjustment. To view this report, log into your Yahoo! Search Marketing account and click the Reports tab. Click the Billing Transaction Detail Report and look for the Adjustment line item. (You can select the date range by clicking on the calendar icon located towards the top right of the page.  You can select your own date range or a pre-selected date range).

IX. Generally, when you sign up for an account via a promotion, the link you use will associate your account with the promotional code, which automatically applies the credit within 48 hours. If this does not occur, you can contact the customer support team at Yahoo! with the code to have the credit issued to your account. And, If you applied a promotion code manually by contacting their support team then please allow 3 to 5 business days for this credit to be applied.

X. Yahoo’s guidelines don’t allow you to open multiple accounts using the same Yahoo! Search Marketing promotional link/code/coupon.  Once they locate the account(s) that were opened with the same promotional link/code/coupon and same contact/billing information those accounts will be taken offline for promotional code abuse.

But if you were to create a brand new account which is not associated to any other account you have, then Yes, you may use a different promo code to create a separate account.

In order to open another account and apply another promotion code, you have to sign up for a new account with a new user name and a separate email address.

And Yes, You can use the same Credit Card on as many accounts as you want to create. Thus, there is no limit to the number of accounts an advertiser can fund with a single Credit Card or PayPal account (You can now pay your Yahoo! Search Marketing bill via PayPal), subject to availability of funds in the card.

Yahoo! Search Marketing Customer Solutions team says in an email: “You are more than welcome to open any amount of additional accounts using the same credit card, with any promotional offer that you may have being honored.”

Here is another email from Yahoo! Search Marketing Support Team: “You are able to open separate accounts using a promotional credit if you sign up with the link that offers the Promo Code. If we were to find out that the multiple accounts were created to advertise the same site in each account, the accounts will be taken offline for promotional code abuse. There can only be one promotional code per account and it must be a separate domain and site in each account.”

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  • [...] how to add more coupon codes in existing accounts? for new customers who have not advertised on yahoo in last 13 months…. but i have contacted them regarding this matter several time and they do allow this.. and check their FAQ page its clearly mentioned that you can use the same credit card to open any number of accounts… And the ySm team told me that you cant use the same promo to signup for multiple accounts and also at the same time u cant use the same URL for all those accounts.. and ofcourse u can use that when one campaign in expired…. or deleted……. Here is an article stating If you applied a Promotional Coupon during Sign Up then this credit will be shown in the Billing Transaction Detail report as an Adjustment. To view this report, log into your Yahoo! Search Marketing account and click the Reports tab. Click the Billing Transaction Detail Report and look for the Adjustment line item. (You can select the date range by clicking on the calendar icon located towards the top right of the page. You can select your own date range or a pre-selected date range). IX. Generally, when you sign up for an account via a promotion, the link you use will associate your account with the promotional code, which automatically applies the credit within 48 hours. If this does not occur, you can contact the customer support team at Yahoo! with the code to have the credit issued to your account. And, If you applied a promotion code manually by contacting their support team then please allow 3 to 5 business days for this credit to be applied. X. Yahoo?s guidelines don?t allow you to open multiple accounts using the same Yahoo! Search Marketing promotional link/code/coupon. Once they locate the account(s) that were opened with the same promotional link/code/coupon and same contact/billing information those accounts will be taken offline for promotional code abuse. But if you were to create a brand new account which is not associated to any other account you have, then Yes, you may use a different promo code to create a separate account. In order to open another account and apply another promotion code, you have to sign up for a new account with a new user name and a separate email address. And Yes, You can use the same Credit Card on as many accounts as you want to create. Thus, there is no limit to the number of accounts an advertiser can fund with a single Credit Card or PayPal account (You can now pay your Yahoo! Search Marketing bill via PayPal), subject to availability of funds in the card 10 Yahoo! Search Marketing Tips You Probably Don?t Know by Minterest | Money, Internet, Investing [...]

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  • Ricardo says:

    Hello,

    Could you please tell me which $100 YSM Promotional credit still works?

    Thanks
    Ricardo

  • NamP says:

    Thank for this Coupon. But i have Linke Free Coupon $199. Not expired!!

    http://freecoupon.talk4fun.net

  • Richard says:

    Hi..would it matter if i were to use the UK Coupon £60
    or the $50 coupon or is it country dependant?

  • Mahesh Mohan says:

    Richard,

    You can sign up for Yahoo Search Marketing UK from any country. But you can advertise only in the Yahoo! Search UK Market.

    - Mahesh

  • kenneth says:

    Dear Sir,
    If I sign up my YSM account via a promotional coupon code worth of 100usd and enter my credit card billing information, will YSM charge my card? Pls I will appreciate your kind respond on the above.

    Thanks
    Kenneth

  • Mahesh Mohan says:

    Kenneth,

    No they wont charge your card unless you exceed $100. But they charge the setup fee from your credit card.

    - Mahesh

  • kenneth says:

    You said they wont charge my card unless I exceed $100. But they charge the setup fee from my credit card. Then if I may ask, how much is the set up fee which they will charge as the setup fee from my credit card?

    I will appreciate every kind respond given to me on the above.

    Thanks
    Kenneth

  • Mahesh Mohan says:

    Kenneth,

    It was $30. But kindly check with them as I dont know whether they changed that or not.

    - Mahesh

  • Ashok Pillai says:

    Hi Mahesh Mohan,

    Cheers. Your blog is very good and informative but I still have a few qns regd YSM. Wud u be kind enough to clarify?

    1)I am frm India. Can I use these YSM coupon links to advertise to US(shud I give a US billing address?).

    2)Can I use unverified PP to pay YSM

    3) If I use PP as my payment how do I cancel/stop yahoo frm further charging my PP account, when my balance depletes.

    4)Can I use the same PP acc to sign for multiple YSM accounts(1 after the other,After availing the balance)

    If u cud clarify all these doubts, tht wud be great.

    Cheers,
    Ashok

  • Mahesh Mohan says:

    Hi Ashok,

    Sorry for the delay I was out of the town. Yeah, you can use the coupons to advertise in US Search Market using a Billing address from India (No need for US Address.) Regarding your PayPal question I never Signed Up using PayPal. Please check their FAQ or ask their sales team. You can stop the auto payouts by going to PayPal > Profile > Pay List and cancel the auto payment there. As we can use the same credit card to open multiple accounts the same must hold true for PayPal also.

    Thanks!
    Mahesh

  • kenneth says:

    Hello Sir,
    Can I use a tinyurl redirect link for my ysm display url?

    Awaiting for your kind repond as soon as possible.

    Kenneth

  • Mahesh Mohan says:

    Kenneth,

    Yes, you can.

    - Mahesh

  • kenneth says:

    if I sign up via one of the above promo code URL will my account be credited? and how long will it take to reflect in my account?

    Thanks
    Kenneth

  • Jackson says:

    I’ve been signing up for multiple yahoo search marketing accounts with the account information (Name, Address, Telephone) but with different VCCs. Each signup is via a different coupon code. I am also advertising a different website each time. I’ve noticed recently that all of my accounts are being disabled. This has not happened in the past. Do you have any idea. Did yahoo change there verification algorithm. Its making it alot harder to use open multiple accounts.

  • Heafy says:

    Hi there,

    I have signed up using a $100 promotional link. It works and I’m thinking of opening another Yahoo Search Marketing account using different email and username, but similar credit card and billing information, simply to acquire extra credit from the promotion. Will the same promotional code be applicable on the new account I’m about to open?

    - Heafy

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