What is Yahoo! Search Marketing or Sponsored Search Results?

Sponsored Search is a form of search engine marketing
It enables you to reach prospective customers at the precise moment they’re searching on Yahoo.com for what your business offers.

1. You create ads promoting your products and/or services.
2. Your ads appear in Yahoo! search results.
3. Interested customers click your ads.
4. They’re taken right to your web site.

Unlike free site URL submission services that are not guaranteed, Sponsored Search ensures that your business gets listed in Yahoo! Search.

You control how much you spend each day
With Yahoo! Search Marketing, you pay only when your ads are clicked. And you can set daily spending limits to help you stay within your budget.

You can limit your ads to specific geographic regions
If your business sells or ships to certain regions only, you can target your ads to the states or cities and surrounding areas that matter most to you.

Why Should I Use Yahoo! Search Marketing?

You don’t look for customers. They find you!
Unlike other marketing options, Sponsored Search connects you with customers who are actively seeking what your business offers. You can achieve multiple objectives — including acquiring new customers, increasing brand awareness, or influencing purchasing decisions — and it’s easy to measure results.

It’s more flexible than other advertising channels

With Yahoo! Search Marketing, there are no long-term commitments. You can run different ads at the same time to easily find which marketing message or offer works best. You can update existing ads or put new ads online within minutes. You pay only when your ads are clicked. Other than a $30 deposit, there are no other setup or monthly fees.

You’ll reach a highly engaged audience
Sponsored Search provides you with a unique Internet marketing opportunity: to promote your business on the Web’s most popular destination. Yahoo! attracts 51 million active Internet users every day.

How much does it cost?

You pay only when your ad is clicked
Sponsored Search is based on a pay-per-click pricing model. You set your bid — or the maximum amount you’re willing to pay each time your ad is clicked. Bids start at $0.10.

You can set spending limits according to your budget
You can specify daily campaign and account spending limits to help you stay within your budget. Use the budgeting and forecasting tools within your account to help determine effective keyword and ad group bids.

Set a deposit amount that supports your daily spend
To open a Sponsored Search account, you will need to determine a deposit amount. Although $30 is the minimum deposit required, for maximum convenience and campaign continuity we recommend that you choose a deposit amount that is equal to 30 times your budgeted daily spend. Your credit card will be charged the amount you set as your deposit each time your account balance drops below three times your daily budget.

Start Advertising with Yahoo! Search Marketing in 5 Simple Steps

Target Customers by Geographic Location: Display your ad to customers throughout the entire market, or select specific regions or cities.

Choose Keywords Related to Your Business: Enter words or phrases related to the products and services your business provides.

Tell Us How Much You’d Like to Spend: Specify your daily spending limit and maximum bid.

Create Your Ad: Write the ad that will be displayed to prospective customers.

Activate or Save Your Ad: Review your ad and activate it by entering your billing information, or save it until you are ready to activate.

Yahoo! Search Marketing Tips

Sign up now for a Yahoo! Search Marketing, account and receive FREE promotional credits. Click here to get your free credits.

Each search marketing account requires a non-refundable $30 initial deposit. But your deposit is adjustable against your initial click charges.

There is no limit to the number of accounts an advertiser can fund with a single credit card or PayPal, account subject to availability of funds. Unfortunately Yahoo!’s terms don’t allow you to open multiple accounts using the same promotional link/code. Once they locate the account(s) that were opened with the same promotional link/code and same contact/billing information those accounts will be taken offline for promotional code abuse.

Yes, you may use a different promo code to create a separate account.

Promotional Credits are used as a jumping off point for new advertisers/businesses to get started in using pay per click services. The promotional credit will be shown in the Billing Transaction Detail report as an Adjustment. To view this report, log into your 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.

Related: Yahoo! Search Marketing Coupon Credit $199

When it comes to that crucial first date, most men claim to be clueless. Dating is imperative if you are single and so is getting it right the first time.

No-nonsense Dating Tips for Men

1) First Impressions: First impression is the best impression. It’s the first non-verbal message that you are getting across, so go ahead, make a good first impression.

a) Dressed For Success: The first thing most women notice is how well dressed you are, so when it comes to dressing, pick what suits you best. A pair of blue jeans and a T-shirt is a good combo. Wear a deo since you might get nervous (especially if it’s your first date ever) and perspire - wet underarm patches may be an eye sore! Gel your hair if you have to but don’t leave it uncombed or ruffled.
b) Venue: While picking a venue, cinema halls or discos are a poor choice for first dates. Instead, pick a venue where you can have a hearty conversation while sitting face to face - like a restaurant or a park.

2) It’s Not All Me, Me, Me… Make sure that the conversation is not centered around you - instead, let it be more about your date or something generic or on  topics of common interest. Women do not take a liking to someone who is more focused on himself, they may read this as conceitedness or just plain narcism.

3) Use Her Name Often: Most people like it when someone remembers and refers to them by their first names. Get her name right and use it a lot in your conversation  and see how much it impresses.

4) Be A Good Listener: Women love men who are “all ears” when they are speaking. Take an active interest in what your date is talking about and you’ll score big time! Do not look away while she is speaking, she might think you are bored or uninterested. Don’t give her that impression; instead, be receptive and responsive.

5) Good Eye Contact: Look directly into her eyes and speak, instead of looking elsewhere. This conveys the message that you are indeed captivated.

6) Body language: It is very important that your confidence comes across in your body language. Sit up straight; don’t lean too much towards your date. Just take it easy, relax and have fun.

7) Being flirtatious is fine but… Don’t behave like a flirt which would be leaving the wrong impression that you flirt around a lot. Keep it moderate and use intelligent humor if you can  because women adore men with a good sense of humor. Ask intelligent questions and not embarrassing ones.

Don’t Discuss About Your Ex: You may have an ex, she may have an ex. Do not bring up the topic of the ex, it’s in the past. Discussing the ex is pointless.

9) Getting Physical: Most importantly, DON’T sleep with her on the first date even though you may badly want to; it is highly unadvisable.

10) Don’t Act Desperate: Finally, whatever you do, don’t display signs of desperation like asking for her number right away. She’ll give it to you, if she wants to know more about you or wants to keep in touch. So keep your dignity intact ’cause women love dignified gentlemen. Remember, good first dates always turn into second dates, So Good Luck!!!

Google AdSense earnings calculator is a tool developed by SEOChat which allows you (Google AdSense Affiliate) to estimate your earnings from Google AdSense. You can try this tool by experimenting with different values.

The Google AdSense calculator is designed only to estimate your earnings and it doesn’t help you to increase your earnings from AdSense. It gives an estimate of how much impressions you should generate in order to achieve your target.

It predicts the changes in your earnings from Google AdSense depending upon your Page Impressions, Click Through Rate and Cost Per Click. Suppose your current traffic is 1000 page views a day then Google AdSense Calculator helps you to estimate your future earnings using your current Click Through Rate (CTR) and Cost Per Click (CPC).

Daily Page Impressions
Daily page impressions indicate how many times ads are shown per page. You can use your average, anticipated, or current daily page impressions for this

Click Through Rate (CTR)
This figure represents how many visitors actually click your advertisements. You can find this easily on your Google AdSense stats page labeled “CTR.” The average rate is estimated to be about 1.5%.

Cost Per Click (CPC)
Your CPC is the average of how much you get paid for someone clicking one of your advertisements. To find your average CPC take you’re the amount of money you have earned from AdSense (daily, monthly, or all time) and divide it by your total clicks (daily, monthly, or all time).

You may also try Google AdSense Calculator by AdsenseCalculator.com.

The final version of WordPress 2.3 is now ready for download. WordPress released the first beta version of 2.3 on August 28, 2007. Today it’s out of beta and the stable version is available for download.

Features of WordPress 2.3

Native Tagging Support

Now you wont have to depend a third party plug in to add tags to your post. WordPress 2.3 is fully loaded with tagging support. It allows you to add tags to your post in addition to the regular categories.

Update Notification

It notifies you when a new version of WordPress is available for download and also it lets you know when any of the plugins you use is outdated.

Canonical URLs

It enforce your no-www preference and it redirect posts with changed slugs the new post so say goodbye to “page not found error”. And this makes your blog search engine friendly.

Pending Review

This feature is good for blogs which have more than one author. It allows your authors to submit an article or a post for review by an administrator. So if you are an administrator then the drafts saved by your authors are visible to you. You can review that post before it is published.

Advanced WYSIWYG

It allows you to access some features of TinyMCE that were previously hidden.

Although Google launched this service back in April, 2007 most ‘Googlers’ are unaware of the service. So if you are one among them then its time to try this service.

What is Google Web History?

It’s more likely that you cant find a web site again which you saw online in the past. Google Web History is a service from Google (GOOG) which stores the information about the web pages which you have visited in the past. But you have to use Google Toolbar to enjoy the full potential of the service.

You can use the service even if you don’t have a Google Toolbar on your PC, but the features will be limited then. If you don’t have the toolbar then Google stores only your past searches and not the webpage itself.

And, if you have a Google Toolbar on your PC and you are Signed In then Google stores all your searches and even stores the whole web page which you visited and make them searchable. Sounds good? That’s not all Google stores all the pages which you visited using your browser with a Toolbar installed.

Google Web History also provides interesting information about your activity on the web, such as the most frequently visited website, your top searches, interesting items, monthly search activity,  daily search activity, hourly search activity, e.t.c. It keeps a history of which sponsored ads, images, news, videos, products, books, maps you have clicked on. Another cool feature of this service is that it shows the Total Google Searches you have done and also the number of page visits for each day.

Is it safe to use Web History?

Yes, Google respects your privacy. Your ‘Web History’ is safe as others cant access those information unless you share your Google Account’s username and password. Read Google Web History Privacy FAQ to learn how Google handles your data.

Is it possible to remove items from your Web History?

Yes, Just click “Remove items” and you can either remove only those items which you don’t want or remove the entire history.

Is it possible to access your Web History from any Computer?

Yes, just go to http://www.google.com/history and sign in to your Google Account and by this way you can access your Web History from any computer.

Source: Google Web History

UPDATE: Now This Coupon is Good For $100 Credit Only

Yet another $199* coupon from Yahoo! Search Marketing (for Sponsored Search). Sign Up for a Yahoo! Search Marketing Self Serve account and get $199 credit towards clicks or Sign Up for Yahoo! Search Marketing Assisted Setup FREE, that is without the $199 one time setup fee.

Why Yahoo! Search Marketing?

Yahoo! Search Marketing Delivers highly targeted visitors to your website (business) by showing your ads within paid search results across the Yahoo! Network. Yahoo! connects the customers who is searching for what you sell.

Features of Yahoo! Sponsored Search

1. Yahoo! Search Marketing puts your ads in front of customers when they are looking for what you offer.
2. Pay only when ads are clicked.
3. Ability to target the markets of your choice.
4. Control how much to spend each day with advanced budgeting tools.
5. Advertise in markets around the world

Follow this link Yahoo! Search Marketing to get the $199 Credit.

* Offer open to new Sponsored Search advertisers only. (A new advertiser is one who has not advertised with Yahoo! Search Marketing for the past 13 months). Each account requires a non-refundable $30 initial deposit. Advertisers signing up for Self Serve will receive a $199 credit into the account. Advertisers signing up for the Assisted Setup service will receive $199 off the $199 service charge. In each case, initial credits are non-refundable and will be applied to click charges. There is a minimum bid requirement of $0.10 per click-through. Limit one offer per customer, and one use per customer on a single account. Sellers of certain legally restricted products may require third party certification at extra cost. Search listings subject to editorial review. Offer may not be combined with any other offers or discounts, separated, redeemed for cash, or transferred. Other terms and conditions may apply; see Advertiser Terms and Conditions when you sign up.

Each account requires a non-refundable $30 initial deposit. There is a minimum bid requirement of $0.10 per click-through. Sellers of certain legally restricted products may require third-party certification at extra cost.

You receive a full campaign proposal in 2-5 business days.

Source: Pay Per Click Ads from Yahoo! Search Marketing

From My Web Hosting Experience

I have recommended HostGator web hosting in my last article The Most Reliable Web Hosting Companies on the Internet. But I didn’t tell you the reason why I recommend HostGator.

When I registered this domain name minterest.com I hosted the domain in my own reseller web hosting then it was a finance blog and last month I have redesigned  the website and made it a blog portal that covers all categories. I redesigned the website early august and I selected PowWeb as my web hosting provider.

Experience with PowWeb Web Hosting

After I sign up with PowWeb I was dissatisfied because their support is not so good and takes too much time for a response. Also their control panel is not cPanel based and moreover their Live Chat Support team is always busy, you hardly get a Live Chat support representative’s attention in 15 minutes (from my experience). If you need support by email then you have to login to the control panel and then write the mail from there and that also takes unusually longer time. As I use Google AdSense to monetize my blog I want to use AdLogger to track the clicks but I was unable to install that sucessfuly in PowWeb server the reason is unknow any way it failed. So I began to think about changing the host but then I didn’t have any idea about how to transfer my WordPress blog to another host. So I stick to PowWeb itself.

Then the worse happened, last week it was a terrible week for me, I deleted my WordPress database accidentally from my web host and that deleted all my blog posts, categories and I didn’t have any back up of WordPress. I contacted the Live Chat Support at PowWeb but they didn’t have any backup of my site or database even though I contacted them in 15 minutes after deletion happened.

Anyway now I have to republish my blog from scratch so I decided to change my Web Hosting Provider and I choose StartLogic as my new hosting service provider and then I changed the Name Server of my domain to that of StartLogic’s, even before I filled their Sign Up form. I did like that because I thought by the time I receive my Account Setup Information from StartLogic the domain name would propagate to StartLogic’s server so that I can start the work early.

Experience with StartLogic Web Hosting

So I signed up with StartLogic and contacted their support team via Chat and Email telling them to setup my account at the earliest but again the worse happened. Their database had a problem at that time and their support team told me that it will be resolved in two hours time. I became crazy! And I waited for a couple of hours, nothing happened and at last I decided to change the hosting again and planned about switching to HostGator Web Hosting. So I filled up the signup form and got their confirmation letter and in 3 minutes I got my account setup mail from HostGator. Yes, in 3 minutes! But the DNS has changed and it is now pointing to StartLogic I waited for some three hours and checked my domain http://ww.minterest.com but it was still poiting to StartLogic but when I checked just http://minterest.com it was pointing to HostGator so I began the work immediately by installing WordPress on my new host. Luckily I had only 42 posts in my blog and I used Windows Live Writer to publish the blog so I had 39 posts in my Laptop and then I collected the rest 3 entries from Google’s Cache. Thanks to Google Search as I got the categories, posts and the latest design from Google’s Cache as Google used to index my site every two days.Google’s Cache was important as the posts in my Laptop were outdated as I used to edit the posts online too. And at last after 12 hours of continuous work I collected all the data and uploaded my site to HostGator and my site became fully functional in less than 12 hours.

Experience with HostGator Web Hosting

I know HostGator for a long time and it’s my favorite hosting company. I believe HostGator is the world’s best web hosting company. And, I choose PowWeb and StartLogic at first because of their discounted price. When I signed up with PowWeb it was just $5.77/mo. but now its $7.77/mo. and for StartLogic it is $5.95/mo and earlier it was $6.95/mo. These prices applies when you pay opt for annual payment. HostGator too have a $6.95/mo. plan called Hatchling but that offers 99.5% uptime and not 99.9%. Again, in that plan only one domain is allowed to host. Moreover the Hatchling plan allows only limited Sub Domains, FTP Accounts and POP3 Email Accounts. In terms of storage and bandwidth it offers 50 GB Disk Space and 200 GB Bandwidth.

HostGator’s most valuable web hosting plan is their Baby plan which  offers 100 GB Disk Space and 1000 GB Bandwidth and it costs $9.95/mo. But is that really worth??? Let’s see!

I recommend HostGator’s Baby Hosting plan as it allows Unlimited Domain Names to host on a single account with out any setup fee. StartLogic charges a onetime $10/domain as setup fee if you want to host additional domain names and PowWeb too charges $25 for each additional domain name. These setup fees are not the domain registration fees and that is additional.

Other unique features of HostGator are that they allow Unlimited Sub Domains, Unlimited FTP Accounts, Unlimited MySQL  Databases, and Unlimited POP3 Accounts and they are cPanel based Web Hosting and offers Fantastico Deluxe Scripts which PowWeb and StartLogic lacks.

Now the most important feature of a web hosting company is their Support and Uptime. HostGator’s support is awesome. They offers 24 hours support via Telephone, Chat and Email. Most other web hosting companies offers support via email only during their day time. Support via email is the most important as if you have any tech related problem then the live chat team cant help you they will ask you to contact the tech team via email. HostGator’s offers email support 24 hours a day and you get fast response from them. They are really so fast that they answer your questions more quickly than other web hosts live chat team as they are always busy. Yes, HostGator also have Live Chat support and that also rocks I hardly wait for than 5 minutes to get a response from them when I wait for than 20 minutes to get the attention of an executive from other hosts.

HostGator offers 99.9% uptime they are so confident that if your site experience any downtime then they will refund your money and you can host for free.

After all account setup is really fast with HostGator I signed up with them on Sep 20, 2007 1:11 PM IST and I got the account information mail at Sep 20, 2007 1:14 PM. Yes! that’s in 3 minutes I got my account setup mail even though it was midnight in U.S.

Finally, HostGator’s billing is smart as they provide unconditional money back guarantee for 30 days. No questions asked! All you need to do is to fill their cancellation form. Don’t have a credit card? HostGator accepts PayPal too! Also, HostGator Web Hosting Provider have a fixed rate for its baby plan. No matter you pay monthly or annually it’s $9.95/mo. always. YES! You can pay the hosting fee monthly (not for the $6.95/mo. Hatchling. HostGator doesn’t charge any setup fee for any of their hosting and offers you the option to pay the hosting bills monthly when others charge setup fee of US$ 10-100 when you pay your bills monthly.

The only complaint I have is that HostGator don’t give a FREE Domain with their hosting plans even if you pay them annually. Otherwise it’s the perfect web hosting company. But that doesn’t matter as you can get a Domain Name for just $1.99 from Yahoo! Domains and all you need to do is to change the name server of that domain to the one that of HostGator. It’s that simple!

HostGator Web Hosting Discounts & Coupon Code

HostGator have only one coupon code as of now which gives you a discount of a flat $9.94.

Try HostGator Web Hosting FREE for One Month!

Do you want to try HostGator BABY Plan for FREE? Simply follow the link below and enter the coupon code “JURY” without quotes that gives you a discount of $9.94. And you pay just 1 Cent for your first month of hosting. If you are not satisfied then you can cancel before one month and can ask for a refund of that 1 Cent too.

So, What Exactly Are You Waiting For? Sign Up HostGator!!!