Microsoft & Yahoo Search Partnership - Back At the Bargaining Table

Search Engine Land reported late last night that there are several reports floating around that Yahoo and Microsoft are close to consummating a search and advertising deal.
An investment banker from 24/7 Wall Street is cited as saying a deal is “imminent.” All Things Digital says an agreement is “down to the short strokes”.
Here are a [...]

Yahoo Advanced Match Equals Money Waisted

There’s been a lot of back and forth on the blogs and Internet marketing community lately regarding Google’s broad match / advanced broad match and it’s rather liberal matching options.
Well, add Yahoo’s advanced match to those lists of complaints and completely unrelated keyword matches.
Two days ago, I noticed a massive spike in impressions in a [...]

How Many Keywords Should Be In An AdGroup?

There has been and probably will continue to be an ongoing debate surrounding  this question: How many keywords should be included in a single ad group? 
I’ve heard some folks say 5-10 keywords per ad group.
I’ve heard others claim that you should include only one keyword per ad group
Microsoft just recently stated that there should only be 20 keywords max [...]

Yahoo Search Marketing Vertical Keyword Lists

Yahoo! has recently released some awesome vertical research and even more importantly vertical keyword research/suggestions. If you advertise in any of the following verticals:

Apparel
Automotive
Education
Finance
Health Care
Home Improvement
Legal Services
Travel
Wireless

Be sure to check out the 3rd party research data as well as the excel/PDF keyword suggestion downloads. Do you have any additional suggestions on improving your Yahoo accounts? [...]