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Simon Gelfand

I am Simon, I am 28 years old - Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder of Bukisa. My blog will deal with SEM, Web Analytics, Web Development & my project updates.


Yahoo to test Google AdSense on Search Result Pages

In the second Yahoo/Microsoft/Google post of the day, I just read over at Techcrunch that Yahoo plans to test out Google AdSense on there search result pages.

According to Yahoo’s statement - “Yahoo!’s board of directors is exploring strategic alternatives to maximize stockholder value, including exploration of potential commercial business arrangements.”

At first Yahoo will deliver relevant Google ads alongside Yahoo!’s own search results.

The test is expected to last up to two weeks and will be limited to no more than 3% of Yahoo! search queries.

Does this also mean that Yahoo is giving up on there own Yahoo Search Marketing PPC system Panama?

Do they feel Google has a larger advertising base and maybe in the long run could actually earn more revenue? Without having to have the overhead of the staff and technology to operate their own service?

Only time will tell …

Yahoo Buys Indextools

Update: Yahoo plans to made IndexTools a free tool for existing clients and will roll out more opening for new users when the next version of Index tools comes out … (Google Analytics Watch Out!) ….

As first reported by Techcrunch, Yahoo has just acquired long time Web Analytics firm IndexTools.

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