Yahoo! Search Marketing

Another type of search engine is the directory search engine. Directories don’t display search results
based on keywords; instead they display results by category and subcategory. Web sites are usually
categorized by the site, not by pages on the site. What this means is that your overall listing in directory
search results will depend largely on either paid placement or on correctly categorizing your site
as tightly as possible.
Yahoo! Search Marketing is a PPC program that’s similar to AdWords, but there’s one big difference.
Yahoo! is a very commercial search engine, which means that many of the search results are
paid placement ads or are web sites that have been added by the web-site owner. Editors usually
review and approve submitted listings before they are shown in search results.
Yahoo! is also a portal that contains many different services, such as instant messaging, e-mail, maps,
and much more (Google is structured in a similar manner). Being a portal means that Yahoo! has
many loyal users who are likely to see your ads once you begin a PPC campaign with Yahoo! Search
Marketing.
When you sign up with Yahoo! Search Marketing, you have two options for the type of account you’d
like to have. These options are different from Google, because you can have a free PPC plan that you
use, create, and maintain on your own, or you can choose to have a Yahoo! specialist help you create
your campaign. If you decide to use a Yahoo! specialist, there’s a one-time $199 set-up fee.
As with Google, there’s no reason you should pay to begin your PPC advertising with Yahoo! Search
Marketing.