Understanding ads on Yahoo! Search
ID: SLN2244
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Search
Description
Describes how and where ads appear on the Yahoo! Search Results page.
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Information about ad display in Yahoo! Search:
- Ads displayed on Yahoo! Search results link to websites providing more information about products or services.
- The words you enter in the search box determine which advertisements are displayed.
- For example, if you search for digital cameras, you will see ads for websites that sell or provide information about digital cameras. - Yahoo! determines which ads to display based on a number of factors, including:
- Relevancy to your search.
- Historical data concerning which results have been of the most interest to people who have performed searches similar to yours. - Yahoo! generally receives some form of revenue from all ads, although the revenue may be generated in different ways.
- To learn more, please visit Search Advertising on Advertising.Yahoo.Com.