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Understanding ads on Yahoo! Search

ID: SLN2244
Refers to: 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 are displayed in Yahoo! Search results that 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 — labeled as "Sponsored Results," "Sponsored," "Ads related to digital cameras (the words you entered into the Search box)," "Ads," or similar — 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.



Last updated: January 22, 2013
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