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Originally Posted by eko06
Obligation to mention that Yahoo Paid Directory clients are listed at the top placement when a search is conducted, this is absolutely not fair to non paid website owners.
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Basically what you're saying is that its fair for you to freeload for an advertising system others are paying for?
If your business plan relies on the affirmative actions of third parties that have no direct stake in your success, you should seriously re-evaluate your plan.
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Originally Posted by eko06
This is another reason, Yahoo Search is loosing market share because web users know that Yahoo will list not deserved ones, paid ones at the top.
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Actually most people I speak to have no concept how google/yahoo/msn are earning money and could care less. Doesn't the Coase theorem dictate that resources will flow to those who most value them? (or something like that) - The fact that a website owner would pay for placement is indicative that the website itself is relevant for the keywords its willing to pay for. No matter how good the algorithm might be, its no substitute for humans who are capable of a more subjective analysis. If a website owner is paying for placement and was not relevant eventually the cost of the ad would exceed revenues and the ad would be dropped.