Under Deal With Google, Ads on Yahoo Could Cost 22 Percent More - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
It’s not a surprise that search advertisers are wary of Yahoo’s deal to have some of its search ads sold by Google. After all, that extra money that Yahoo is hoping to get from the arrangement is coming from somewhere: the pocketbooks of advertisers.
One measure of what sort of effect this will have was published Tuesday morning by SearchIgnite, a company that sells software companies use to manage their search advertising. Its conclusion is that overall, the cost to advertisers of a click from Yahoo’s site will go up by 22 percent if Google sells the ads.

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