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New Yahoo Ads Tout Safety, Ease Of Use

By: Jordan McCollum
2008-10-15

Yahoos unveiling a new display and radio ad campaign today. The campaign, which is targeted to fight Google, touts Yahoos safe results and easy-to-use interface. One banner ad adjures us: Dont get lost in all the links: A radio ad advertises the SafeSearch feature, which uses ...

New Yahoo Ads Tout Safety, Ease of Use
Ease of Use

...McAfee to indicate which sites in a SERP might contain potentially dangerous downloads:

The SafeSearch feature is nice, but again, if you have that info, why include dangerous sites in the results at all? And perhaps Yahoo is easier to use for some users. Which of the following two looks easier to use to you:
sample google serp

Or

sample yahoo serp?

While the ads are cute and may even be accurate, I dont know that these will be enough to convert users. Unless Yahoo has something truly substantial to backup its claim that itll help you not get lost in all the links, I dont think the difference will be big enough to make people change their default behavior.

Google, meanwhile, is shopping around for ad agencies.

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About the Author:
Jordan McCollum is a staff writer for the popular marketing blog Marketing Pilgrim. She has worked in search engine optimization with clients including 3M, Little Giant Ladders and ADP. After graduating from Brigham Young University, Jordan joined the SEO copywriting team at the Internet marketing firm 10x Marketing. After 10x closed its doors in December 2006, Jordan became a freelance writer and Internet marketing consultant specializing in SEO. She also has extensive experience with web analytics, conversion rate enhancement and e-mail marketing.
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