Saturday, February 14, 2009

Prime time ads going to remnant advertisers. Doesn't bode well for internet publishers

If prime time commercials are going unsold how long until internet advertising craters leaving a whole bunch of publishers with no revenue?

Monday, February 9, 2009

Another reason Yahoo will lose the war with google

Yahoo blocks emails from small publishers all the time claiming them to be spam. Their response?

Try using DomainKeys (a Yahoo developed standard) or try using CertifiedEmail.

How much does CertifiedEmail cost?
CertifiedEmail costs $2.50 CPM on average (cost per thousand messages sent) in addition to the $399 accreditation fee.

I wonder what Yahoo's cut of that is...

Yahoo has cost me countless hours wasted trying to resolve mail issues now they want me to PAY to deliver mail that the customers requested? How's that for poor customer service? They also have blocked emails I have sent to fellow board members of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Community Counseling Centers of Chicago. Talk about a PR gaffe.

I have filled out their form 7 (yes, SEVEN) times and received the exact same form response every single time. Thanks Yahoo. Prepare for even further bad press as I block Yahoo email addresses wherever possible.

I have never had such issues with other email providers.