Yahoo/Overture Testing Google-Like Paid-Ad Placement Model

Yahoo is testing a new paid-ad placement and revenue model in Scandinavia that appears similar to the algorithm Google uses to determine the placement of paid advertising. Basing its rankings on a combination of cost-per-click and the number of times search users...

Yahoo Used in SpyWare Click Fraud Scheme

Through its Overture pay per click search division, Yahoo has been found facilitating fraudulent click activity generated by known spyware makers including 180solutions, Intermix, and Direct Revenue. A study released earlier today, The Spyware – Click-Fraud...

Yahoo Search Marketing Services bids Overture Brand Adieu

Yahoo has officially dropped the Overture brand name from its paid-search products. The company announced plans to drop the Overture name in the North American market at the beginning of March. Yahoo will phase out use of the brand internationally in the coming months...

Overture Keyword Selection Tool Down?

The extremely useful Overture keyword suggestion page has been crashing over the past few days. Used by thousands of SEOs as a way to judge the user-popularity of specific words and phrases, the Overture Keyword Selection tool was an integral part of the SEO...