Comments on: Quick Look: AdSense vs. YPN

By: Rob@motorcycle gear

Rob@motorcycle gear — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:31:48 +0000

Adsense will always beat YPN on every level. Google are just too dominant, too smart, too intuitive and too aware to be beaten in their own game. This is with the exception of payouts, but hey, if your that good and you know your competitor is that bad, then you know you can get away with it and that’s exactly what they are doing.

By: Paul@build muscle

Paul@build muscle — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:56:10 +0000

I’ve been using yahoo publisher on one of my sites for months just as a test and I agree with your comparison. Adsense is best.

By: Sabre

Sabre — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:51:44 +0000

I think this article should be number one in a Google search for YPN vs Adsense because you hit all the nails on the heads. The only other thing I would ad is that you can actually call YPN on the phone and talk to them! I have a couple of times. And I hate to jinx this but YPN's targeting might be getting better. If YPN ever got their targeting down they could actually challenge Adsense. Sabres last blog post..Google, SEO and Social Media

By: johan@zara clothes

johan@zara clothes — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:14:41 +0000

I actually came to the same conclusion, pay was on par with adsense on my sites, but relevant ad's were not showing up. johans last blog post..How Does Zara Clothing Compare To Designer Clothing?

By: Mac@Motorcycle Fairing

Mac@Motorcycle Fairing — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:19:29 +0000

A friend of mine recommended me to try Google Adsense because his personal experience is they offer really what they promise. I have to find out for myself.

By: Mc@Chanel Sunglasses 2008

Mc@Chanel Sunglasses 2008 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:58:29 +0000

It seems that at least in this case Google loose the battle and YPN gives better benefits. How ironic!.

By: Dave@BBQ recipes

Dave@BBQ recipes — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:57:29 +0000

I’m still waiting for them to come out of beta testing as I live in the UK and during beta testing they don’t allow foreign accounts. So I’m still with google.

I’ve heard YPN pays higher than google. I’m sure they will catch up eventually.

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By: Pam on black rings

Pam on black rings — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:12:29 +0000

It’s no good to have Adsense as a monopoly of this market so if any credible competitor emerges, it should be encouraged. But in the case of YPN, I have heard much about its deficiencies and comments that Google rankings drop when folks add YPN ads on their sites/blogs.

I wonder if anyone had such experiences?

By: Elliott

Elliott — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:19:39 +0000

Chuck,

Came to this site from Josh’s site (religious discussions post) and thanks for this comparison. I was getting smart priced with Adsense, big time. Switched to YPN and was doing pretty good. Switched back to Adsense for a comparison, and I can see what you mean about the PPC pricing.

YPN was paying out around .10 on a 468 content ad on the bottom of the content section. Adsense is paying .02 per click. Lousy!

Thanks for the support and explanation about this! New reader here!

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By: Josh Spaulding

Josh Spaulding — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:22:00 +0000

I’d say the #1 problem is relevancy, which is largely due to their limited inventory of advertisers compared to Adwords.

Another thing that I REALLY don’t understand is why they are so picky about who they approve. I applied several months ago and inserted the URL of a white-hat site that was averaging over 500 uniques a day or so at the time and they didn’t approve it. I didn’t hear anything from them anyway.

They’ve been in BETA forever and a day as well.

They’re definitely not happy with it so far or they would be out of BETA by now and building their inventory of advertisers.