Source: searchenginejournal.com

As part of the week long testing of Yahoo Publisher Network contextual advertising here on Search Engine Journal in anticipation of some discussion at Search Engine Strategies we have added YPN advertisements to our RSS feeds.

In the past I had not been the biggest supporter of embedded RSS advertising since our RSS feeds used to only serve excerpts of the posts here on SEJ. After joining the online newspaper blog syndication network BlogBurst, however, which requires full length posts in feeds, my mind has changed.

Previously the blog excerpts served as teasers for subscribers to Search Engine Journal’s feeds. Subscribers would read the excerpt which would build their interest, then they would click over to the blog from their reader or aggregator - to read the entire story and subsequently be served ‘on-site’ advertising.

Things have changed since 2003 with more and more blog readers following entirely blogged stories in the comfort of their aggregator of choice… which more than likely cuts down on the aggregator to blog CTR%.

In turn, a loss of potential advertising revenue. So, while sifting around the Yahoo Publisher Network admin I was reminded about their easy integration into RSS Feeds which serves a complete contextual advertisement for one Yahoo Search Marketing customer.

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