December 15, 2005
Yahoo! Search Marketing Plans a New Look for Search Results Pages
Last friday Google started to use bigger fonts for the presentation of AdWords Ads Results. Now, it looks like Yahoo! also plans some changes on the presentation of the ads in the search results. Yahoo! will use short descriptions while partner sites like MSN and CNN will continue tu use the current description lenght. Here’s the complete message I just received :
Dear Advertiser,
A new look is coming to the Yahoo! search results pages that
will translate into more clicks for your listings. On January
18th, Yahoo! will debut a streamlined design that will make
the search results displayed on Yahoo! even easier for
consumers to read. Our research has shown that by improving
the search experience in this way, advertisers can generally
expect to see an increase in clicks, while maintaining their
conversion rates.
How this change impacts your listings:
* Yahoo! will display shorter descriptions for Sponsored
Search listings
* You don’t have to make any changes to your listings; they’ll
be automatically shortened for you when displayed on Yahoo!
* If you’d like to optimize your listings for Yahoo!, begin
your description with one short sentence that includes your
keyword and focuses on your most important information in
the first 70 characters
* Over time, we will fine tune the exact character count that
we believe works best for advertisers and search users
* Most of our partners, including MSN, CNN, ESPN and Infospace,
will still display longer descriptions for your Sponsored
Search listings, though the exact length may vary from
partner to partner
Yahoo! is taking this step to improve the search experience
for its users. By continuously focusing on delivering highly
relevant search results in a user-friendly format, Yahoo!
also gives you the best possible platform for reaching customers
interested in what your business provides.
Sincerely,
Your Partners at Yahoo! Search Marketing
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