12-20-2005, 12:09 PM
Quote:In what it says is an effort to be easier on consumers' eyes, Yahoo! Search Marketing (YSM) is shortening its text ads from 190 characters in the body to just 70.
The new 70 character limit brings Yahoo!'s standards more in line with Google's. Google lets advertisers display body text in two lines of 35 characters each, while Yahoo! will now allow a 70 character block.
"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," the company wrote in a letter to advertisers...
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