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February 26, 2013
Yahoo! Hosted Search (YHS) Webinar
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Agenda
What is YHS?
Why I would want YHS?
YHS for Desktop
YHS for Mobile
YHS for Error
New Features
How do I get YHS?
YHS Q&A
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What is YHS?
Yahoo! Hosted Search (YHS) provides partners with a co-
branded and customizable Yahoo! search experience.
YHS is a scalable solution allowing partners to:
Have a rich search experience hosted by Yahoo!
Optimize the look and feel of the SRP for user experience
and revenue
Easily track revenue/searches via Y! Dashboard/API
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YHS Desktop Co-Branded – Fully Hosted by Yahoo!
Universal Header
Partner Co-branding
Search Suggestions
Vertical Search Tabs
Left Rail
Number of Ads: (North/South/East)
Number of Algo
Customizations Supported
Support for Bucket Testing
Also Try
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YHS Desktop Co-Branded IFrame
n
n Partner URL
Header hosted by
Partner (using their
own search box)
YHS IFrame
(w/o Y! Search Box)
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YHS Co-Branded IFrame
Header hosted by
Partner
YHS IFrame
(with Y! Search Box)
n Partner URL
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YHS for Desktop Browsers
Approximately 20-25% increase in RPM
Will Vary Based on Partner Traffic
Customization of Page
Target Partners:
Partners who currently host their own SERP
and need a rich hosted search experience
and monetize it
Transfer Partners
Toolbar Partners
Antivirus Partners
Markets Supported US
UK
India
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Australia
Canada
Germany
France
Indonesia
Brazil
Spain
Mexico
Malaysia
Italy
Sweden
Singapore
Denmark
New Zealand
Philippines
Chile
Vietnam
Argentina
Switzerland
Columbia
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February 26, 2013
YHS for Mobile
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YHS for Mobile
1. Partner Cobranding
2. Vertical Search Tabs
3. No. of Ads
4. No. of algo results
Customizations Supported
Available in IFrame as well
Mobile search experience is especially designed for smartphones (iPhone & Android, Windows Phone)
Partners can inject
content such as apps and
local searches.
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YHS for Mobile
Current RPM’s – Approximately $16
Image and Video coming in mid-March
Monetization will not be supported
Target Partners:
Wireless Carriers
Mobile Browsers
Lock Screen Apps
Markets Supported US
UK
India
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Australia
Canada
Germany,
France
Indonesia
Brazil
Spain
Mexico
Malaysia
Italy
Sweden
Singapore
Denmark
New Zealand
Philippines
Chile
Vietnam
Argentina
Columbia
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YHS for Error
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YHS Error Handler
Why Am I Here
Custom Partner Links
Partner Co-branding
Related Searches
Number of Ads:
(with Content Match Backfill)
Number of Algo
Customizations
Supported
Available in
IFrame as well
Auto – tokenization
of Error URL
Did You Mean
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YHS for Error Traffic
DNS and 404 Errors
As long as you can detect error, send
URL to us - Y! will do the rest
Save on serving cost
Current RPM’s – Approximately 20%
from own hosted solution
Targeted at ISP Error and Toolbar
Partners
Markets Supported
US
UK
India
Australia
Canada
Germany,
France
Brazil
Spain
Mexico
Italy
Singapore
New Zealand
Chile
Argentina
Columbia
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YHS :
Coming
Soon
YHS for Image Search and Video Search
YHS for Tablet Search
Using Yahoo.com as Homepage
One YHS URL
Mobile SDK*
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Tracking
Robust Reporting & Revenue Tracking
• No. of searches and revenue
• Reports available via rich UI or API
• Easily track sub-syndication partners separately
Beacon Tracking
• Track every query, algo and ad click on YHS SRP in
real time
• Flexibility to track individual user’s/partner’s activities
on the SRP
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Why YHS?
Rich Search Experience on par with Search.Yahoo.com
Extensive Support for Tracking
Zero Serving Cost
Optimize for Revenue
Large Number of Customizations
Support in 35 Countries
Onboarding is a Breeze (SLA: 5 days) with 24/7 tech
support
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How Do I
Get YHS?
Work with your Partner Manager to discuss and model
opportunity
Partner Manager works with YHS team & Partner to kick
off process and gather requirements.
Process takes 3-5 days, depending on queue and any
unique implementation requests.
New sourcetags must be created.
Partner Team will monitor and track implementation.
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Yahoo! Hosted Search Q&A
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Y!HS Error Handler
Current Feature Set:
• Available as Fully Hosted or IFrame • SRPs can be co-branded or Y! only Branded • Rich web search experience through YHS on par with Y! O&O (Dynamic
Displays & WoWs). • Customize no. of North, South & East Ads. • Specify Partner DM Feed (ad feed) or use standard one. • “Why Am I Here” overlay (optional). • “Did You Mean” option • Partner Customized links available on the SRP Header. • Built in revenue and volume tracking. Supports type tags.
• Enables partners to monetize error (404, DNS Error) traffic by automatically tokenizing the Error URL, retrieving relevant keywords and providing users with a rich search experience. • Uses Y!HS to deliver rich and customizable search experience and Domain Match Feed to tokenize URLs. • Entire experience is hosted by Yahoo!. Saves cost of deploying and maintaining partner’s own search setups. • Revenue tracking and attribution built in.
Market Availability:
• Live and Available now in markets such as: US, UK, AU, FR, CA, IN, ES, IT, MX, SG, DE, AR, BR, CH, NZ
• Tokenization is supported in 5 languages: English, French, Spanish, German & Portuguese
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