Yahoo’s Search Marketing Ambassador training and the test for certification have been updated to reflect the new features and enhancements to Yahoo! Sponsored Search. In order to retain your Ambassador designation beyond January 31st, 2007, you are required to pass the new test. As an added bonus though, if you pass the new test by December 15th, 2006, Yahoo! will reward you with a $10 Starbucks gift card.
Unfortunately Ambassadors, Yahoo! has also reduced commissions with to be paid to Ambassadors for each referral to the Client Sponsored Search Self Serve set to $30; provided that no commission will be paid on any advertiser Yahoo! Search Marketing account for which the spend during either of the first two thirty (30) day periods after the account is established is less than US $50. Worse to those of you trying to support Local advertising, effective December 11th, 2006, Yahoo! Search Marketing will not pay any commission on Local Sponsored Search referrals.
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