So Where Are The 5p Bids In Yahoo?

Following on from my previous post about lower yahoo bids, the new lower, minimum bids went live this morning.

And guess what? Not one of my existing keywords has attracted the minimum 5p bid! This seems most odd to me as some of these keywords are really niche stock. You can see what the minimum bid is for a new keyword when you add. But again, every keyword I’ve tried so far attracts a minimum bid of 10p.

For example, I live near a place called Meols. So, go to ‘add listings’ and enter meols. Suggested search volume is 11. Minimum bid? Yep, 10p.

I’ve contacted the customer support line and the chap confirmed that:

• 5p minimum bids are now live
• they are not account specific
• revisions to keywords are being loaded in batches, so at some future date a keyword currently showing as 10p min could subsequently show 5p min.
• expect to see adjustments to minimum bidding over time

Maybe I need to be looking in different keyword areas? But if everyone struggles to find the 5p bids then Yahoo will have quite a few slightly disappointed PPC’ers.