Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) lets you know what you did wrong

[Larwee]

Yahoo has been having some problems with their Yahoo Publisher Network. But they have recently made a very positive move that is very popular.

You have a page or pages that are against their terms. Yahoo doesn't like it and your account is in danger. But you aren't aware that you've done anything wrong and you have no idea what it is. Yahoo will now tell you what the problem is and give you a chance to correct it.

Yahoo Publisher Network has introduce Compliance Manager to handle this. Here is the way Yahoo explains Complaince Manager:

If a compliance issue is detected on one of your URLs, you will be notified via email and through an alert in your secure account interface. These will direct you to your new Compliance Manager control panel. The Compliance Manager will inform you of what the issue is so that you have the opportunity to fix it. Once you’ve addressed the issue, you can then go back to the Compliance Manager to submit the remedied URL. We’ll get back to you with a status report, usually within seven business days.

Compliance Manager is under the Report tab. It can only be seen when there is a violation. When you have corrected the violation or violations, you will no longer be able to see the Complaince Manager.

Violations might not be shown on Compliance Manager before you are suspended. If it is a serious violation you will be suspended without warning. But, you will be notified of the violation so you can make changes and clear the violation with the use of the Compliance Manager.

You might be notified prior to suspension when minor violations are involved.

If you happen to be a person who continues to violate the Yahoo terms of service you could be permanently banned.

You can still login to your Yahoo Publisher Network account after you have been suspended and view stats and payment information.

This is a very good move by Yahoo. Maybe Google will soon offer something like this for AdSense. This feature can really help publishers who want to do the right thing.

[Larwee]

As a Yahoo Publiser Network publisher, I really think this is a fantastic feature.

I have talked with a few other Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) publisher and they are all saying just about the same thing. They like that Yahoo has taken this step and they want Google to do something like this with AdSense.

[KLB]

It would be great if Google implemented something similar. Although spammers might use it as a means to improve the way they scam AdSense.