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Straight from the Yahoo! Publisher Network:

June balances will be calculated and both check and direct deposit payments will be issued July 25, 2006 to qualified publishers. Please note: In order to receive a payment, you must accrue $100 in your available balance.

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YPN is going to be having some work done tonight. From the YPN blog:

The handy folks with the wrenches will be getting under the hood tonight for a little grease-monkeyin’.  As a result of this scheduled maintanance, publishers will be unable to log in to their Yahoo! Publisher Network accounts from 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Friday, July 21 until 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Saturday, July 22.

Tags: blog advertising, yahoo publisher network

Yahoo Publisher Network has posted some tips for users suggesting what not to do if you have signed up for their ad network.

Accepting an invitation to be part of the Yahoo! Publisher Network beta is a little like starting to date someone. We try to stay positive, encouraging our publishers to grow with the program and create better experiences for their users while helping them make more money for themselves. We don’t want to act the nag…

But a few very fresh publishers seem to want to take advantage just as we’re getting to know one another. Frankly, it leaves us feeling a little taken for granted. Yahoo! Publisher Network is very much a rules maven—we must abide by certain rules in order to keep up the quality of our Network. Naturally, we understand that Terms & Conditions, can seem lengthy and dull. But it’s vital that every publisher to make the commitment to read and understand them.

Visit the Yahoo Publisher Blog for the cheat sheet

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Tags: YPN, Yahoo Publishers Network, Advertising, Revenue

Following on from improvements to reporting and control panel improvements, Yahoo Publishers Network (YPN) has launched Publisher Services and a New Help Center according to Problogger Darren Rowse.

Publisher Services is broken into three areas:

• Drive Traffic - A number of ways to get more visitors
• Enhance your Site - Quality Yahoo! tools and features from Yahoo! that differentiate your site
• Build your Site - Solutions for creating and hosting your site

Help Center contains the following sections:

• A How-To Guide - Detailed instructions on how to use each area of the Yahoo! Publisher Network account management system
• Account FAQs - A comprehensive set of FAQs that addresses most publisher questions
• Account Overview Demo - A step-by-step guide that takes you through the most prominent features of the Yahoo! Publisher Network account management system
• Implementation Guide - Detailed assistance to help publishers set up and manage their Yahoo! Publisher Network account

For for more detail and screen shots its all at Problogger

Tags: YPN, Yahoo Publishers Network, advertising, revenue

Darren Rowse of Problogger reports that YPN has made a number of changes to their reports and control panel. In particular Darren was pleased to see the addition of Average Revenue Per Click.

Details at Problogger