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  &lt;p&gt;At the UK event, &lt;a href="http://forums.seroundtable.com/showthread.php?t=1921"&gt;attendees&lt;/a&gt; were given information on how the ad engine, which&#160;was launched&#160;in the US in February and on which so many of Yahoo!'s hopes of rivaling &lt;a href="http://www.google.co.uk"&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt; are pinned, will be implemented on this side of the pond.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;But the company has already begun a limited test of some portions of the service, according to an email sent out by &lt;a href="http://www.yahoo.com"&gt;Yahoo!&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;em&gt;"To help ensure we launch our new ranking model successfully, we have started running a limited test across our UK advertisers listings in which the display order of sponsored search listings in some keyword markets is based on factors other than bid,"&lt;/em&gt;
      &lt;a href="http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/yahoo/yahoo-testing-new-quality-based-ranking-algo-in-uk/"&gt;the email read&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;em&gt;"Our new sponsored search system will be rolled out in the UK soon, beginning with advertiser migration later this quarter."&lt;/em&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;Yahoo! has previously said Panama will be available to the UK in the second quarter of the year (ie. between April and June).&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;Paragraph&gt;At the UK event, &lt;Link URL="http://forums.seroundtable.com/showthread.php?t=1921" Window="New"&gt;attendees&lt;/Link&gt; were given information on how the ad engine, which&#160;was launched&#160;in the US in February and on which so many of Yahoo!'s hopes of rivaling &lt;Link URL="http://www.google.co.uk" Window="New"&gt;Google&lt;/Link&gt; are pinned, will be implemented on this side of the pond.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
  &lt;Paragraph&gt;But the company has already begun a limited test of some portions of the service, according to an email sent out by &lt;Link URL="http://www.yahoo.com" Window="New"&gt;Yahoo!&lt;/Link&gt;.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
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      &lt;Quote&gt;"To help ensure we launch our new ranking model successfully, we have started running a limited test across our UK advertisers listings in which the display order of sponsored search listings in some keyword markets is based on factors other than bid,"&lt;/Quote&gt;
      &lt;Link URL="http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/yahoo/yahoo-testing-new-quality-based-ranking-algo-in-uk/" Window="New"&gt;the email read&lt;/Link&gt;.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
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      &lt;Quote&gt;"Our new sponsored search system will be rolled out in the UK soon, beginning with advertiser migration later this quarter."&lt;/Quote&gt;
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  &lt;Paragraph&gt;Yahoo! has previously said Panama will be available to the UK in the second quarter of the year (ie. between April and June).&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
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    &lt;strong&gt;Yahoo!&#160;has started&#160;testing its Panama contextual search advertising platform in the UK and will roll out the full service shortly.&lt;/strong&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;The company last week invited search marketing professionals to a preview of the service, which seeks to improve return on advertising investment by better targeting ads to users.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;Paragraph&gt;The company last week invited search marketing professionals to a preview of the service, which seeks to improve return on advertising investment by better targeting ads to users.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
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  <learn-more-formatted>&lt;p&gt;Econsultancy has published an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-networks-buyers-guide"&gt;Online Advertising Networks Buyer's Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; which contains an examination of this marketplace and profiles of 23 leading networks. We have also produced an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-survey"&gt;Online Advertising Survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, based on a survey of advertisers and agencies. For more stats and charts, see also our &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/internet-advertising-statistics"&gt;Online Advertising Statistics compendium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-formatted>
  <learn-more-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;Econsultancy has published an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-networks-buyers-guide"&gt;Online Advertising Networks Buyer's Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; which contains an examination of this marketplace and profiles of 23 leading networks. We have also produced an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-survey"&gt;Online Advertising Survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, based on a survey of advertisers and agencies. For more stats and charts, see also our &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/internet-advertising-statistics"&gt;Online Advertising Statistics compendium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-unformatted>
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