Comments on: A Eulogy for Yahoo! SSP – One of the Better, and Least Understood, Innovations in Search

By: Ryan Andrews

Ryan Andrews — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:39:20 +0000

Just came across this article Matt, a great summary of a great product. I’m still shocked even now that there are still a number of people in the industry who know/knew nothing of SSP!

By: oppolueldit

oppolueldit — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:14:43 +0000

How I can write PM to other users? Thanx

By: Matt Kain

Matt Kain — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:13:34 +0000

Thankyou Jordan, I think you just proved my point about the haves and the have nots.

By: Jordan James

Jordan James — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:28:18 +0000

I’m shocked to see an SEO company evangelize SSP. To me SSP was prostitution of the SERPS. Though they didn’t promise placement you could usually find that at least 1/2 of the first page was filled with SSP advertisers. SSP has provided little value over the last few years that couldn’t have been offered by a better technology that would have certainly led to better products. Closing SSP is one of Yahoo’s better business decisions than most others they have made over the last decade such as the ones detailed in our article about Yahoo’s ‘Y!ou campaign’ (http://www.siftable.com/education/articles/yahoo-im-going-to-have-to-break-up-with-you/)

By: Houston J

Houston J — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:55:57 +0000

And let’s not forget about Paul & Harvey’s! A well needed watering hole and place of memorable events after work. I’m sure they miss SSP too.

By: Aidan Beanland

Aidan Beanland — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:42:40 +0000

A good summary Matt – those early Decide Interactive days were frantic and exciting, I’m honoured to have been part of that and to have made so many good friends along the way (some of who have already commented).

Aidan

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By: Rob Wieser

Rob Wieser — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:21:02 +0000

Nice article Matt! Brings back some great memories. Like you said, it was fun while it lasted…