Kate82 - 7:30 pm on Mar 27, 2008 (gmt 0)

The nice part is we don't have to do it from scratch, they can load the account as it is, just without the history.

The solution I am checking with the agency on is:
1. creating our own account wit the import of keywords and ads
2. pausing the agency one keeping the old info intact
3. setting up a reports only login for us to that account to pull reports when we need them

It's not perfect, but seems to be the only self-service option that doesn't rely on us asking the agency for reports for the next year. It removes the possibility of my company making unwanted changes to the agency attached account, and gives us the data we need from our account. It also keeps us out of their other client accounts.

Maybe within a year Yahoo SEM will have the full detach option and it will save agencies and clients from this hell storm.