martinibuster - 6:21 pm on Apr 27, 2005 (gmt 0)

The Good
I just gave Yahoo My Web a spin. It preserves adsense and affiliate links.

The Bad
The application saves the adsense and aff ads to the bottom of the page. This even happens on about.com.

The Hmmm...
Yahoo doesn't cache the NYTimes, The Chicago Tribune, or SF Chronicle (no registration needed to view SF Chronicle). Why not?

Newspaper articles are the web pages people are MOST LIKELY going to desire storing (the online equivalent of newspaper clippings). Newspaper articles generally are not archived- or else they make you pay two bucks to get a peek at that Braised Duck Breast recipe you were looking for.

Are newspapers opting out? Or is Yahoo blocking them from being saved?

I think many webmasters may agree that if their page is going to be cached, then they would want it cached as-is, without Yahoo redesigning the page layout.

How do you feel?

• Do you think that Yahoo is pushing it to use your content in the My Web context?

• Do you feel Yahoo is crossing the line when Yahoo manipulates your page layout by moving ads to the bottom of the page?

• Would you, as a webmaster, appreciate a way to opt out of providing a cache?

  Looking on the Bright Side
  

• Do you think it's a good thing that someone can save your web page and come back to it again and again and again, with that many chances that they'll click through on your aff links or adsense ads?