true_INFP - 4:28 pm on Jun 19, 2010 (gmt 0)

then give Microsoft a shot for a few days!

We might want to give them a try, but we won't. The reason is simply that we are in the EU, which they obviously don't care about (and if history repeats itself, then it's going to be the same story as with YPN, they will keep ignoring the EU publishers, then they'll fail and close the program permanently, burying the last hope for decent and real competition to AdSense)...

The only way to start up something as big as AdSense is to open the gates (public open beta). Otherwise, their ad inventory will always be ridiculously small and it will never take off.