Member Counts ~ Yahoo chicanery

[erniecarpet@...]

Bill, thanks for the insight into Yahoo. Ernie-83PT40 in Texas


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[Bill Cain]

Until recently, Yahoo Member Counts reflected active email accounts
that were known good addresses.

In a separate category were those that were "bouncing." This means
folks whose ISP's were rejecting Yahoo messages as "Spam" or
addresses that were no longer good or accepting Yahoo messages.
There are a lot of small ISP's that use anti-Spam software that kills
Yahoogroups emails.

Recently, Yahoo altered their methods and now "bouncing" subscribers
are included in the Member Count. For example, my High School Group
went from 1100+ to 1200+, overnight, because the "bouncers" were now
included. (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CraftonReunion/)

I suspect this is a Yahoo ploy to bolster their ad revenue by
inflating numbers that only an individual Group Moderator or Owner
can verify. The advertisers have no clue.... Sorta like Bruce....

Kudo's to Earnie for keeping this forum open by re-inventing it.

Bill Cain
Long Island, NY