$199 Credit Links All Invalid?!

**black_ice007** · 07-15-2009, 09:42 PM

I've been using Yahoo SM $199 credit links for the past 7 months and all a sudden today they are not working any more. Has anyone today run into a similar issue?

Maybe I've been spoiled, but it kinda sucks. Now I'll have to go looking around for more credit links.

**gamingneeds** · 07-15-2009, 09:45 PM

Hey buddy, I noticed that today as well.

**black_ice007** · 07-15-2009, 09:48 PM

Yeah, this really sucks. Do you happen to know if all of them are invalid. I had about 10 different links and all went bad today. I guess i'll have to revert back to using the 100 dollar links.

**gamingneeds** · 07-15-2009, 09:54 PM

Yeah, they were probably the links I sent you lol.

**black_ice007** · 07-15-2009, 10:35 PM

hahaha...probably so. So now, do you have a listing of 100 credit links...or anything greater than 100 dollar links?

**gamingneeds** · 07-16-2009, 01:20 AM

Hey, I thought it was your turn to find the links this time! lol

**black_ice007** · 07-16-2009, 10:19 AM

Hey, I'm working on finding the links as well.....but if anyone on the forum would like to help...then I'm all for it as well.

**gamingneeds** · 07-17-2009, 01:33 AM

I'm searching too...

**keropikero** · 07-17-2009, 01:49 AM

please share at the last the $100 links. When I signed up I clicked on a link that says $100, and no credit showed up. I emailed them with the link to that website,all they said was it was displaying an out of date banner and only gave me $25

**black_ice007** · 07-17-2009, 02:25 PM

We are working on finding more codes. I pray that Yahoo did not do a global search and get ride of them all together. Lets all pool our resources to find more codes.

Here are a few $75 credits I found.
http://sem.smallbusiness.yahoo.com/s...g.php?o=US2580
http://sem.smallbusiness.yahoo.com/s...g.php?o=US2581

Here is a $100 Credit I found...Offer expires September 28, 2009

http://sem.smallbusiness.yahoo.com/s...g.php?o=US2582

**black_ice007** · 07-17-2009, 07:35 PM

I just wrote a wget script that'll iterate through all possible coupon code and print out the value on the screen automatically! For instance o=US1000 through o=US2000. Its finding quite alot of coupons....i'll post all my findings when the script finishes

**ForeverNever** · 07-17-2009, 08:17 PM

So what is all of this exactly? Free ppc credit? God that would be awesome. Can anyone explain it to me?

**black_ice007** · 07-17-2009, 08:26 PM

Yes, this is for free PPC credit. We've been getting free 199 credits from yahoo for the past 7 months........but it looks like yahoo has stopped that gravy train.

**ForeverNever** · 07-17-2009, 08:49 PM

Well it sounds like people are trying to find a new gravy train... Would someone let me know how it works exactly? Like do we need a new account for each set of free credits or what?

**fatboy** · 07-17-2009, 09:36 PM

Just updating a website to display the coupons my script finds - have a look at: http://demo-sites.info/yahoo/results

Have fun

EDIT: Lots of $100 links so far, doesn't seem to be anything bigger

**ForeverNever** · 07-17-2009, 09:41 PM

Do you have to create a new account with each coupon?

**gamingneeds** · 07-17-2009, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by fatboy

Just updating a website to display the coupons my script finds - have a look at: http://demo-sites.info/yahoo/results

Have fun

EDIT: Lots of $100 links so far, doesn't seem to be anything bigger

What proggy are you using to do this? I would be glad to help scrape as well.

**fatboy** · 07-18-2009, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by gamingneeds

What proggy are you using to do this? I would be glad to help scrape as well.

Its a quick few line script I put together

BTW I think the codes stopped at 2625, I scanned up to 9999 and nothing appeared past 2625.

**black_ice007** · 07-19-2009, 12:06 AM

Hye!!! Thats exactly what my script found as well...lol. .....I guess I was late posting.

#!/bin/bash

I="1000";

while [ $I -le 9999 ]

do
wget http://sem.smallbusiness.yahoo.com/searchenginemarketing/onlinemarketing.php?o=US$I

J=`cat onlinemarketing.php\?o\=US$I | grep "Start advertising online" | awk -F"</span>" '{print $1}' | awk -F$ '{print $2}'`

echo "Coupon $I = $J" >> file

I=$[$I+1]

done

**black_ice007** · 07-19-2009, 12:18 AM

Sorry I didnt document my code too well....the J = the value of the coupon and I = the coupon code.

**gamingneeds** · 07-19-2009, 10:27 PM

So 0 $199's huh?

**black_ice007** · 07-19-2009, 11:52 PM

No 199 codes as of yet. But one thing to mention was that the 199 codes I was using were hidden. When you used the code, you didnt know it was a 199 code till you checked out on the payment screen and were about to fund your yahoo search marketing account..

**black_ice007** · 07-22-2009, 12:54 AM

Looks like we are gonna be bound to the 100 free credit codes......well it was good while it lasted...and 100 free dollars is not so bad either

**gamingneeds** · 07-22-2009, 10:04 PM

I was about to post the same thing about the hidden credits. There has got to be something out there still...

**supersenwins** · 07-27-2009, 10:03 AM

Bump..Any one got hold of the $199 YSM coupon link yet?...I'm really looking for it. If I find it, i'll certainly share it here. If others find it, I request you to share it or atleast PM me the link ...