More news from Yamli, the cool web-based tool that solves the problem of Arab users who don’t have an Arabic keyboard or who aren’t as comfortable typing in Arabic; They have come up with an interesting way to start generating revenue with their tool: they enabled advertising on their Yamli editor menus.
The ads are in the form of small 120×30 banners, simply and neatly placed at the bottom of the word suggestion and option selection menus.
A number of advertisers have already started buying these ad spots with Yamli, and users of the Yamli editor tool on the Yamli website, facebook, or elsewhere should start noticing them now.
No details about the pricing of these units are available on the website, but advertisers can contact Yamli to place their ads through the following contact form.
Very good move from Yamli, who just released an API to use their tool recently, and who should be seeing an increase in their tool’s usage over the following weeks as more Arabic websites integrate their tool. SouqElArab just announced integration of the tool from their side yesterday.
It will be interesting to see how well these ads will perform, and how successful they’ll be for advertisers as a new advertising channel and for Yamli as a revenue model.
I just installed Yamli on my blog, and I think it’s well within their right to put ads in there considering the valuable service they are providing. Particularly since the ads are small and low key.
I just installed Yamli on my blog, and I think it’s well within their right to put ads in there considering the valuable service they are providing. Particularly since the ads are small and low key.
@Hani: I totally agree, it’s their right to try to monetize such a useful tool and that they chose to do it in such a subtle and neat way without getting in the way of the user.
@Hani: I totally agree, it’s their right to try to monetize such a useful tool and that they chose to do it in such a subtle and neat way without getting in the way of the user.