Hmm... I know Google has had some problems making payments in the last month or so, but it appears Yahoo! is having problems with it partner payments*, this month and the previous month hasve both had erroneous payments which have resulted in their strategic partners not being renumerated within the specified contract dates.

Now I'm not talking about a few thousand dollars here, but these are the accounts that are worth around the million dollar mark or more to them per year.

One month of late or missing payments I can handle, but when it happens two months on the trot then it starts to annoy me, and I begin to question Yahoo's ability to solve problems effectively. Seriously, they said they would have the problem fixed within a week or so after it was first encountered and now over a month on they still haven't got it fixed.

It's not like I'm tied to their system, but the commision split I get from them is superior to most ad networks that are available to me.

Is anyone else considering a move to another provider or having difficulties getting payment from Yahoo!?

PS. Would or should something like this effect share price, if it was widely known what was happening within Yahoo!?

* Yahoo! Partners are not to be confused with Yahoo! Publishers, the latter program is similar to the Google adsense program, whereas the former is a premier service offered for Strategic Partners such as ITV, Kelkoo, Orange, Lycos, AltaVista, etc.