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Search Engine Marketing - Pay Per Click Advertising |
A pay per click (PPC) search engine advertising campaign is a fast and effective method for driving targeted search engine traffic to your web site. Pay per click is a paid service that can be a good supplement to your search engine optimization strategy.
The goal of optimizing a web site is to create content that search engines look favorably upon when assessing the relevancy of your site in comparison to related sites. The organic, or natural, rankings of sites are displayed in a specific order relevant to the keyword or keyword phrase a user searches for. Achieving high organic search engine rankings is free, but pay per click offers a quick and easy way to have links to your site displayed alongside high ranking organic search engine results.
Pay per click programs, such as Google AdWords, give you the power to determine what keywords are relevant to the services or products your business offers and to have an advertisement for your site appear in results displayed when those specific keywords are searched for. Search engines charge a set amount for this service, often only a few cents, each time a user clicks through to your site from one of these advertisements.
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