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Search Engine Marketing / Pay Per Click - PPC Advertising
Search Engine Marketing, or also know as SEM, Search Marketing, Pay Per Click or PPC Advertising is a form of Internet Marketing that requires advertisers to pay a fee every time a search engine user clicks the ad placed in a search engine results page. |
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Search Marketing (SEM) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Comparison
COMPARED ITEMS |
SEM / PPC |
SEO |
| Search Results Page Listing Type |
Advertising / Sponsored Ads |
Natural / Organic result of a search engine |
Listing Cost
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Paid
pay US$0.04 to US$15 per click |
Free |
| Traffic Results |
Immediate Traffic Results
Properly managed PPC advertising provides immediate traffic results |
Several Months
Requires time, usually months to climb the search ranking |
Rank Positioning
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High PPC bid for a specific keyword and effective ad text results higher position |
Relies on search algorithms
e.g. proper site architecture, content relevancy, link popularity |
Traffic / Visitor Clicks
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10% Clicks |
80%-90% Clicks
80% to 90% of clicks occur on the left hand side, natural (non-paid) results |
| Long Term Results |
Short Term
Traffic disappears as you stop pay per click |
Long Term
Constant SEO equals constant free traffic |
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While PPC advertising provides better control and predictability in the short term, continual SEO on the other hand will lead you to longer term search engine success.
Contact our SEO Consultant now to learn more about Search Engine Marketing and Search Engine Optimization or visit our SEO Services page for our value-for-money SEO Pricing Packages. |
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