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Friday, January 16, 2009

The Disadvantages Of Pay Per Click Advertising

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By Brian Basch

Google Adwords is all the rage in Internet marketing, and has made a grand impression on the pay per click advertising world. The idea of just creating an ad and then relaxing while the search engine does all the work is just too good an opportunity for most advertisers to pass up.

It looks as if the marriage of advertiser and search engine is really made in heaven. The advertiser just has to create an ad then pay the search engine a small fee to do all the legwork. The search engine will find potential customers through keyword searches. When a searcher enters the keyword into the search engine the related ad will be seen along with the search results.

But do not be fooled! Pay per click is not quite that easy. This is because a certain amount of keyword research needs to be done. You cannot get away with plain tracking of the ad. Many popular keywords bring up a vast array of pages in one search result. On average the searchers will not look through more than the first 5-10 pages. This means Your ad must be shown in the first 5-10 pages range.

The only trouble with this is the fact that you will need to bid high to get a good position. Old fashioned ways of advertising were governed by paying for the duration of the ad as opposed to paying for exposure. This method of advertising often cost quite a bit.

The next form of advertising to emerge was Pay per click marketing. The idea was straightforward; advertisers would simply pay a fee every time a visitor clicked on their ad. This meant that if the ad had a good ratio of clicks the advertiser would make more money. Next came the question of positioning your ad in the search engines. In order to gain a superior position advertisers would have to bid higher than their competitors.

Pay per click advertising is not without risks. Costs can rise dramatically and the advertiser can soon find himself seriously out of pocket. You need to be sure that an ad that is drawing a lot of traffic is in fact making sales, or you might lose a lot of money.

There are a lot of stumbling blocks with pay per click advertising, especially if you are new to the game. It is nothing like the easy ride the ads tell you about. However there is a ray of light in that there are many places you can go to get assistance and there are also other marketing options you can consider.

So do not just rely on pay per click advertising. Successful businesses use many methods of marketing. When you do this you will take your business to the next level and make substantial profits.

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