Google PPC: Content or Search?When
advertising with pay per click Google gives the advertiser two broad options.
Advertising in search results, advertising in websites content or indeed many
choose to do both. Advertising in search means that results are displayed in Google
under searches, and in its distributors search results. Google content
advertising applies to those websites who choose to incorporate ?Adsense? into
their websites. As adsense rapidly expands, it is now viewable on millions of
web pages throughout the web. However, many advertisers are shunning this in
favor of merely advertising in search results. There
are several reasons for this, and the first is trust. This has been a result of
smaller websites, through to adsense empires choosing to embark on Click Fraud.
Although this issue occurs in search it is far less dominant. Those who commit
Click Fraud on search are those trying to weaken a competitor?s ROI. With
Adsense the same applies, along with the website owner trying to increase his
revenues using similar tactics. Another
reason why website owners are choosing to market out with content is the
motivation of the buyer when he is on a website. Someone who is on a different
website, other than the advertisers might be there for entirely different reasons.
For example a website discussing the disadvantages of Adsense, would actually
return adverts for those selling ?Adsense Websites? for example. People may
click on it, but they are unlikely to buy after reading a negative review. The
other reason could be that the person on the adsense website was actually
looking for what is the best color palette to use. The person therefore would
not find the advert relevant, but might click on the advert in a care free
manner. Adsense
websites are also often rejected by the advertiser because they feel it
involves more administration. Checking through websites to see how relevant
they are, and editing their bids to ensure they still appear on a page. With
some words having a network of over 500 websites, it is surely a tedious and
expensive task. Although this is the case, many also find that their Adwords
account returns websites, that don?t even appear to be trying to support their
keywords. The example which is ripe, are those advertising under legal phrases
who appear on adsense websites ?terms and conditions? and ?privacy policy?
pages. Although many are rejecting content advertising, there are still those who feel it
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