Friday, January 16, 2009

The Drawbacks Of Pay Per Click Advertising

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.

However this is not really as simple as it looks. This is because keyword research is not so easy. Tracking through the search engines is not enough. The keywords you find here are popular and will bring up too many pages of results. It is good to know that most searchers will not look beyond the first 5 pages of their search results. This makes it very important to be listed in the first five pages, if you want to make money.

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.

Next came pay per click advertising. It was a simple idea; advertisers were charged a small amount of money every time somebody clicked on their ad. Advertisers would earn more if they had a larger amount of clicks. The next step was to get a good position for your ad. In order to achieve this the advertiser would need to make the highest bid.

You need to exercise caution when using pay per click advertising. The reason for this is the fact that costs can rise quite fast and take you by surprise. Ads in top positions will generate a great deal of traffic but also a lot of wasted leads. This can drain your budget.

There are many things that can go wrong in a pay per click campaign, and you will have to be extra careful, especially if you are new to this form of marketing. it is not so easy. However you do not need to feel alone as there are many different marketing strategies to try out.

So consider your options and do not rely on one method of marketing. Remember the more methods you use the better chances you have of making a profitable business. - 15246

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