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Search Engine Ranking Can Make Or Break Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

What most people don’t realize is, according to recent statistics , despite top positioning, only a quarter of sites selected comes from paid search. Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking. Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is just buying advertising for your business.

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Google Hell

SoCal CTO

I've worked with several businesses that were essentially based on driving traffic via search engine optimization (SEO). I just saw a Forbes article talking about Google Hell - getting placed in the secondary index. It doesn't prevent Google Hell, but it certainly reduces the chances.

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Startups Stick with Organic vs Paid Search Results

Startup Professionals Musings

Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. Their computers then cleverly merge your ads with search results when users search words imply an interest in your products. This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO).