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Search Engine Ranking Can Make Or Break Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is just buying advertising for your business. Their computers then merge your ads with search results when users search words imply an interest in your products. If you sell widgets, and a user is searching for widgets, your ad will appear on the first page.

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Startups Stick with Organic vs Paid Search Results

Startup Professionals Musings

What most people don’t realize is that, according to new research , 90% of search engine users rarely look at the paid results. Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. Cost per click (CPC). Cost per action (CPA).

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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company.

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Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

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Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. He put together a model for attracting an audience.

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Stealth Mode Entrepreneurs Only Increase the Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

This takes time, and is more valuable than any advertising you can buy. A startup that has been incorporated for two years or more without shipping is already seen as a bad investment. In addition, a website needs several weeks of presence for indexing by search engines, search engine optimization, blog activity, and link building.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Startup Professionals Musings

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. Sales and marketing costs.

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7 Reasons For Your Startup to Skip Stealth Mode

Startup Professionals Musings

This takes time, and is more valuable than any advertising you can buy. A startup that has been incorporated for two years or more without shipping is already seen as a bad investment. In addition, a website needs several weeks of presence for indexing by search engines, search engine optimization, blog activity, and link building.

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