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Search Engine Ranking Can Make Or Break Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

SEO is not placing ads, but tuning your website so that it is more highly ranked by Google, and featured in the first page of results, not in an ad beside the results. For Google, this is pay per impression (PPI), or pay per mille (PPM) per thousand impressions. Cost per click (CPC). Tracking and performance reporting.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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I hear it right after people have decided to come by for a few days to “check out what all the fuss is about.” He presented a system where your search results would be ranked based on companies bidding for placement and where merchants would be charged on a “cost per click” basis (CPC). Yes, Google won.

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Interview with Noah Auerhahn, Extrabux

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We talked with Noah about how the company grew out of a business plan competition at the University of Southern California, his recent funding from the Maverick Angels, as well as how the firm hopes to stand out among a crowded list of comparison shopping sites. For people who haven't heard of ExtraBux, what is the site all about?

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

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One recession later and the US advertising market is about $245 billion – but still only 10-12% is online and measurable. But of course Google eventually became the massive winner in this category. The affiliate networking market alone is about a $2 billion industry now. These purchases are more complex in nature.

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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. SEO is not placing ads, but tuning your website so that it is more highly ranked by Google, and featured in the first page of results, not in an ad beside the results. Cost per click (CPC).

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How to Measure & Track Marketing

Jason Nazar

For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics. For example, if it costs $1,000 on Google paid search to get 500 people to visit your site and five of those people purchase an item, your CAC is $200 ($1,000/5). See what other startup mentors have to say about marketing tactics. Conversion Rate.

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How to Measure & Track Marketing

Jason Nazar

For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics. For example, if it costs $1,000 on Google paid search to get 500 people to visit your site and five of those people purchase an item, your CAC is $200 ($1,000/5). See what other startup mentors have to say about marketing tactics. Conversion Rate.