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Search Engine Ranking Can Make Or Break Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

If you sell widgets, and a user is searching for widgets, your ad will appear on the first page. This is NOT the same as or better than Search Engine Optimization (SEO). PPC is sometimes called “buying your way into search results.” Cost per click (CPC).

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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).

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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. Their computers then cleverly merge your ads with search results only when users search words imply an interest in your products. Cost per click (CPC).

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

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As Marketing Guru Guy Gabriel of Idea Engineering points out in Max Brand , viral marketing has made many an entrepreneur terminally ill. Unpaid Search – Never pay a consultant to help you achieve a higher search ranking. Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil.

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