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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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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

I had seen many cycles and decided that since I was going to do it all over again I should write about it. I decided to write about my experience and to be blunt. The only other ways to get discovered was to have good organic search results or to get covered by a major blog site. That changed very quickly. Tempus Fugit.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web. As we learned from our investment in Overture and the subsequent success of Google, “intent-based&# advertising is enormously powerful.

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Startups Stick with Organic vs Paid Search Results

Startup Professionals Musings

It pays only if a customer clicks through AND takes a further action (conversion), such as buying a product or filling out a web form. All these models start with the advertiser choosing the right search keywords to match user searches. Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Keyword research and budget forecasting.