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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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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. Tracking and performance reporting. Keyword research and budget forecasting.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

The only other ways to get discovered was to have good organic search results or to get covered by a major blog site. They looked nervous at having to speak with me impromptu and without the benefit of financial figures to scoff at, product pitches that they’ve seen 100 times and a market sizing to unpick. Page 1: Market Size.