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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

By now we all know that the largest part of the online spend has been SEM (search engine marketing) where people buy CPC (cost per click) links to display alongside the “organic&# search results in the search engine. Early evidence is good.

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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. The display side is called pay per action (PPA) or pay per lead (PPL).