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Startups Stick with Organic vs Paid Search Results

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Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, right hand column, despite low SEO rank). Both have the same end goal of getting people to your website.

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The Search Agency Opens Office In San Francisco

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The Search Agency is a provider of search marketing services to clients, providing paid search, SEO, and other services to help its clients. The firm is backed by private equity firm JMI Equity.

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ValueClick Sells Search123

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Westlake Village-based ValueClick has divested Search213 , the company's European, self-service, paid search business, the company said today. In explaining the sale, ValueClick said that Search123 has been "a small business" for the company and does not fit with its long-term strategy. in its 2011 fiscal year. READ MORE>>.

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Convertro Launches New Product

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The firm gave the example of a Pinterest "pin" of a Christmas card, and its tracking that found that a retailer received 6,815 visits and 65 direct sales due to that one "pin". Convertro is trying to better track conversions and visitors, and attribute those to different online advertising and outreach.

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DataPop Gets $1.7M

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Los Angeles-based DataPop , a new paid search ad management firm started by a pair of Overture/Yahoo Search Marketing veterans, has raised $1.7M in a Series A funding round, the company said this morning. The round was led by Rincon Ventures, and also included IA Ventures, Momentum Ventures, Accelerator Ventures, and angels.

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Search Engine Ranking Can Make Or Break Your Business

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Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, despite low SEO rank). Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking.

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When Intent And Content Align, Online Ads Suck A Whole Lot Less

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For instance, clients that have implemented DataPop’s platform have generated an average increase in sales of over 40% while experiencing an average 15% decrease in the cost of acquiring such sales. A leading online merchandiser doubled its conversions at a cost significantly lower per sale as compared to its historical baseline.

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