Wednesday, October 8, 2008

How effective is your PPC Campaign?

By Brian Basch

PPC (Pay Per Click) advertising has become a lot different in the last few years. If you expect to turn a profit, policy changes from Google mean that it is not possible to collect a huge number of keywords and just make easy money.

That's because attempting this kind of PPC campaign today will end in expensive, active keywords, or a large percentage simply being deactivated. Since bid prices are rising on basic keywords, it's vital to pay attention to which ones you choose, to get the best results for your money.

Fortunately, paying just a little attention will result in the best chances of success. Learning why Google treats your ads the way it does, and choosing your keywords in a way that makes sense gives you a good chance of a successful, profitable campaign.

Google gets great support from advertising and that means they make money if a viewer thinks the particular advertising is worth clicking on. It is important that search engines and all advertising in the site is real.

Google is trying to remove advertising that is giving less false information and websites that qualify as spam or deceptive. Lots of the pay per click campaign sites of the past fit into these categories. And now, if you want your PPC campaign to succeed, you should prove to Google that you are a genuine advertiser.

Adding quality content to your site is a great start if your want to keep Google on your side. You can start with something as simple as a privacy policy, terms and conditions, a page about your company and some information about what you do and where you do it. Contact details are considered extremely important by Google, it shows the search engine that you have a home.

By now you're probably thinking to yourself,' Is this thing a machine or is it alive!' The truth is that these simple changes can net big results. It also adds legs to your pay per click campaign. Add an XML site map to your site. XML is just a directory of your site content, but they make it much easier for Google to look around. A programmer can create this map for you, the result will be that you'll find bids become up to 35% less expensive.

Building a good campaign starts with better knowledge of Google and what its people want you to show them so that they know your site's legitimate. They aren't trying to make things hard for everyone, just the cheats and nasty types that try to scam the search engine's users. The best way to see how effective your site is, Google your keywords and see where you finish. If you're there in the top entries, you've chosen your keywords very well. Other things you can keep your eye on include related terms, meta tags and the copy that appears on other sites like yours. While you should never copy someone else's material, it can make for great inspiration.

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