Are Small PPC Search Engines Really Worth The Effort?
The final answer is "Maybe." Hey...Whadya expect? I'm an attorney! But let me explain further. The correct answer to almost any marketing question is "to test." That's the only way you really know the true answer. But we can learn from the results that others have and adapt them to our marketing. When it comes to PPC (pay-per-click) search engines, you know they are not all created equal. Google and Overture dominate the market. The total traffic you get from them will dwarf the total from all other PPC search engines combined. But does that mean that there's no money in the little guys? Au Contraire. (That's the fancy French way of saying, "No." -- and I probably missspelllled it. It's been long time since my high school French class.) Before I give you some suggestions, please realize that your results are going to vary - always. Here's the most important point of this entire article: Your conversion rate will vary from search eng...