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The
first method is to develop your web site
skillfully, obtain some good quality backlinks and then wait for Google to realise
how good your web site is. This is called natural
search optimisation. After a while, your rankings
will improve and hopefully you'll reach the top
slot, or at least the first page for one or two of your main key phrases. This can take
some time depending on your industry and who you
are targeting and may need continual development
to keep your site at the top. However, being ranked at the top for every search phrase related to your industry is un-realistic as optimising your site for one key phrase will counteract optimisation for other phrases.
The
second method is sponsored advertising
on Google. This involves paying a small amount
of money to Google whenever somebody visits your
web site. In return, Google will promote your
web site during the first page or so of search
results for almost ulimited variations of key phrases. Depending upon the popularity and competition, you might expect to pay anywhere between
10p - £5.00 per click. Getting the balance
right is absolutely essential to prevent you from
paying money for little or no return but if this
is managed correctly it can be an absolute gold
mine.
The
obvious skill to master with this system is to
make sure that the cost of your visitors does
not exceed the profit you make from your sales revenue. However, establishing
where that break-even point is can be more difficult
than it first appears and can be very costly to
the inexperienced. A short period of testing can
help establish this if you know what you're doing.
Another key feature of the system is that you
will pay more per-click for some search phrases
than you will for others so it also makes sense
to look for the cheaper keyphrases. However, the
ones that cost more are likely to be the ones that are searched
for most often and these are the ones that carry
the majority of your visitor traffic. If the cost
per click is too high then the return on investment
will be negative and you'll be onto a loser. All
is not lost though.
We have in-depth experience
with this advertising platform and can usually
generate more than enough clicks from a large
selection of low cost keyphrases. The trick
is finding them, optimising them and generating
more of the same.
We
recently created an Adwords Google sponsored advertising
campaign for a client and here's what they had
to say about their experience:
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