SEM Tip #2
The internet is a big place, so making sure your online advertising dollars effectively reach your target market is one of the biggest challenges for managers.
When it comes to most marketing activities, whether it be a newspaper advertisement, television commercial or internet campaign, managers are always striving to choose marketing mediums that attract the [...]

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A few months back I wrote an article about how Microsoft and Google were about to go head to head in search and detailed Microsoft’s plans to take on Google’s online marketing monopoly using display advertising. A few things have changed since then and it’s time to re-visit the battle.
Since that article, the much-hyped Microsoft-Yahoo! [...]

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With the recent announcement that Yahoo! and Google have agreed to terms over search-based advertising, many in the industry are beginning to wonder if this is the beginning of the end for Yahoo’s Search Marketing program.
The agreement, which still has to be approved by anti-trust authorities, is an $800 Million (US) deal which will see [...]

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SEM Tip #1
When it comes to managing a search engine marketing (SEM) campaign online in Google AdWords or one of the other search marketing programs, too many businesses get carried away with click-through-rates (CTR).
But before I get into why click-through rates (CTR) are overrated, let’s just clarify what a CTR is. A Click-Through-Rate, or CTR, [...]

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With macroeconomic conditions in Australia meaning that many businesses are tightening their belts, the most common area that spending is being cut from is marketing.
This is evident by the fact that marketing positions are down by 26% across Australia (BRW Magazine) as many businesses look to cut the fat from their advertising dollars.
But there is [...]

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Whilst organic search engine optimisation will get you so far, it does have its limits. This is mainly due to the fact that when it comes to organic SEO, it is not possible to optimise for every keyword you want to generate results for. Attempting to optimise for ridiculous numbers of keywords is more than [...]

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The recent news that Microsoft and Yahoo have decided not to go ahead with their planned merger has led to Microsoft announcing that they intend to take on Google by themselves. On paper it seems like an achievable task, America’s second biggest listed company taking on number 16. In fact, with almost double the market capital behind [...]

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There’s a lot of strong opposition out there to the notion of search engine marketing (SEM) or Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising.
Many SEO’s claim that Google AdWords and other PPC programs are simply for people who aren’t smart enough to undertake organic SEO. This, however, is far from the truth.
Organic SEO and PPC programs have two very [...]

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