Paid search marketing is the paid counterpart of search engine optimization (SEO). While SEO uses organic or unpaid techniques to improve a website’s page rank, paid search marketing targets the same objective, but uses paid techniques such as search engine advertising, placement targeting, sponsored listings and so on. In a nutshell, you will pay to the search engines and other websites to advertise your website.
Paid search marketing comes in many different types, one of which is PPC or Pay Per Click. This method allows you to advertise your website by placing a link or ad that leads back to the site and pay only when the said link or ad is clicked. Paid search ads are usually placed on top or to the right of the organic search results and are labelled as contextual advertising or sponsored listings. Since the majority of web users nowadays flock to Google’s search engine and to Facebook as a social media website, the most promising PPC networks today are Google AdWords and Facebook marketing.
Wayne’s Web World knows that paid search marketing is only one of the online marketing techniques that are effective nowadays. Although it requires financial investment unlike most other free online marketing tools such as email and social media, paid search marketing has proven its worth in driving targeted traffic and improving website exposure on search engine results pages. However, we understand that it is still more effective when used in conjunction with other online marketing techniques, especially SEO.