Thursday, September 16, 2004

Double exposure and Branding The Holistic Approach to Search Engine Marketing

SEO News: The Holistic Approach to Search Engine Marketing: "Recent studies have indicated that search engine marketing is an effective brand builder, and this branding effect is amplified through placement in both the natural search results and in the paid results. This makes perfect sense - on most search engines, you have two unique opportunities to present your company and products/services for every search query. By taking advantage of both opportunities, you greatly increase your chances of being first-in-mind from the searcher's perspective, at the time of the search and beyond.
There is a very popular approach from some search engine marketers to only use PPC for keyphrases where the site does not achieve high natural rankings. While this approach can certainly save money, it runs counter to the branding benefit espoused above (since it ensures that a site listing will either be in the paid results or the natural results, but never both). If your company has a high average dollar sale, and you have a chance to favorably impress a visitor with dual exposure before they visit your site, it usually makes sense to take that opportunity."

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