To SEO or To PPC
The online community
is definitely a large market place that you cannot ignore,
especially if you have an internet business. There are thousands if
not millions of consumers that you can tap in the internet.
At the same time, the internet also poses a quite different
challenge. The easy access that internet provides also gives you as
much competition as you can imagine. It is too crowded and
congested.
Having a website is not enough to make your business running and
able to compete. You must take other alternatives to give way for
the online community to access your website at any rate or chance
possible.
You have to expose your website. Make it known. It has to be
visible. It has to be frequently targeted by consumers and surfers.
Invest in marketing your internet site. There are basically two
options available to you, the SEO and PPC. These two are probably
the most desirable alternatives you can get for your internet
business as strategy for search engine marketing.
1. SEO
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. Some researches indicate
that 60% - 70% of internet surfers and users actually resort to
using the Google search engine to find and locate web sites and
pages, for any topic they desire. SEO is the process taken to make
sure that the internet uses will find your website when ranked among
the top results of a search. This way you can make sure that you
will be visible and can clearly stand out from the rest.
2. PPC
PPC means Pay Per Click. It gives way advertising on a search
engine. These are sponsored listings that you see whenever you make
a search. There will be a charge whenever a visitor or web surfer
clicks on any of your ads. There will first be a bidding process.
The highest bidder for the price per click will definitely get the
chance to be first listed in the search engine.
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