PPC Advertising is noticeable on the major search engines on the right side or top of each page. These are seen as sponsored listings, sponsored results or sponsored sites and are sometimes highlighted with a light beige background. Pay Per Click means that when a potential customer clicks on your link you will have to pay Google each time and can be very costly as some keywords and phrases can cost as much as £3 each or more.
The main advantage of Pay Per Click is that your website will be listed at the top of the major search engines almost straight away and depending on your budget, your site will stay at the top. With PPC you can start off with a small number of keywords to see how effective they prove and then increase the number if it proves to be effective. Pay Per Click is a fast and easy way of getting your website up to the top of Google but isn’t guaranteed to stay there permanently.
One disadvantage of PPC is that once your budget has been reached for that day or month, your site will no longer appear in the sponsored listings and it will be harder to find. Another disadvantage is that PPC is open to abuse where potential competition can repeatedly click on your sponsored listing, therefore, using up your budget but this can be prevented by using specific tools to identify where the clicks come from and how to solve it.
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