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Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Best Practices

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Search engine marketing (SEM) can be a powerful lead generation source, or a complete waste of money. Search-only or search plus content sites—running a campaign across both search engines and partner content sites requires a higher budget than a campaign focused on search alone. Write your ads.

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Best Search Engine Marketing Tips of 2009, Part 2

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While more than 80% of companies now use paid search in some form (primarily AdWords), many of these programs are under-optimized and not delivering the results they could be. How can search marketers use techniques like testing and keyword match types to improve results? How important are branded terms in paid search?

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Best Search Engine Marketing Tips of 2009, Part 1

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Keep your search marketing program growing? Discover the answers to these questions and others here in some of the best posts on search engine marketing of last year. Finding The Optimal Cost-Per-Lead by Search Engine Land. Finding Google AdWords Super Converter Keywords by MediaPost Online Media Daily.

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Best Google AdWords Tips and Tactics of 2010

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According to recent research from eConsultancy, “Paid search consumes the largest portion of online lead generation budgets, accounting for 28% of spending (in 2010), up from 22% in 2009.&# In addition, more than half of companies that use paid search increased their budgets for it last year. Where do image ads fit in the mix?

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Best AdWords Tips and Tactics of 2009, Part 1

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Which AdWords reports are the most critical, and how you can take full advantage of the information they provide? How is AdWords Quality Score calculated, and how can you improve that score in your campaigns? How can you calculate the potential advertising value of AdWords before making a costly investment?

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Balancing SEO and PPC to Maximize Search Results

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Great SEO can get sites to the top of organic search rankings, provide valuable traffic from long-tail or high-traffic keywords and play a crucial role in driving growth to your company. That pitfall is paid search. However, there is one pitfall to all the hard work that goes into ranking at the top organically.

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14 Fortuitous SEO and SEM Stats and Facts

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Search remains the cornerstone of digital and content marketing efforts. The average B2B website gets 40% or more of all visits from organic search, and 81% of B2B purchase cycles start with a web search. Of course, search, like all other digital marketing tactics, continues to evolve. Another 36% use mobile search.

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