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MarketingSherpa Releases 2008 Search Marketing Benchmark Guide

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MarketingSherpa recently published its Search Marketing Benchmark Guide for 2008 , providing data on cost per click (CPC), conversion rates, SEO and other key online marketing metrics. Among the key findings: Search marketing continues to grow at an incredible pace, with spending up 39% globally in 2007.

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How to Get Started with Performance Marketing

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While in the past, attribution was nearly impossible, data transparency now enables marketers to optimize their campaigns so they perform better. And that’s why it’s called “performance marketing”. What Is Performance Marketing? SEM is the placement of paid ads on search engine results pages (SERPs).

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Best of 2007: Articles and Blog Posts on SEM

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Search engine marketing (SEM) is one of the fastest-growing categories in all of advertising, because it is both measurable and logical: present your ads when people are searching for what you're selling. As with any other type of advertising, however, a poorly-designed campaign will be a disappointing waste of money.

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