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Search Ads & Contextual Ads Are Different! You Need To Treat Them Separately

Paid Search - A Column From Search Engine Land The major PPC engines offer the ability for advertisers to show their ads on both search and content networks. However, those networks are very different from a consumer engagement process, and they should be treated very differently.

To provide a quick recap, with the search network, an advertiser bids on a keyword, and if the search uses that keyword in the query, then an ad will show. This engagement process is based upon someone actively looking for information related to a keyword that the advertiser has chosen to show an ad.

Although similar in many respects, the content network is very different, and must be approached with a completely different mindset.

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Paid Search - A Column From Search Engine Land
The major PPC engines offer the ability for advertisers to show their ads on both search and content networks. However, those networks are very different from a consumer engagement process, and they should be treated very differently.

To provide a quick recap, with the search network, an advertiser bids on a keyword, and if the search uses that keyword in the query, then an ad will show. This engagement process is based upon someone actively looking for information related to a keyword that the advertiser has chosen to show an ad.

Although similar in many respects, the content network is very different, and must be approached with a completely different mindset.

Click to continue reading…