Have you heard about Google AdWords? OK, this time I'm going to explain a bit about it.
First of all, you know as well that Google is still
#1 Search Engine in
net, leaving Overture at
second place. If you type a word or a phrase in Google's search box and press "enter", a large number of links will appear in front of you, related to
subject you've typed earlier.
Take a look at
right hand side of
main page. There should be another group of links complete with their descriptions, right? Only, these ones are much smaller than those main link results. What is
difference?
Do you see
subtitle.. Sponsored Links..? Those link results on
right hand side is called Google AdWords. People bid a certain price to Google to put their links on there everytime visitors search for related keywords. Those advertisers are only paying for
numbers of click-throughs to their links. This kind of advertising is called
Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising.
In order to reach a higher position in
link results, Google has set up a unique formula. Let's say you want to put your link in Google AdWords and you bid for "flowers" as your main keyword. You are not
only one who bid for that keyword. There are lots of people who also bid for it, since they also want to promote their "flowers" sites!