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Do Google Adwords really work?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Hylander, Mar 30, 2011.

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    Hi I'm currently in the process of optimizing our website for Google search engines. I'm completely new to all of this but I've received advice from different people to put some cash aside and start an Adwords campaign. Would that budget be better focused on long term SEO optimization or is Adwords a sure-fire way to get traffic to our website quickly?

    Appreciate any advice :)
     
    Hylander, Mar 30, 2011 IP
  2. Kiranraj

    Kiranraj Well-Known Member

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    Yes, Google adwords helps a lot. It helps to get traffic & visitors to your website
     
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    claudejean123 Peon

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    Using Google Adword is indeed a great help for SEO's especially those who want a quick and easy traffic. But it will cost you money before getting your desired result.
     
    claudejean123, Mar 30, 2011 IP
  4. Hylander

    Hylander Peon

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    Thanks for this advice. We will go ahead with a campaign so..
     
    Hylander, Mar 30, 2011 IP
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    Jonah_fish Guest

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    I would caution against commencing and adwords campaign in the first instance. If you are just starting to optimise your site I would advocate using whatever budget you have put aside for PPC to promote organic SEO, unless that is your industry sector is fiercley competitive then adwords may be your best bet. PM me if you want more advice.
     
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    labraintellekt Peon

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    I recommend you try free organic way on how to increase traffic to your website. If you have the time, learn SEO.
     
    labraintellekt, Mar 30, 2011 IP
  7. Hylander

    Hylander Peon

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    Thank you for the advice guys, we have a lot to learn..
     
    Hylander, Mar 30, 2011 IP
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    chinasa Peon

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    Of course Google adwords helps a lot. It helps to bring visitors and increase traffic to your site.
     
    chinasa, Mar 30, 2011 IP
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    Of course they work - they are just expensive especially if you are in a competitive niche.
     
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    Best thing to do is split your budget for both Adwords and some SEO work if thats possible. Simply because eventually when you get up the rankings you will be able to lay off on your Adwords and be less reliant on Google and more on yourself, also if you rank well in say google using SEO practices then the chances are you will also rank well for the other search engines too, not just google like with Adwords.
     
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    smrutichandan Peon

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    Yes Google adwords helps a lot.It's helap u to search your site perfect key words by which u can more traffic your site.
     
    smrutichandan, Mar 30, 2011 IP
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    I personally use this methodology

    week 1-4 80%/20% adwords to organic SEO
    week 4-8 50%/50% adwords/organic SEO methods
    week 8-12 20%/80% adwords/organic seo
    after week 12 cease all PPC campaigns.

    Don't ever anticipate seo will work quickly, so you have to put something asside for PPC if your client demands results from the off.
     
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    I had a $100 coupon so i used it and it worked great

    I got a ton of clicks to my site with a better than average bounce rate

    however the $100 went extremely quickly now im paying :(
     
    dragtastic, Mar 30, 2011 IP
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    cashgen Well-Known Member

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    You need to be really good at PPC to see a benefit as the cost may outrun the benefit otherwise.
     
    cashgen, Mar 30, 2011 IP
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    u4mee Banned

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    The google grants is a unique in-kind donation program awarding free adwords advertising to select charitable organizations. Thanks for sharing informative post.
     
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    Yes Google Adwords is really helpful. using of Google Adwords you get good business. sometime I used Google Adwords for my website and I got good business from it.
     
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    OK this has all been wonderful advice people. We will run a small awords campaign but we will keep in mind that the focus really should be on organic SEO. Thanks again for the wonderful advice. I will post here up and down to give people an idea of how successful the campaign is.. webcorehosting.net is the website if anyone wants to keep an eye on the project. Many thanks again :)
     
    Hylander, Mar 31, 2011 IP