John Ellis’ list of the Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Pay-Per-Click Advertisers includes one that runs counter to the promises made by many SEMs.
Seven Good PPC Habits Has One Surprise
The list Ellis published on Memorial Day may have been missed by some people, even though it is showing up on quite a few blogs.
He talks about controlling spending on campaigns by adjusting bid amounts instead of the daily budget, and the need to have a negative keyword list to eliminate customers who are likely to be non-converting.
Point number five may draw a lot of confused looks from search marketers:
5.- Avoid #1 Bottom line: The number one position is a bad ROI. Often times that can also be said about the #2 and #3 position. The traffic coming from the top positions are not buyers, they are just researching. Serious buyers WILL go to the 3, 4, 5 position. When the consumers are ready to buy, they will be back. Be patient.
Ellis doesn’t think the effort and expense to grab that top spot will payoff well for marketers. Sites like Google aren’t going to welcome that kind of thinking; what if people started settling for top five placement for ads instead of bidding hard for the top spot?
Add your thoughts below the article. Is it time to stop playing Google’s money game, as Ellis indirectly hinted?
