SEMPO: Social PPC is Showing Google Adwords A Thing Or Two
Date: May 9th, 2011 | Author: Steve Longoria | Tags: Advertising, Business, Facebook, Google, Internet Marketing, Marketing, Pay Per Click, PPC, Search Engine Marketing, Social Media | No Comments »
This is great news! The more PPC options we have the better don’t you think? I still have yet to try PPC advertising on any social networks, but I think I just may after reading this news:
“SEMPO has released its comprehensive ‘State of Search’ report for 2011, and there are many key findings that are of interest to practicing search marketers, search strategists and PPC media buyers, to name a few. Over 900 agencies and companies from 66 countries were interviewed for the 133-page report. SEMPO research chair Marc Englesman of Digital Brand Expressions offered some key insights on the report for MediaPost. Of the findings, it is notable that social networks have become substantial alternative PPC networks, in some cases driving higher PPC participation than the Yahoo / Bing search alliance.
‘The SEMPO Report clearly shows that Facebook has rapidly become a top PPC advertising vehicle,’ said Engelsman. ‘This may be driven in part by companies looking to quickly and easily buy their way into social media presence instead of taking the time to build their digital outposts more organically. This would follow the trend we saw in the early times of SEO when many marketers decided to forego true search engine optimization in favor of paid search as a way to get fast visibility.
‘The reality of Facebook’s PPC ad growth (and to a lesser degree, the growth we are also seeing in use of LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter and mobile) means the PPC model has expanded well beyond traditional search engines, and marketers need to understand and budget for the growing opportunities in this arena.’”
