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Organic Search Engine Clicks On The Rise... 
By: Rene LeMerle 2009-05-15 ...Paid Search Losing Share. A new report out by Hitwise points to a substantial drop in Paid Search Traffics share of traffic."In the four weeks to May 9, 2009, 7.25% of search... ... engine traffic to All Categories of websites was from paid clicks. This compares to 9.84% in the same four week period in 2008 - representing a 26% decline in the share of paid clicks." 
Now before you go and pause your PPC campaigns " lets take stock of the news. Search traffic is still on the rise overall according to the announcement, its just that paid searchs share has dropped. Why might this be? Heather Hopkins from Hitwise says This is no doubt a result of cutbacks in marketing spend due to the recession. Im sure that marketing budgets are tightening up with cost management pressures, but maybe the drop in paid searchs share is more a reflection of changing search behavior. Its been a well documented fact that organic listings carry more credibility and trust with searchers than their paid listing counterparts " so perhaps this provides more insight into the trend. Tough times force searchers/buyers to become more diligent in researching purchases, which sees them reverting to sources they trust more. From a marketers point of view " this highlights the importance of SEO in your strategy. With the proliferation of PPC advertising over the past few years (fast results, rapid targeting, pay for performance etc), SEO was often pushed to the back burner. This changing search behaviour means that you now (more than ever) need a well planned mix of both SEO and PPC. Whilst Paid Search is losing some of its share to Organic " its still driving sizable traffic referrals " and cant be ignored. Comments Tag: paid search, SEO Add to  Del.icio.us |  Digg |  Reddit |  Furl Have a bookmark! -  About the Author: Rene is the marketing manager of ineedhits.com - a global search engine marketing company. He also leads the marketing for Gooruze.com - a web 2.0 style community for online and digital marketers. Rene has been in the industry since 1997 with much of that time spent helping businesses embrace the best of the internet and digital world. |
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