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Re:How Much Does a Single Search Cost Google? by alphaoverlord on Sunday January 16, 2011 @10:32PM (#2111102)
Shouldn't there be some sort of parity?

A user is a user is a user. Unless google users are that much more likely to buy something after clicking my ad, why would you pay more per individual view? Sure the absolute numbers should go up with more views, but it doesn't seem like money well spent to pay more for similar adspace.

Re:How Much Does a Single Search Cost Google? by drm237 on Sunday January 16, 2011 @10:45PM (#2111131)
That would assume that people using Adwords compare costs with the other ad networks before deciding to advertise. I would guess this is most often not the case.
Re:How Much Does a Single Search Cost Google? by il on Sunday January 16, 2011 @11:31PM (#2111204)
Actually, for some industries, Google traffic converts much better than Bing/Yahoo traffic. No 2 traffic sources are exactly alike.
Re:How Much Does a Single Search Cost Google? by josefresco on Monday January 17, 2011 @07:40AM (#2111990)
For years Yahoo! converted 30% better than AdWords on the same keywords for several of my active CPC clients.