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Re:How can we know if paid search advertising works? by RubyRidgeRandy on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:21PM (#30610901)
Except your storefront is on Google's land...and people find your website using their services...and you are free to not ever do any kind of ppc or seo work on your site at all.
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Re:How can we know if paid search advertising works? by rndphs on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @01:22AM (#30611481)
It just so happens that Google's land includes all of the main streets where people shop. But, you are free to set up your store on a backstreet alleyway a few miles from the town centre. That way you won't have to pay the protection fee. That's some real freedom right there.
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Re:How can we know if paid search advertising works? by RubyRidgeRandy on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @09:41AM (#30614869)
That's interesting, so google ads don't work yet simultaneously if you don't use them your business will just break down into nothing. How does that work?
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Re:How can we know if paid search advertising works? by dotancohen on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @07:43AM (#30613811)
In your analogy, are not stores on main streets taxed higher than stores on back alleys?
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