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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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