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Does pay per click advertising help or set you up for abuse by competitors? - upwardly_mobile_home - 04-28-2014 02:44 AM I own a service business. I serve a radius that goes about 25 miles to my north and west, about 35 miles to my east and south (the direction of wealth and more densely populated areas). Now I get 2-3 clicks per week from the poorer, rural areas each week. About 50% of the clicks lead to calls and nearly 100% of the calls turn to work. I can't say that about the more competitive market. I get 7-10 clicks per day. I am lucky if 10% of the clicks generate a call. In the non competitive market, I might pay $2.50 per click. In the more competitive market, more like $5-6 per click. I suspect competitors are clicking. I cut the bid by 25% in the towns where competitors are, the number of clicks drop in half and I still get the same number of calls. This leads me to believe many clicks are abusive. I will admit it, I click on competitors ads once every 6-8 weeks. I am curious, but not abusive. If a new advertiser puts an ad up, I probably will click it to check them out. If I click 1-2 ads in a month, that's a lot for me. I strongly suspect that others are clicking to be spiteful. Do you agree? - Jake - 04-28-2014 02:54 AM Dome believe the top ad position sponsored search ads get more casual first look clicks, while lower positions 2-5 may get more discerning users, lowering bids a bit may help conversion rates, while lowering the conversion total as well. Sounds like you want to be logging IPs to help ID repeat offenders. |