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You can "simply pay for the top spot". This is why the results at the very top of the Google search are paid ad placements.
by bigtunacan 11y ago
You can "simply pay for the top spot". This is why the results at the very top of the Google search are paid ad placements.
- BinaryIdiot 11y agoI was referring to search results not advertisements. You can pay one fee, like a domain TLD or AOL Keyword, and get that spot. With those advertisements you have to constantly put money in to stay at that spot.
- jsprogrammer 11y agoDomain names are also a constant, on-going cost.
- jaredsohn 11y agoWhile there is an on-going cost (i.e. domain renewals), it is very small compared to the initial payment one might make to acquire a premiere domain.
- jules 11y agoSadly my parents don't know that the top yellow box is an ad, they think it's the top search result. I expect most people are the same.
- HeyLaughingBoy 11y agoDoes it really matter, though? If they find what they're looking for, what difference is it if the result was paid or organic?
- jules 11y agoIn most cases the ad is not what they are looking for.