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SEARCH MARKETING. PAID SEARCH. PAID SEARCH - RHS. PAID SEARCH - FEATURED. IN THE 1990s, STANFORD STUDENTS SERGEY BRIN AND LARRY PAGE DEVELOPED A SEARCH ALGORITHM. Source: Hal Varian’s Berkeley Lecture on Search Economics. THEY TRIED TO SELL THEIR SEARCH ALGORITHM TO YAHOO FOR $ 1 MILLION.
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IN THE 1990s, STANFORD STUDENTS SERGEY BRIN AND LARRY PAGE DEVELOPED A SEARCH ALGORITHM
Source: Hal Varian’s Berkeley Lecture on Search Economics THEY TRIED TO SELL THEIR SEARCH ALGORITHM TO YAHOO FOR $ 1 MILLION
comScore April 2008 Search Engine Rankings TODAY, THERE ARE EFFECITVELY 5 PRIMARY SEARCH PROVIDERS
AND 3 PAID SEARCH PROVIDERS Based on June 2008 Covaris numbers reported at mediapost (msn is inferred)
$0.25 x 10000 clicks = $2500 $1.00 x 2500 clicks = $2500 $10.00 x 250 clicks = $2500 PAY PER CLICK MODEL
GOOGLE’S PAID SEARCH GOAL IS USER SATISFACTION ADVERTISER SATISFACTION MAXIMUM PROFITABILITY
$0.25 x 10000 clicks = $2500 $1.00 x 2500 clicks = $2500 $10.00 x 250 clicks = $2500 PAY PER CLICK MODEL
WHY AD POSITION MATTERS – EYE TRACKING Source: Jan Pederson’s Search Quality Presentation at Berkeley (2007)
ashtonsd90.com bids $1.38 ritzcamera.com bids $1.17 shopcartusa.com bids $3.23 PPC - BIDDING
ashtonsd90.com bids $1.38 ritzcamera.com bids $1.17 shopcartusa.com bids $3.23 RANK THEM
ashtonsd90.com bids $1.38 , ranks 2ndandpays $1.38 ritzcamera.com bids $1.17, ranks 3rdandpays $1.17 shopcartusa.com bids $3.23, ranks 1standpays $3.23 NORMAL AUCTION
ashtonsd90.com bids $1.38 , ranks 2ndandpays $1.17 ritzcamera.com bids $1.17, ranks 3rdandpays ??? shopcartusa.com bids $3.23, ranks 1standpays $1.38 VICKREY AUCTION (VCG)
Google’s customers are ranked based on a quality score * their bid and pay slightly more than the next ranked bidder not exceeding their maximum bid. PRICE AND RANKING ARE RECALCULATED EACH QUERY GOOGLE AND YAHOO USE A GENERALIZED SECOND PRICE (GSP) AUCTION
ashtonsd90.com 1.38 x 4 = 5.52 ritzcamera.com 1.17 x 6 = 7.02 shopcartusa.com 3.23 x 1 = 3.23 AD RANK = BID x QUALITY SCORE (QS)
ashtonsd90.com 1.38 x 4 = 5.52 pays 3.23/4 = .82 ritzcamera.com 1.17 x 6 = 7.02 pays 5.52/6 = .93 shopcartusa.com 3.23 x 1 = 3.23 pays minimum .05 HYPOTHESIZED PRICE = NextPlace(AR) / QS +.01
HYPOTHESIZED PRICE = NextPlace(AR) / QS +.01 HOW MUCH WOULD NIKON HAVE TO PAY FOR NUMBER 1?
As compiled on mindofmichael.com A FEW ADSENSE SITES GENERATE GOOD REVENUE
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