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Wednesday, September 14, 2005

SEO is better than paid search

iProspect and JupiterResearch conducted a study about the ROI on SEO and paid search among those companies that used one or both the past month. They have found out that 35% of 138 respondents are more satisfied (in terms of ROI) with optimization that with paid search (11%). 9 percent said the results were similar.

But the data that should really make us think is hidden in the answers to another question. For a lot of respondents don’t measure ROI (21 percent), could not measure it (10 percent), or were unable to distinguish between ROI for paid links and optimization (14 percent).

Tag: SEO, ROI, paid search

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