Should You Do SEO and PPC Together? [Video FAQ Series]

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SEO and PPC should be considered children of the same parent: search marketing. Their strategies should be considered together for best results.

There is some debate in the industry if running PPC and SEO can cause cannibalization of traffic; and there have been studies suggest both a positive and a negative result. You should, therefore, monitor both initiatives closely to prevent cannibalization if present.

There are some great benefits however, including:

  • Shared keyword data. Data from your PPC campaigns can help you identify your best converting keywords which can be applied to your overall strategy.
  • Informed content strategy. As with keyword data, converting content from PPC may also convert well for your SEO campaign.
  • More comprehensive ecommerce data. Ecommerce landing pages can also be used in your PPC campaign to move visitors directly the page where they can purchase a product.

Again, if you do run PPC and SEO programs together, monitor them closely to assure positive results from both. Using both programs can enable you to share data between campaigns making both more effective.

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About Suzanne Sanchez

Suzanne is currently an Account Executive for SEO.com. After being introduced to search engine optimization in one of her classes at Brigham Young University, she knew that SEO would become paramount for any business to succeed. She brings a combination of advertising expertise, and strong communication skills with knowledge of SEO.
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4 Comments

  1. Good post, I find using negative keywords for queries being targeted in SEO and exact match for those being targeted in AdWords resolves the cannibalization issue…

  2. Thanks for the post, Suzanne. I think nowadays running PPC campaigns is more effective, however, if an e-commerse business is ready to pay for both , those are good points about causious keyword and content use. 

  3. Can anyone suggest a good and cheap alternative of Adwords?

  4. Thank you this video was very useful and I learn something new today thnx to you.

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