Sunday, November 23, 2008

Why Pay Per Click Beats the Yellow Pages Hands Down

By Ryan Hudson

When given the option of a pay per click ad or a Yellow Page ad to promote your company, nine times out of ten you are going to want to choose the pay per click ad. Years ago, taking out a special advertisement in the Yellow Pages was the best way to get your company noticed, but now, the Yellow Pages are dead while pay per click is the new champion. If you don't know why pay per click is going to be better than getting your company in the telephone book, you may ask yourself why waste the money on pay per click. Here are the reasons to get the best for your business.

When you think about your telephone book, you probably realize that it has been a while since you used it. In fact, you probably only use it to look up the number for the pizza delivery company, and the rest of the time it ends up sitting on top your refrigerator gathering dust. If you take it down and look at how old it is, it's probably quite a few years old. Now, think about your computer. If you turn it on and search for something in a search engine, you probably know that all the information you get is up-to-date. Sure, there is a lot of rubbish on the Internet, but if you're searching for something specific, you are going to find what you are looking for pretty quickly. In fact, most people can find the information that they are looking for on the Internet quicker than they can even find their Yellow Pages directory, let alone open it and find the listing.

So pay per click advertising is more convenient than Yellow Page advertising for people to find, but there has got to be other reasons why it is better. The vast majority of households have the Internet now, so it means that you are going to have everybody's attention. Plus, if you think about it, a lot of young adults and even middle-aged adults are more comfortable searching on the Internet than they are using the Yellow Pages. It's a lot more convenient to find what you are looking for. Plus, most people know that they are going to get a better selection of choices when using the Internet.

A lot of Yellow Page directories have gone entirely online, meaning that people are going to get on their computer to find the information anyways. The nail in the Yellow Pages coffin is the fact that many people aren't getting free Yellow Page directories anymore. If you put a Yellow Page ad in, the number of people who see your company's information decreases. A pay per click is going to increase that number to everyone on the Internet.

The next time someone asks you why you don't have a Yellow Page ad, you can tell them that you are using your advertising budget wisely by investing in a pay per click campaign. - 16039

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