A Low Down on the Bidding Strategies for Pay Per Click

Without wasting any time, let’s give you a low down on the kind of bidding strategies you can use while bidding for keywords.
Low to High Strategy

If you are looking to bid for less competitive keywords, this is the strategy that you can choose. Start by bidding low, because these keywords have very little competition, meaning your Ad can easily appear on the first page of search engine listing.

But over time, more competitors might enter the fray and you will need to do a rethink on your bid. What you will now need to do is increase your bid slowly, but the good part is that you don’t have to bid as high as the new entrants are doing.

High to Low Strategy

This strategy comes into play when you are bidding for competitive keywords. You need to start off by bidding higher, so that your ad is on the first page. For any business initial exposure is very important, which is what a high bidding will get you.

This will also improve your quality score. Over time, with your high quality score you can make sure that your Ad remains on the first page but with a lower bid price. You can progressively lower your bid price, keeping in mind the performance of your Ad.

Fix Bidding Strategy

The above mentioned strategies are meant for Search Network ads. But, if you want to place your Ads on the Content Network, a fixed bidding strategy will be what you are looking for. The bidding process is simple and all you need to do is set a bid price for your ad and not change it.

Preferably keep it lower, so that you never have to change it. What you need to concentrate on is the relevance of the keywords. Once that has been sorted out, just sit back, and wait for the results to come in.

This is just a brief overview of the strategies that are used for bidding on keywords. You need to get an in depth idea about them to use these strategies with a degree of success.

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sahilSahil Mehta

Founder & CEO Ayushveda Informatics

Top 100 Winner of Red Herring Asia 2009 Awards.