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Interesting PPC numbers. If they don't like the figures they were seeing

> Whether it is “project management” (€ 6.00 per click), “social collaboration” (€ 4.40 per click) or other similar keywords, the costs are in high ranges.

They would absolutely hate my industry. HR software, the number one keyword for people looking for our app http://www.staffsquared.com, is currently about £30 per click! It's symptomatic of this particular niche being occupied by incumbents who can afford not to optimise their Adwords campaign.

I should probably write a blog post at some point about how we got around using Adwords to grow.



I would be interested in that, I'm sure many others would too.


Interesting. Okay I'll give that some actual thought and see if I can get something down to submit to the HN crowd.


At least this post on HN drove your average CPC down ;)


Indeed :)


wow, £30 for a click?!


Yep, was about £10 three years ago before shit got crazy.


Some pharmaceutical keywords see bids in the hundreds.




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