How much does it cost to use Google AdWords

One of the most common questions that we receive when discussing online marketing options with customers is how much is it going to cost to advertise on Google?  It’s never an overly easy question to answer for somebody new to search engine marketing and thankfully Google’s chief economist, Hal Varian, has put together a very straightforward video presentation that explains how Google prices and ranks search ads in the AdWords system based on quality and the bid amount.

You can watch the video here:

Landing page load time to impact AdWords quality score.

One of the toughest things for a small-business owner to get their head around when using Google AdWords is making sure that they are taking care of the different elements that can increase and decrease the quality score of each advertising campaign.

Over the coming weeks we will go into more detail as to what elements can make a difference in increasing your quality score (and ultimately the amount you have to pay to keep your ads running), but thought that it would be worthwhile referencing a change that Google has announced will be integrated into their quality scoring system in the near future. Read more