The practice of search engine marketing

Robyn L. McGuiggan; Varun Mudgil; Yi-chen Lan; Geoffrey Lee; Daniela Spanjaard; Sara M. Denize; Neeru Sharma

The practice of search engine marketing

Robyn L. McGuiggan, Varun Mudgil, Yi-chen Lan, Geoffrey Lee, Daniela Spanjaard, Sara M. Denize, Neeru Sharma

School of Business

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Abstract

With over 3 billion documents on the World Wide Web, 85% of consumers use search engines to find information. Search engines assist consumers' external search by matching customised content to user query at minimum cost. The immense scale and complexity of the Web requires firms to proactively market themselves online to attract suitably qualified traffic, with search engine marketing (SEM) a key valuable strategy to achieve this objective. Current academic marketing research on SEM is limited and thus this paper seeks to develop a model of SEM and describe its implementation. The model proposes that SEM has three interrelated constructs: web metrics, pay-for-performance and search engine website optimisation. Each construct informs on the other to provide synergy within an SEM strategy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Marketing: Shifting the Focus from Mainstream to Offbeat: Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, held 1 - 3 December 2008, Olympic Park, Sydney, N.S.W.
Publisher	Promaco Conventions for the ANZAM 2008 Conference
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	1863081445
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	Australian & New Zealand Marketing Academy. Conference - Duration: 3 Dec 2012 → …

Conference

Conference	Australian & New Zealand Marketing Academy. Conference
Period	3/12/12 → …

Keywords

Internet marketing
web sites
marketing
electronic commerce
webometrics
search engines

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McGuiggan, R. L., Mudgil, V., Lan, Y., Lee, G., Spanjaard, D., Denize, S. M., & Sharma, N. (2008). The practice of search engine marketing. In Marketing: Shifting the Focus from Mainstream to Offbeat: Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, held 1 - 3 December 2008, Olympic Park, Sydney, N.S.W. Promaco Conventions for the ANZAM 2008 Conference.

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The practice of search engine marketing. / McGuiggan, Robyn L.; Mudgil, Varun; Lan, Yi-chen et al.
Marketing: Shifting the Focus from Mainstream to Offbeat: Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, held 1 - 3 December 2008, Olympic Park, Sydney, N.S.W.. Promaco Conventions for the ANZAM 2008 Conference, 2008.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper

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