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Do You Advertise on Google? Here’s the Competition.

by | Jan 23, 2012 | Search Marketing (SEO, Paid Search)

Wordstream has a great infographic this morning on “What Industries Contributed to Google’s $37.9 Billion in 2011 Revenues?” If you’re running PPC campaigns on Google Adwords, then you might want to check this out because 96% of that $37.9 Billion came from advertising. Is your industry among the top 10 industries that spent the most on Google Ads in 2011? And, are you also bidding on the 5 commonly used keywords? If yes, check out the average cost per click—$1.20 to $43.39 depending on the industry and keyword phrase.

  What Industries Contributed to Google's Billion in Revenues? [INFOGRAPHIC]

 

(c) WordStream, a Pay Per Click and SEM software tools vendor.

 

 

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