I’ve got a confession to make.  I’m a PPC turncoat!

I’ve changed sides in the last 12 months on one of the most controversial issues in PPC marketing.  It’s a debate that’s generated a lot of virtual column inches in the search engine forums, and I’ve done a complete u-turn during 2010.  The issue is whether you should be bidding on your own branded terms, and I can recall throughout 2009 passionately arguing that clients shouldn’t pay for clicks that they would get anyway – for free – through being number one in the organic listings.  They would simply be cannibalising their own natural search traffic.

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Rangemaster, a brand the within AGA Rangemaster Group, invited Red C to pitch to create a new website, which not only reflected the design standards their appliances are known for, but the functionality and ease of use too.

The website needed to promote the brand to both consumers and retailers, showcasing all of the appliances they sell (not just cookers), and providing all of the information needed to take people through the purchasing journey. Rangemaster were also keen to include some added value to the site that would encourage repeat visits. It was also vital to ensure  that the site incorporated all website functionality best practice as well as be optimised for search engines.

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The search engines are always trying to find ways to tempt the user into using their specific site. After all, they are in it to make money, lots of money, buckets of the stuff in fact. Mark my words and mark them well. In the future we will all live and work at the whim of GoogleCorp… until that day, there is some competition in the shape of Microsoft’s oddly named Bing!

Now last year amid much fanfare and cries of invaded privacy (who can forget the poor guy caught leaving a house of ill repute) Google launched ‘Google street view’ a thoroughly marvellous piece of photo tomfoolery that allowed you to walk a virtual mile through any major city in the U.S. and then the UK and Europe.

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