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I’m on Page 1 of Google on 8th July 2010 ahead of 8,700,000 other search results

Take a look at the highlighted top box and the highlighted box down the right side to advertise in these areas you will have to pay anything up to £2 per click. It’s expensive to advertise in the ‘my internet business’ or ‘online business’ arena as there is a tremendous amount of competition.

Imagine getting 200 clicks in a day and you’re stuck with daily bill of up to £400. Now don’t get me wrong some do that and if you can turn that into business that’s fine but it can take months to turn an inquiry into business and during that time you have to continue advertising. You will need a substantial budget and the understanding of PPC: – getting your PPC campaign wrong can be very expensive.

What I do, and there are others who do the same as me, is to promote my sites in the middle box using SEO techniques. It’s all FREE with SEO and those sites can be set up so that they stay there forever.