Online Advertising

Written by: Core Angle. Google represents the epitome of the Internet advertising in its top evolution form, although it remains camouflaged in the search engine form. The business partnership between search engines and various advertisers brings the possibility to invest all available resources in online advertising without wasting them on other forms of promotion. The old advertising model in which companies have to buy for the privilege of sending their message to the target audience is now replaced by the more exotic forms that enable users to click on links, share or view videos, print coupons and make phone calls. Product promotion has definitely reinvented itself with this new kind of approach.Are there changes in the efficiency rate of an Internet advertising business as compared to a regular real market pattern? Well, in comparison with the traditional advertising model, the results definitely impress. The Internet brings higher sales chances than the thirty-second spot broadcast on TV or at the radio. Online, the technological progress involves a process that goes the other way round: from the consumer towards the advertiser. The ad, the link, the banner or the screen become relevant only if the web page visitor takes action in that direction by clicking.To put it in simple words, the fundamentals of an Internet advertising business are the keyword search engine query performed by an Internet user, who scans through both business ads and search results. This proves the fact that the television exposure to an ad is a few dozen times less relevant than the action performed online. And here we have an explanation of the basic functional principles of pay-per-click advertising programs that earn money exactly from the clicking action performed by the web user. And the financial results are really convincing!There are also downsides to an Internet advertising business and the practice of generating bogus clicks for instance is just one example out of many. Although the pay-per-click model remains the most rewarding advertising system for most online marketers, newer methods of web protection are required every day in order to prevent or keep under control the various devious practices that aim at illicit gains. There are many companies that are actually making efforts to put an end to this advertising model or at least to offer alternatives that are just as profitable but a lot safer. The question remains open as well as the direction in which the Internet evolves.