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Hub You - Google AdWords vs Yahoo! Sponsored Search - a Non-Profit Advertiser's Comparison
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Keywords Winner: Google AdWords
5. Network of Publishers
When you advertise with any of these programs your ads show up on that website. Google and Yahoo! also offer content publishers a way to monetize their website by allowing them to carry your ads and split the profit. Google calls this a “Content Network”; Yahoo! calls it “Content Match”. I have noticed
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The two major players are Google and Yahoo! Google with its AdWords program and Yahoo! with its Sponsored Search program are 2 of the very best.
There is a lot to consider when playing this game and I have advertised on both. Here is a quick comparison of each online advertising program – with a BONUS section that every nonprofit advertiser should read and understand.
1. Free Advertising Money
Since you are going to start advertising online somewhere it is kind of nice to get some free advertising money to play around with. The most free advertising money offer I have seen from Google is $50. Not bad. Yahoo! has them beat by offering $100.
Free Advertising Money Winner: Yahoo! Sponsored Search
2. Intuitive Control Panel
Now that you have an account, you need to be able to get around and use it. Honestly after months of using both, I still get lost/confused at the Yahoo! interface.
Intuitive Control Panel Winner: Google AdWords
3. Help Me with Keywords
Both programs offer a nice little feature where you can enter in a few basic keywords about your business and lots of keywords will display for you. This eliminates the thinking needed to come up with search terms that people would normally use to find your website.
Help Me with Keywords Winner: Tie
4. Keywords
Google AdWords lets you add an unlimited (or at least I have not found a limit) number of keywords to an Ad Group. Yahoo! limits you to 50. This is a major negative.
Keywords Winner: Google AdWords
5. Network of Publishers
When you advertise with any of these programs your ads show up on that website. Google and Yahoo! also offer content publishers a way to monetize their website by allowing them to carry your ads and split the profit. Google calls this a “Content Network”; Yahoo! calls it “Content Match”. I have noticed
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There is a lot to consider when playing this game and I have advertised on both. Here is a quick comparison of each online advertising program – with a BONUS section that every nonprofit advertiser should read and understand.
1. Free Advertising Money
Since you are going to start advertising online somewhere it is kind of nice to get some free advertising money to play around with. The most free advertising money offer I have seen from Google is $50. Not bad. Yahoo! has them beat by offering $100.
Free Advertising Money Winner: Yahoo! Sponsored Search
2. Intuitive Control Panel
Now that you have an account, you need to be able to get around and use it. Honestly after months of using both, I still get lost/confused at the Yahoo! interface.
Intuitive Control Panel Winner: Google AdWords
3. Help Me with Keywords
Both programs offer a nice little feature where you can enter in a few basic keywords about your business and lots of keywords will display for you. This eliminates the thinking needed to come up with search terms that people would normally use to find your website.
Help Me with Keywords Winner: Tie
4. Keywords
Google AdWords lets you add an unlimited (or at least I have not found a limit) number of keywords to an Ad Group. Yahoo! limits you to 50. This is a major negative.
Keywords Winner: Google AdWords
5. Network of Publishers
When you advertise with any of these programs your ads show up on that website. Google and Yahoo! also offer content publishers a way to monetize their website by allowing them to carry your ads and split the profit. Google calls this a “Content Network”; Yahoo! calls it “Content Match”. I have noticed
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Free Advertising Money Winner: Yahoo! Sponsored Search
2. Intuitive Control Panel
Now that you have an account, you need to be able to get around and use it. Honestly after months of using both, I still get lost/confused at the Yahoo! interface.
Intuitive Control Panel Winner: Google AdWords
3. Help Me with Keywords
Both programs offer a nice little feature where you can enter in a few basic keywords about your business and lots of keywords will display for you. This eliminates the thinking needed to come up with search terms that people would normally use to find your website.
Help Me with Keywords Winner: Tie
4. Keywords
Google AdWords lets you add an unlimited (or at least I have not found a limit) number of keywords to an Ad Group. Yahoo! limits you to 50. This is a major negative.
Keywords Winner: Google AdWords
5. Network of Publishers
When you advertise with any of these programs your ads show up on that website. Google and Yahoo! also offer content publishers a way to monetize their website by allowing them to carry your ads and split the profit. Google calls this a “Content Network”; Yahoo! calls it “Content Match”. I have noticed
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Both programs offer a nice little feature where you can enter in a few basic keywords about your business and lots of keywords will display for you. This eliminates the thinking needed to come up with search terms that people would normally use to find your website.
Help Me with Keywords Winner: Tie
4. Keywords
Google AdWords lets you add an unlimited (or at least I have not found a limit) number of keywords to an Ad Group. Yahoo! limits you to 50. This is a major negative.
Keywords Winner: Google AdWords
5. Network of Publishers
When you advertise with any of these programs your ads show up on that website. Google and Yahoo! also offer content publishers a way to monetize their website by allowing them to carry your ads and split the profit. Google calls this a “Content Network”; Yahoo! calls it “Content Match”. I have noticed
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Keywords Winner: Google AdWords
5. Network of Publishers
When you advertise with any of these programs your ads show up on that website. Google and Yahoo! also offer content publishers a way to monetize their website by allowing them to carry your ads and split the profit. Google calls this a “Content Network”; Yahoo! calls it “Content Match”. I have noticed that the number of impressions in Google’s “Content Network”, is at least 5X greater than the impressions with Yahoo’s “Content Match”.
Network of Publishers Winner: Google AdWords
6. Reporting
Knowing who is searching for what nonprofit keywords and click on which ads is vital. Google AdWords stats are in real time, Yahoo! Sponsored Search stats are updated once a day. I also find Yahoo! Sponsored Search graphs less helpful than Google’s.
Reporting Winner: Google AdWords
7. Payment
Paying for your advertising is very different between the two programs also. Google AdWords accumulates your advertising clicks and bills your credit card once a month. This makes for easy accounting (especially if you have to run this expense by your board of directors). Yahoo! Sponsored Search makes you set a minimum advertising account balance and charges your credit card whenever that dollar amount is reached. This could potentially result in multiple credit card charges throughout the month.
Payment Winner: Google AdWords
BONUS TIP
While Google AdWords seems to be a better charity advertising experience than Yahoo! Sponsored Search I would recommend splitting your advertising dollar on BOTH advertising programs in order to increase search engine optimization (SEO) and gain advertising exposure.
When the “Content Network” or “Content Match” websites display your ads and a search engine spider crawls the page, it will think that it is the publisher’s website that is linking to your website – increasing your nonprofit websites back links (website that link to yours). This will bring your charity website up in the search results.
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