Facebook Ads & Applications: Critical SEM Learning Curve
The New York Facebook Social Advertising Event Nov. 6, 2007 introduction from boy-wonder Mark Zuckerberg was a millennial harbinger of marketing-things-to-come. If your business or agency’s search marketing department has dismissed Facebook applications & paid ads, as outside of your product’s demographic, think again. Though advertisers are making millions now on the Facebook platform, the revolution is far more important than Facebook.
Not Your Father’s PPC
The SEM concepts employed on Facebook’s fledgling paid ad platform embody a methodology which will be likely be embraced by mainstream search engines and communities. Keyword research has always been the staple of classic “pull” search marketing. When configuring Facebook paid campaigns, marketers research and target buzz pockets of user interests, as expressed by their dealings with friends. It’s called the “social graph.”
As an example, now it’s possible to target ads to “Woman between 24-29 years old, interested in gardening, organic food, wine, cooking, live in Minnesota or Wisconsin, and are in a relationship.”
Last week Google responded by (re)announcing beta-testing of an enhanced AdWords feature, called demographic bidding. Advertisers will target gender and age groups on some sites within the Google content network. The feature is being tested over the next few weeks with a select group of advertisers in the U.S. and the U.K.
There has been industry debate regarding the long-term value of demographic targeting. MSN has had similarly rudimentary demographic targeting features for quite some time.
Facebook Applications: Fad or Future?
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