uses the Internet and World Wide Web for the expressed purpose of delivering marketing messages to attract customers. • Examples of online advertising include contextual ads on search engine results pages, banner ads, Social network advertising, online classified advertising, advertising networks and e-mail marketing. • The three most common ways in which online advertising is purchased are CPM, CPC, and CPA. • CPM (Cost Per Mille), also called "Cost Per Thousand (CPT), is where advertisers pay for exposure of their message to a specific audience . • CPV (Cost Per Visitor) is where advertisers pay for the delivery of a Targeted Visitor to the advertisers website. • CPV (Cost Per View) is when an advertiser pays for each unique user view of an advertisement or website (usually used with pop- ups, pop-unders and interstitial ads). • CPC (Cost Per Click) is also known as Pay per click (PPC). Advertisers pay each time a user clicks on their listing and is redirected to their website. They do not actually pay for the listing, but only when the listing is clicked on. • Cost per conversion describes the cost of acquiring a customer, typically calculated by dividing the total cost of an ad campaign by the number of conversions. The definition of "Conversion" varies depending on the situation: it is sometimes considered to be a lead, a sale, or a purchase. • Most rates online are expressed in terms of CPM (Cost Per Thousand Impressions) or CPC (Cost Per Click). Low rates are generally had for untargeted advertising placements to a general consumer audience and generally range between $0.25 CPM to $2.00 CPM Average PPC Costs
• Metric2005 20062007200820092010Cost per
click (CPC)$0.38$0.32$0.62$0.71$1.03$1.24Click through rate (CTR)1.5% 0.7%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.7%Average Ad Position4.0 4.03.94.03.63.7Cost per 1000 impressions (CPM)$5.56 $2.38$1.95$2.16$3.34$8.55Conversion rate3.8%4.0%7.0%7.5%6.0%6.8%Cost per conversion$10.18$7.63$6.41$7.02$12.60$13.14I nvalid click rate n/a3.5%6.5%4.9%5.5%6.7%