pay-per-click

Charged per interaction

Pay-per-click is an advertising model where advertisers pay each time someone clicks their ad, rather than paying for impressions or placement.

The term appears as a noun pay-per-click advertising and an adjective a pay-per-click campaign.

Abbreviated PPC.

The model dominates search engine advertising, where businesses bid on keywords to appear in sponsored results.

advertising

SEM

Ads or microscopy abbreviation

impression · CTR · keyword · landing page · conversion · ad auction · campaign · remarketing · retargeting · ad spend

Categories
Opposites
pricing model

pay-per-clickCPM

Rate per mille

revenue share · pay-per-view

cost to user/advertiser

pay-per-clickfree

Without payment or restriction

complimentary · no charge · gratis · unpaid · public service announcement

traffic acquisition method

pay-per-clickorganic search

Unpaid search engine results

SEO · organic traffic · word-of-mouth · viral marketing · direct traffic

Family

click, payment, paying, payer

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Rated G