If you’re entering a foreign marketplace like France, then choosing whether to use PPC (Pay Per Click) or SEO (Search Engine Optimization) to promote your business can be difficult.
This infographic gives some guidelines about when to choose SEO and when to choose PPC. If you’re promoting your site in a language that you don’t speak particularly well, then PPC is obviously the easier route, as it means that you only need to translate your PPC ads and your site (yes, if you’re targeting France, then it’s still essential to have your site in French, even with PPC).
Let’s assume you speak the language fluently. If so, then PPC generates immediate results on the day you place the ad, however if you stop paying for the ad then the results disappear just as immediately. SEO on the other hand takes a while to start, but if done well will generate organic traffic for years to come with just a minimal top up.
If you go the SEO route, it’s essential to use a company that’s familiar with the latest Google algorithms. These days links have to be high quality and relevant to be effective. As the infographic shows, it’s not always necessary to choose between them and you can use SEO for some keywords and PPC for others.
The infographic was written by Martin Woods, the SEO Director of the French SEO Team at Indigoextra Ltd. Based in the UK and Montpellier, France, the team offer SEO in English, French, German and Spanish.
When he’s not unravelling the ever-changing puzzle of SEO, Martin loves unravelling and creating cryptic crosswords and has written over 500 crosswords for The Big Issue in the North, a homeless charity. He home educates his two boys and also enjoys skiing, reading and walks in the beautiful countryside that South France offers.
