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Why CPC Is the Wrong Metric to Optimize For
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Three Reasons Cost Per Click Is Costing You Money
Most marketers still judge their ad campaigns on cost per click. It has been best practice forever, and for a long time it was the only number that gave you any quantitative handle on whether your advertising was working. The problem is that the way it has always been done is not the best way, and with CPC it is not even the cheapest one. Optimizing for cost per click quietly costs you money. Here are the three reasons why, and what to measure instead.