23 September 2014

Amazon Vs Google - Does Adwords Now Have Formidable Competition?

By Omar Rashad


While there are many sites with their own advertising platforms, few are as big as Google AdWords. This ad platform is used on countless sites, even major sites like Amazon, and has generated billions upon billions of dollars for Google. To call a success would be an understatement.



Amazon is one of those big names, and they plan on butting heads with Google when it comes to taking a piece of the pie. They already have affiliate marketing ads helping out bloggers and other online Internet marketers. However, their new Sponsored Links is very similar to what Google Adwords brings to the online world.

It makes a statement for sure, but can they actually overtake Google? It has many people wondering, and it does truly show innovation on the side of Amazon as a company. The idea here is that even if Google still takes the most out of the pie, Amazon is challenging them for a part of this type of business.

Amazon is going go tailor ads that are sponsored ads, and they are going to be according to search terms. Even so, Google isn't just going to take it hands down. They will undoubtedly step up their game as well. And, they have many years of experience managing this type of ad business in comparison to Amazon.

Still, Amazon already has a huge portion of the business world on their lap and has defined their niche online. Furthermore, they are already getting a tool ready to go to make sure that businesses everywhere can purchase these new ads in bulk. It's going to be interesting to see what is coming as Amazon continues to steamroll forward as a business that is not only well-established but very innovative.

This project from Amazon can definitely hit the bottom line of Google. Online ads account for the lion share of Google's revenues. Also, Amazon is considered one of the largest ad buyers of Google up to now. But Amazon will definitely find it difficult at the start since Google is running the program for more than 14 years and is unrivaled when it comes to online ads. Amazon has put in force a plan to allow advertising agencies to buy online ads in bulk on behalf of their thousands of individual clients. They are developing a proprietary tool for this purpose. All this is an effort to win the market share which largely belongs to Google at the moment.




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