Every keywords in all PPC search engines have value (BID). If someone make search and then click on one of results, you receive credit if:
-this person search from your search link
-this person is in one of "search" country.
-this person didnt click too many times before for someone else (all PPC pay for one or three clicks per day per person)
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I have seen in my account of a few searches that i can search for bids...i put in there a topic from their portal and i couldnt find it lol
This for advertiser only. If someone want advertise in that PPC search engine, on this place can check few things:
1st
Perform a search to view all bids listed for that keyword.
You type some word and if someone buy ads in this program for this word, you can see what is value for this word (bid).
If you see this message
No Listings Found that mean that at this moment nobody have not buy ads for this word.
2nt
Check keyword popularity:
You type some word and then you can see how many searches that word have this month.
Does anybody underhand anything ??? Im not great with English

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