SERP Stands for Search Engine Results Page. It is important part of Digital marketing course.
What is SERP ?
SERP is the web-page that appears when we place queries on search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex etc. The webpage has mainly following elements :
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Paid / Sponsored Results (Top):
These are paid results by search engines and Advertisers are charged on mainly Pay Per Click (PPC) basis.
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Organic Search Results :
Organic search results are obtained by search engines on the basis of Search Engine Optimization. These are relevant results that match the query entered in search box.
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Map Results :
Map results are graphical map based business results that appear when searchers are looking for a particular type of business or a specific place.
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Paid / Sponsored Results (Sidebar) :
These results often appear in the sidebar of search engine results page. These are similar to results mentioned in point 1. Sometimes users will see Sponsored Shop Results when they are searching for a particular product like – Solar Panel, Inverter etc.
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Business Profile in Sidebar:
These results are mainly displayed in google search results page and are fetched from the official Google + profile of business / organization. It becomes an important step in digital marketing to create google + profile.
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Business Wiki in Sidebar:
Business wiki page appears in the sidebar with company’s information like Founder, Turnover, Headquarters etc. These pages appear for famous website and search engines must be convinced from various reliable sources (like authentic business listings, social media profiles, schema meta data etc. ) that business is real.
