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pay-per-click

[ pey-per-klik ]

noun

  1. a system used to set prices for online advertisements on a search engine or other website, by which the advertiser pays a small fee to the website publisher each time a user clicks on the advertisement.


adjective

  1. noting or relating to such a system: : PPC

    pay-per-click ads to reach your target customers.

pay-per-click

noun

  1. a system of payment used on the internet in which an advertiser on a website pays the website owner according to the number of people who visit the advertiser's website via the hyperlinked advert on the owner's website
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of pay-per-click1

First recorded in 1995–2000
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Example Sentences

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A pay-per-click advertisement is an ad where advertisers pay every time someone clicks it.

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The pay-per-click advertisement shows civil unrest, talks about how Alaska is different and features Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who makes an appeal for people to come to Alaska to become a trooper.

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The Stylebook explains the differences between pay-per-click advertising, in which advertisers pay based on how many people click on their ads, and pay-per-impression advertising, in which advertisers pay solely based on how many times their ads are shown to people.

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"There's a lot of competition from new start-ups online, and it's difficult for online retailers to position their brand properly unless they pay for a lot of pay-per-click ads," said Ms Palmer.

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They discovered they could make tenfold their country’s average monthly salary using Google AdSense’s pay-per-click ads next to inflammatory stories aimed at pro-Trump American audiences.

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