Google vs Facebook


Decide between Facebook and Google display advertising campaigns? Some information compiled by WordStream from a variety of sources suggests that if you're looking for cost effectiveness, Google offers more bang for your buck—for now.


Some of the differences in reported performance are enormous. A caveat: WordStream has an interest in the outcome, as it sells services and tools specifically for use with Google AdWords. Another caveat is that some of the data is old. That said, let's look at some of the numbers.

Click through rate

This number comes from a study by social marketing tool vendor Webtrends and is based on data from more than 11,000 ads that ran in 2009 and 2010. The click-through rate, a critical number for display advertisers, dropped from 0.063% in 2009 to 0.051% in 2010.

According to WordStream, that compares with an average banner ad click-through rate of 0.1% in the U.S. and a 0.4% rate for Google's display ad network between the end of 2010 and first half of 2011, according to pay-per-click marketing consultancy Periscopix. Google rates are almost eight times higher than Facebook's.

Of course, Google's rates may have dropped and Facebook's might have climbed. But that is one hefty difference to overcome. Source:http://www.inc.com/erik-sherman/ad-campaign-smackdown-facebook-v-google.html

According to comScore numbers from October 2011 that WordStream quotes, Facebook reaches an estimated 51% of all Internet users. Google reaches 90%.

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