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Don't Give Them Too Many Choices

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People are far more likely to click on organic rather than paid search. Obviously, that is where you need to be. If you have the number one position in paid search, people are more likely to click on that rather than the last. Actually, I believe that position will get the vast majority of attention, provided it doesn't look like an ad. If you have all three of the top positions, what is that going to do to your website traffic? Clearly, it should have an impact. If you could dominate organic search with 20, 40, 60%, it would increase your website traffic. If you could do that with most common searches, for each model, and in 10 adjacent markets, you should expect a significant increase. If part of those placements incorporate customer testimonials videos that are linked to social media sites, it could improve traffic and public perception, also.
Most of your leads come from your website traffic and that will happen if you dominate organic search.
 
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The thread discusses search result positioning strategy, arguing that organic search results drive more clicks than paid ads, and that dominating multiple top positions across organic and paid search—especially when optimized with social proof like customer testimonial videos—can significantly increase dealership website traffic across multiple markets and vehicle searches. The key insight is that controlling multiple search placements (rather than relying on a single top position) creates a compounding effect on traffic, particularly when integrated with social media and customer testimonials.

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