pay-per-click

noun

An online advertising model in which the advertiser pays the publisher (typically a search engine or website owner) whenever the ad is clicked by a user.

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Meanings

nounpay-per-click (uncountable)

alternative pay per click

  1. InternetattributiveoftenuncountablebusinessAn online advertising model in which the advertiser pays the publisher (typically a search engine or website owner) whenever the ad is clicked by a user.

    Synonyms: PPC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn online advertising model in which the advertiser pays the publisher (typically a search engine or website owner) whenever the ad is clicked by a user.

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