In January, the average price for competitive keywords were pushing around $2 to $5 and secondary terms were being found at $.10 and $.25.

No longer my friends.  If you have logged on lately, you will probably find $1 per click is the going rate for most decent keywords…and we haven’t really even seen the full turnaround of the economy.

So, if your Search Engine Marketing partner was pushing you to delve deeply into AdWords without working on your organic results…you may start paying the cost for bad planning.  I have seen customers who are running these AdWords campaigns getting less and less traffic to their sites just within the last month.  Amazingly many of mine are seeing an increase in organic searches but an overall loss due to heavy concentration on AdWords.

Now is the time to make sure your site is ready for the search engines.  See how you’re doing right now by using the free form on this site evolveyoursearch.com.  If your organic ranking is not your #1 priority, it may be time to talk to someone who can get you there.

Okay, not that I’m over that stunning disappointment, read back to the previous post of the 500 Best Cities to use  in an AdWords Campaign if you haven’t already and then see this one which concludes the list…

Kahului     ,
Kalamazoo     ,
Kalispell     ,
Kankakee     ,
Kansas City     ,
Kapaa     ,
Keene     ,
Kendallville     ,
Keokuk     ,
Ketchikan     ,
Key West     ,
Kill Devil Hills     ,
Kingston     ,
Knoxville     ,
Kodiak     ,
Kokomo     ,
La Crosse     ,
Laconia     ,
Lafayette     ,
Lancaster     ,
Lansing     ,
Las Vegas     ,
Lawrence     ,
Lebanon     ,
Lebanon     ,
Lewisburg     ,
Lewiston     ,
Lewistown     ,
Lexington     ,
Fayette     ,
Lima     ,
Lincoln     ,
Lincolnton     ,
Logan     ,
Logansport     ,
Longview     ,
Los Alamos     ,
Louisville     ,
Lynchburg     ,
Madison     ,
Manchester     ,
Manitowoc     ,
Mankato     ,
Mansfield     ,
Marinette     ,
Marion     ,
Marquette     ,
Marshall     ,
Marshalltown     ,
Mason City     ,
McPherson     ,
Meadville     ,
Medford     ,
Melbourne     ,
Menomonie     ,
Merrill     ,
Michigan City     ,
Midland     ,
Minneapolis     ,
Minot     ,
Monroe     ,
Montrose     ,
Morehead City     ,
Mount Vernon     ,
Muncie     ,
Muscatine     ,
Muskegon     ,
Myrtle Beach     ,
Napa     ,
Naples     ,
Nashville     ,
New Castle     ,
New Castle     ,
New Haven     ,
Dover     ,
New Ulm     ,
Newton     ,
North Vernon     ,
Norwalk     ,
Norwich     ,
Oak Harbor     ,
Ocala     ,
Ocean City     ,
Ocean Pines     ,
Ogden     ,
Oil City     ,
Olean     ,
Olympia     ,
Omaha     ,
Oneonta     ,
Orlando     ,
Oshkosh     ,
Oskaloosa     ,
Ottawa     ,
Ottumwa     ,
Owatonna     ,
Owensboro     ,
Owosso     ,
Oxnard     ,
Paducah     ,
Pahrump     ,
Palm Coast     ,
Parkersburg     ,
Pella     ,
Pendleton     ,
Pensacola     ,
Peoria     ,
Peru     ,
Cedar Ridge     ,
Scottsdale     ,
Pierre     ,
Pittsburgh     ,
Pittsfield     ,
Platteville     ,
Plattsburgh     ,
Plymouth     ,
Pocatello     ,
Pontiac     ,
Port Angeles     ,
Portland     ,
Vancouver     ,
Pottsville     ,
Poughkeepsie     ,
Prescott     ,
Prineville     ,
Providence     ,
Provo     ,
Punta Gorda     ,
Quincy     ,
Racine     ,
Raleigh     ,
Rapid City     ,
Reading     ,
Red Wing     ,
Reno     ,
Richland     ,
Richmond     ,
Riverside     ,
Roanoke     ,
Rochelle     ,
Rochester     ,
Rock Springs     ,
Rockford     ,
Rockland     ,
Roseburg     ,
Rutland     ,
Sacramento     ,
Saginaw     ,
Salem     ,
Salina     ,
Salinas     ,
Salisbury     ,
San Luis Obispo     ,
Sandusky     ,
Sanford     ,
Santa Barbara     ,
Santa Cruz     ,
Santa Fe     ,
Santa Rosa     ,
Sarasota     ,
Sault Ste Marie     ,
Sayre     ,
Scottsburg     ,
Scranton     ,
Seaford     ,
Sedalia     ,
Selinsgrove     ,
Seneca     ,
Seneca Falls     ,
Seymour     ,
Sheboygan     ,
Shelton     ,
Sheridan     ,
Sidney     ,
Silverthorne     ,
Sioux City     ,
Sioux Falls     ,
Somerset     ,
South Bend     ,
Southern Pines     ,
Spartanburg     ,
Spencer     ,
Spirit Lake     ,
Spokane     ,
Springfield     ,
St Cloud     ,
St George     ,
St Joseph     ,
St Marys     ,
Statesville     ,
Staunton     ,
Sterling     ,
Stevens Point     ,
Storm Lake     ,
Sturgis     ,
Sunbury     ,
Syracuse     ,
Tampa     ,
Terre Haute     ,
Thomasville     ,
Tiffin     ,
Toledo     ,
Topeka     ,
Torrington     ,
Traverse City     ,
Trenton     ,
Truckee     ,
Tucson     ,
Urbana     ,
Vallejo     ,
Van Wert     ,
Vero Beach     ,
Vineland     ,
Norfolk     ,
Wabash     ,
Wahpeton     ,
Walla Walla     ,
Wapakoneta     ,
Warner Robins     ,
Warren     ,
Warsaw     ,
Alexandria     ,
Waterloo     ,
Watertown     ,
Wausau     ,
Wenatchee     ,
Whitewater     ,
Wichita     ,
Williamsport     ,
Willimantic     ,
Willmar     ,
Wilmington     ,
Winchester     ,
Winfield     ,
Winona     ,
Winston-Salem     ,
Wisconsin Rapids     ,
Wooster     ,
Worcester     ,
Worthington     ,
Yankton     ,
York     ,
Youngstown     ,
Zanesville

Whew, that’s it.  Happy AdWording it.