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Search Engine Watch July 28, 2009 Herndon Hasty	Of PPC and PBJ: Combining PPC and SEO Effectively, Part 1 When search engine optimization and pay-per-click search ads work together, both can improve -- if it's done well. SEO's thick and salty "peanut butter" should form a strong base for PPC's "grape jelly" to form an unstoppable search/sandwich force, right?
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