ReachLocal (3/10): Best Value for National Brands | Best Partnership Opportunities | Best Value for  Mid-Size Companies

Yodle (2/10): Best Value for Small Businesses | PPC Ad Creativity

Welcome to the very first annual SEM Showdown where SEM Experts analyze industry leading online advertising suppliers – knock down the B.S and deliver non-bias results business owners can use to decide the best pick for the local online advertising supplier.

This years (which happens to be our first) search engine marketing showdown is between two very popular and fierce competitors in the local internet advertising industry – ReachLocal, and Yodle.

Both companies have  proven themselves to be a valuable asset  for small  business owners providing a wide variety of service offerings including and  not limited to PPC Management, Web Design, SEO, and Display Advertising.

Over the past 3 months SEM Showdown.com has combined  efforts from leading online marketing analyst to help small business owners determine critical factors and supplying them with an educational resource for selecting the business business for their model.

Each company will be ranked on various quality factors including Best Value, Best in Customer Service, Sales Ethics, Community Contributions and more.

We are grading the companies based on 10 categories which have assigned weights. Just because  one  company might have won more categories doesn’t necessarily mean they are the 2009 Award Winner – each category is based  on a different numerical value.