Putting a Google search box on your site brings advantages and
disadvantages. The big plus is that all the ads the user sees are going to be
relevant. The user chooses the keyword so the results are going to be right
in line with what the user wants.
On the other hand, that means you’ve got no control over the keywords they
choose so you can’t try to promote high-paying keywords. You have to take
what you’re given. You could have a high click-through rate but low revenues
(although there’s still no guarantee that the user will click on an ad rather
than an unpaid listing on the search results page.)
But your users will leave your site at some point anyway. Why shouldn’t you
try to make money when they do click away? Even if Search doesn’t bring
you huge amounts of money, you should still use it as an added revenue
source and to bring extra functionality to your users. I look at it this way. If
a visitor doesn’t find what they want on my site, I’d prefer that they leave
some change in the “tip jar” on the way out the door!
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