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Look$mart
Set-up fee - $49
CPC - $0.15 flat rate [at this time]
Update Listing fee - $49
Monthly budget control - Yes
Overture
Set-up fee - none
CPC - The market sets the price
Update Listing fee - none
Monthly budget control - Yes
FindWhat
Set-up fee - none
CPC - The market sets the price
Update Listing fee - none
Monthly budget control - Yes
adwords / select
Set-up fee - none
CPC - Rate Card based on formula
Update Listing fee - none
Monthly budget control - no [you can pause the ad]
Business.com
Set-up fee - $100 [I think]
CPC - Rate Card
Update Listing fee - unknown
Monthly budget control - unknown
I did this quickly because it's tax time.
Please add corrections and / or comments.
You can set a daily budget limit in adwords for a campaign. I do that and it is in effect buggeting. You may be shut off at noon, but you keep the costs down. $5 a day maxes you around $150 a month, within a few pennies either way. It's not exact but it works.
I dont know about other ppc engines. But here is how much it costs for ads on ah-ha
logolinks 9.95 a month
keyword skyscraper ads 10 cpm
run of site ads 3 cpm
category ads 7 cpm
none of our ads run on ah-ha.com. They all run on other sites like altavista, and looksmart.