Does PLA hurt my organic google search.

[Egmont]

I have experienced a big drop in my organic trafic to my site. But an increase in my cpc...? Does google punish my site for PLA to get higher revenue?

[AlanMosley]

No it has no affect.

[johnny122]

Would be not very interesting for Google to see people stop ads because of an organic penalty :). This is his core business.

Most of time, the opposite question is asked : "does Participating In Google AdWords Help My Organic Rankings?"

No, of course : http://www.seroundtable.com/google-adwords-organic-results-15910.html

[Dave_Whitty]

No, the two systems operate separately. I would let this ride out a bit longer before you jump to too many conclusions. There are many variables that could have influenced this situation such as new competitors entering the PLA's, a slight algo update wasn't in favor of your site, or seasonality depending on what you are selling. A mix of good organic rankings and PLA's/PPC usually has a 1+1=3 effect because you have more "real estate" on the web, hopefully on the first page.