SEO vs SEM?

[Duncane]

Hey....
Basically SEO stands for Search engine Optimization...
it has organic search engine ranking . on page as well as off page optimization, competitor analysis....... etc
SEM known as Search Engine Marketing....
SEM is not only related to good ranking its only related to tarffic no matter paid or free.
Includes analysis for best traffic generating website, cost to advertise on website, finding audience interested in your projects, Country you need to target, ROI analysis.

[ricky028]

Thanks for sharing your views on Search Engine Optimization and SEM. You are right that SEM is only related to traffic no matter paid or free. When people refer to SEM it means they are talking about paid inclusion while SEO is trying to get your site to the top of Google organically. We can say that with SEO we achieve an organic or natural flow of traffic to our websites that is not bought or paid for like we do when we pay for advertising and SEM is basically paying to get your link on Google.

[Zachariah]

Hello friends....!
In my point of view SEO is ranking your site well in the organic search results using tips liked by search engine but SEM is much bigger than SEO.....!

[MattBarthorp]

SEO and SEM both are interlinked concepts, wherein SEO is more to do with getting good results in SERP's and attracting traffic from search engines. Whereas SEM is more to do with online promotion and marketing. For example: Getting do-follow backlinks with the appropriate anchor text is useful from an SEO perspective, which would in-turn result in better keyword rankings , whereas social bookmarking, networking, forums, blog commenting would eventually increase your website's exposure for live audience.

[jakson0100]

No SEM campaign is complete without SEO. Moreover, since the purpose of SEO is to make the site better for both search engines and users, you may find that it will suffice on its own. In any case, the advantages of SEO over the other aspects of SEM make it clear that, even if you are going to spend additional money on advertising and paid placement, SEO must be your first step in promoting your site.

[saltonsteve]

SEO helps to generate the traffic level, page rank and back links. While SEM helps to generate the traffic level and promotion of your site. Another thing is that SEO is the long term strategy to promote of your site with compare to SEM.

[vinshonjhon]

Hi,
Search engine marketing (SEM) is an umbrella term for anything that uses current search engine technology and marketing techniques to promote a website, increase traffic to the site and elevate its ROI. Search engine optimization (SEO) is a one component of SEM – a very vital one. Thanks for sharing your views on Search Engine Optimization and SEM. You are right that SEM is only related to traffic no matter paid or free. When people refer to SEM it means they are talking about paid inclusion while Search Engine Optimization is trying to get your site to the top of Google organically.

[onlinemedia]

seo vs SEM

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I didn't knew about SEM before reading this post. so its a good tool too and some of you people saying its a bigger than SEO. How it is bigger and different than SEO?

[jonemartine]

I have not deep idea about sem and i know onpage and off page techniques of Search Engine Optimization so any one who know sem then please tell me in detailed ?
thanks.

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[MattBarthorp]

I have not deep idea about sem and i know onpage and off page techniques of Search Engine Optimization so any one who know sem then please tell me in detailed ?
thanks.

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The anchor text used in your signature says it all :wink: , it is one of the techniques of SEM.

[Steve Smith]

Search engine optimization (SEO) is actually a component of search engine marketing. SEO is the act of optimizing a website for organic or natural search engine listings. Search engine optimization is arguably the most cost-effective function in a search engine marketing campaign, yet still just one element.

Search engine marketing (SEM) is the process of marketing a website via Internet search engines; whether by improving rank in organic or natural listings, paid or sponsored listings or a combination thereof.

[RichardSmith]

SEO vs SEM?

Hi Friends,

Search Engine Optimization is the process of increasing a web site's rank and the amount of quality traffic sent to it via the organic search results of a search engine for specific keywords by optimizing various elements of each web page within a site.

Search Engine Marketing is the process of researching and positioning a web site within search engines to achieve maximum exposure. An SEM campaign includes SEO, paid inclusion, pay-per-click, and other related services that will increase qualified traffic to your web site.

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We can say both are important in seo point of view. SEO is the basic part of optimizing it give good site visibility in search engine and in sem people run the PPC campaign.

[Archie]

In my opinion, SEM is a slightly wider term as compared to SEO. Basically it is everything that can be done for utilizing the technology of the search engine with an aim to promote the website. Search engine optimization for getting better search engine rankings and increasing the incoming traffic. Moreover as per my knowledge SEO is a subset of SEM.

[ashimasalim]

Re: SEO vs SEM?

SEO =Search Engine Optimization – The way you build your website so that search engines crawl the pages up and show them to visitors ahead of your competition.

SEM = Search Engine Marketing – A form of Internet marketing where you pay for clicks, placements, and advertising for your website’s visibility.