Whats Different about SEO and SEM ?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by seocipl, Oct 14, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi
    I want to brief information about SEO and SEM.
    What's different factor in SEO service and SEM service ?
    Please give me positive answer.....
    :confused:
     
    seocipl, Oct 14, 2008 IP
  2. Tyler Banfield

    Tyler Banfield Well-Known Member

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    In general, people use the term SEO to refer to organic optimization, while SEM is normally used in reference to paid marketing. According to most sources, SEO is a part of SEM.
     
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  3. yogesh sarkar

    yogesh sarkar Well-Known Member

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    Most of the difference these days is blurred because majority of what SEO’s claim to do is actually SEM. Since people are more used to the SEO term, almost every one uses it instead of SEM.
     
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    seo999 Banned

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    SEO is The Process website Promotion ( Top 10 Result ) in Google and all other search engine and sem is the part of Advertising ( Marketing)
     
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    SEO is the process under SEM. SEM includes everything related to a website like ranking, traffic and internet marketing and SEO is limited to increase ranking and traffic of the websites.
     
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    Search engine optimization is simply a part of search engine marketing because doing any form of niche marketing and things like that refer to marketing your website to a specific niche which is catered to by being listed within the search engines in the top websites for certain search terms and ultimately with every search you have sponsored links and organic links and both are marketing to those key words so essentially SEM is both paid and organic listing within search engines..
     
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    SEM is one of the part of SEO.
     
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    Brandon Sheley Illustrious Member

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    seo = on page optimization
    sem = off page optimization

    seo.. is what you'll do to your pages to get the ready for your sem (marketing)
     
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    SEO - Search Engine Optimization * it is a process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site.

    SEM - Search Engine Marketing * It is a form of Internet marketing that seeks to promote websites by increasing their visibility.

    SEO is a part of SEM.
     
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    SEM is part of SEO.
     
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  12. yogesh sarkar

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    Spot on, but all of it gets passed of as SEO because people don't know any better.
     
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    SEM is the general use of marketing methods designed to make a website more visible to Google and other search engines and SEO is organic search marketing method used to make a website rank higher.
     
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    How do you think of that ?

    In fact, seo is a part of sem.
     
    justinlorder, Oct 15, 2008 IP