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What is the difference between SEO and SEM?

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Question added by Mohd Asif Ansari , HR Administrator , Al Nasseej Al Arabi Factory Co. Ltd.
Date Posted: 2014/07/14
Moiz Javed
by Moiz Javed , Accountant , GLOBE GROUP

SEO is the act of optimizing a website for organic or natural search engine listings. Search engine marketing (SEM) is the process of marketing a website via Internet search engines

osagie omoragbon
by osagie omoragbon , General Manager , Zecool Hotels

While SEO. is. the art of optimizing a websit for marketing search engine listing, Sear church Engine Marketing (SEO) on the other hand, is the process of marketing a website via internet search engines. The difference is that

Husain Waris Kirmani
by Husain Waris Kirmani , Senior Group Analyst - SEO, SEM & Social Ads , The Sovereign Group

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the process of targeting different set of keywords and ranking for them on top of SERPs organically.

 

wherein, in SEM (Search Engine Marketing) we obtain rankings by paying certain amount of money to the search engines, SEM is also known as Non-Organic Search.

Mohammad Mahmood
by Mohammad Mahmood , Secretary , Shervani Industrial Syndicate Ltd

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, the art of promoting your webpage to the top of the search results in Google predominantly, but also other search engines such as Yahoo.

whereas, SEM stands for Search Engine Marketing worked under Paid Ad's which placed under Google, Bing, MSN as AD's with specific keywords and also known as Non-Organic Search.

Divyesh Patel
by Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

SEO is the process of optimizing your web site for the purpose of getting free traffic from search engines.

 

SEM is the marketing process with a goal of getting more visibility in search engines either by getting more free traffic (SEO) or paid traffic (Paid search advertising).

Ramesh Kumar
by Ramesh Kumar , Admin/HR Officer , Omni Group

 The difference between SEO and SEM is simply that Search Engine Optimization is part of Search engine marketing or Search marketing as it is widely known. Both processes aim in increasing visibility in search engines. SEO is about optimizing the web property to get better rankings in the search results while SEM goes beyond SEO. It involves other methods as well which can get you more search engine visitors like PPC advertising.

The phrases SEO (search engine optimization) and SEM (search engine marketing) are similar -- and sometimes used interchangeably, SEO and SEM are different services.

Tadi santha das ananda babu
by Tadi santha das ananda babu , CRM FUNCTIONAL CONSULTANT , TCS (TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES)

  1. SEO-Search engine optimization

    SMESmall and medium size organization

Muhammad Ali Hassan
by Muhammad Ali Hassan , Associate IT / Central Filing / MIS , GDF Suez SAMEA - Uch Power

SEO is when you are not paying the search engine.

SEM is when you opay the search engine to show your ads.

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