SEM and SEO

[genie.liam]

What's the difference between Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

[Fireman]

I am giving you a complete information about these both SEO and SEM. and i sure you will understand

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines. Usually, the earlier a site is presented in the search results, or the higher it "ranks," the more searchers will visit that site. The leading search engines, Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft, use crawlers to find pages for their algorithmic search results.

Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
Search engine marketing, or SEM, is a form of Internet marketing that seeks to promote websites by increasing their visibility in search engine result pages (SERPs). According to the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization, SEM methods include: search engine optimization (or SEO), paid placement, and paid inclusion.

[~ServerPoint~]

I believe the definations will explain the difference the best

[anna123]

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Search engine optimization
(SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines. Usually, the earlier a site is presented in the search results, or the higher it "ranks," the more searchers will visit that site. The leading search engines, Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft, use crawlers to find pages for their algorithmic search results.

Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
Search engine marketing, or SEM, is a form of Internet marketing that seeks to promote websites by increasing their visibility in search engine result pages (SERPs). According to the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization, SEM methods include: search engine optimization (or SEO), paid placement, and paid inclusion.

[HostEase]

Actually SEM inclues SEO.

[bermuda]

SEM might cover most or even all of the techniques webmasters of the commercial sites are employing for boosting their sites as well as revenues across the net. Since some years ago, even many of the personal sites have been monetized and therefore entered the SEM realms.

[JenniferCooper]

Hi friends please tell me the different methods for back link other then forums,blogs and articles.

Thanks in advance

[hostmaster]

Well explained @ http://www.cogentis.com.au/search-engine-marketing-explained.html

[aaren47]

Hi

Search engine marketing involves all activities that can be used to promote a website, a business or earn a website owner income. SEM involves activities such as paid inclusions, which involves paying search engines to make it easier for a website to be found by internet users. For some search engines, this is the only way that websites can get listed. Most website owners prefer paying because it means their sites will be listed sooner than others and internet users will be able to keep track of changes being made on the site. Another aspect of SEM is placing advertisements on the website to market a product or website. Pay per click is another SEM technique used by search engines and website owners to generate traffic for websites. In this case, payment is made per every click of the advertisement.

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[hunter jordan]

Thanks folks for bringing up this topic as well as providing worthwhile answers. Even my confusion has been cleared. Forums rule!

[lusi47]

Hi

Search engine marketing involves all activities that can be used to promote a website, a business or earn a website owner income. SEM involves activities such as paid inclusions, which involves paying search engines to make it easier for a website to be found by internet users. For some search engines, this is the only way that websites can get listed. Most website owners prefer paying because it means their sites will be listed sooner than others and internet users will be able to keep track of changes being made on the site. Another aspect of SEM is placing advertisements on the website to market a product or website. Pay per click is another SEM technique used by search engines and website owners to generate traffic for websites. In this case, payment is made per every click of the advertisement.

Both SEO and SEM techniques are drawn towards generating traffic to a website, promoting a product and bringing up profits. One of the biggest differences in these two techniques is the SEM is almost guaranteed and takes place immediately but SEO requires more work, monitoring and patience to yield results. SEM is more expensive because it is a fast and reliable way of promoting a website. SEM mainly gets people to click on a website link. After that website users have a little time to convince users that they can find what they are looking for on that website. This is where SEO comes in. SEO techniques have to be applied to make sure that users get what they are looking for and will come back to that site to look for further information in the future.

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[ellehc]

SEO is part of SEO.
SEM = SEO + PPC

[davidweb09]

SEM is paid online marketing methods while SEO is organic & free. https://www.basichealingpt.com/

[roycpo]

SEO is about optimizing your website to get better rankings in the search results while SEM goes beyond SEO.
Search Engine Marketing is over and above SEO but it’s only a subset of your overall Internet Marketing Strategy.

[virtuasydney]

SEO and PPC are part of Search Engine Marketing(SEM) which is one of the tools that you can use as a part of the overall internet marketing campaign.

SEO which is used to expose our website to the online users and PPC which is used to get instant traffic, leads and raising awareness.