What is SEO and SEM?

[americanquality]

What is SEO and SEM?

[seohabitech]

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

[OPI]

SEO is about optimizing your website to get better rankings in the search results while SEM goes beyond SEO. It involves other methods that can get you more search engine visitors like PPC advertising.
SEO is a part of SEM.

[dyhair77]

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.

[deepakrajput]

SEO is natural website promotion technique while SEM is paid.

[sadianisar]

SEO: Search Engine Optimization. Optimization of a website according to rules and regulations of Search Engine. It is a free method.
SEM: Search Engine Marketing. It is a paid method in which advertisers pays search engine for marketing or promoting website on the top of the search engine.

[Adarsh_Mishra]

SEO and SEM are both terms of internet marketing. Search Engine Optimization is used to increase website visibility and traffic through Google's rules and regulations while SEM is search engine marketing which is paid advertising for promoting website.

[lovesamrats]

Both processes aim in increasing visibility in search engines. ... It involves other methods as well which can get you more search engine visitors like PPC advertising.

[Manpo Deal]

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and help you to get Organic traffic to your website and improve your ranking.
SEM stands Search Engine Marketing and SEO is also a part of SEM. In SEM there are also some additional features which are paid and easily help you to get rank and increase traffic to your Website.

[dennis123]

SEO is the process of gaining traffic from 'free', 'organic' or 'natural' listings on search engines. It includes techniques like link building, directory submission etc.

SMO, on the flip side, is the process of promoting your website on social media platforms. It includes techniques like social networking, social bookmarking submission, blogging etc.

[sharmaroshni]

SEO: Search Engine Optimization is a methodology of strategies, techniques, and tactics used to increase the number of visitors to a website by obtaining a high-ranking placement in the search results page of a search engine (SERP) -- including Google, Bing, Yahoo, and other search engines.

SEM: Search Engine Marketing is a form of Internet marketing that involves the promotion of websites by increasing their perceptibility in search engine results pages (SERPs) primarily through paid advertising. It is the process of gaining website traffic by purchasing ads on search engines.

SEM is a broader term than SEO. Where SEO aims to provide better organic search results, SEM uses the search engines to advertise your website or business to Internet customers and send a more targeted traffic to your Web site.

[Rationaltech]

SEO: Search engine optimization means using a prescribed set of best practices that help search engine crawlers understand exactly what it is that your business offers. This, in turn, allows search engines to show your content to people who are seeking your products or services.

SEM: Search engine marketing is an umbrella term that encompasses the full set of tactics that can grow your visibility on search engine results pages. In addition to SEO, SEM can include paid techniques which allow businesses to strategically purchase advertisements that will only appear under specific, predefined circumstances.