| SEO | SEM | |||
| 1. | SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization | 1. | SEM stands for Search Engine Marketing. | |
| 2. | It is the part of SEM. | 2. | It is used for generation of traffic and is a superset of SEO. | |
| 3. | It will take time to give results. | 3. | It gives immediate results. | |
| 4. | Very suitable for low-budget companies. | 4. | Suitable for high budget companies. | |
| 5. | The click through rate of SEO is higher than SEM. | 5. | The click through rate of SEM is lower than SEO. | |
| 6. | Potential of traffic is unlimited. | 6. | Potential of traffic is limited depending upon the budget. | |
| 7. | It is inexpensive. | 7. | It is expensive. | |
| 8. | It gives us long-term benefits. | 8. | It gives us short-term benefits. | |
| 9. | Visibility of the site is improved by SEO. | 9. | It improves the sales of a small scale business. | |
| 10. | Due to requirement of the organic content competition will be less. | 10. | Competition will be higher in targeted areas. | |
| 11. | The search result of SEO will not target any audience. | 11. | The search results targets the selected audience. | |
| 12. | SEO is the method used for maximizing the number of visitors of a website by ensuring the higher position of the site by optimizing the search. | 12. | SEM is the online marketing technique which involves promotion of the website by increasing visibility of the site in SERPs with the help of optimization and advertising. | |
| 13. | Traffic volume is controllable. | 13. | Traffic volume is obscure and long-term. | |
| 14. | SEO doesn’t include Ad designation, and search result of SEO have featured snippet. | 14. | SEM includes the Ad designation, and search result of SEM has an Ad extension. | |
| 15. | The specialty of the SEO is to improve the visibility of the site. | 15. | The specialty of the SEM can improve the sales of small scale business. | |
| 16. | SEO is not good service for testing your website. | 16. | SEM is the good service for the testing of the website. | |
| 17 | e.g., Backlink creation | 17. | e.g., Google Ads | |
The SEO is about optimizing a website to improve organic rankings, while SEM involves paid advertising to increase visibility in search results. Both strategies have their own benefits and considerations, and a comprehensive digital marketing approach often includes a combination of SEO and SEM tactics.
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