difference between SEO and SEM

[hiren_mehta007]

Hello,
Anyone know,
What is the difference between SEO and SEM...........?

[Jenie0109]

SEO is ought to earn good volume of traffic and will convert visitors into potential traders . SEM finds traders to directly buy their product and services

[michaell]

HI
SEO=Search Engine Optimization the process of improving ranking in search engine results.
SEM=Search engine marketing,is a form of Internet marketing that seeks to promote websites by increasing their visibility in search engine result pages

[viraj_zaveri]

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[redirection]

Seems like there's just a hair slicing the two and making them different. I see SEO and SEM just entirely the same

[Jenie0109]

Seems like there's just a hair slicing the two and making them different. I see SEO and SEM just entirely the same

not when your an SEO you target traffic/visitors and SERP going to your website. SEM is where you target clients that will purchase your product or services...

[micheljaw]

SEO is Search Engine Optimization. In SEO, your goal is to get your page to be first in the search engine rankings.

SEM is Search Engine Marketing. This can be accomplished by using SEO, but it can also include paid ad listings and sponsored links.

[Jenie0109]

but both requires to have effort and time to obtain each goal Good Day

-Jen