Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Marketting (SEM)

What is SEO? What is SEM?

           SEO is the process of improving web pages so they rank high in search engines for a specific keyword phrase. SEO is divided in two categories: on-page optimization and off-page optimization. On-page optimization it refers to every method you use that change the page code; off-page optimization equals link popularity (more on this later).

Choosing the right keywords (like seo or sem )

          The center of optimization are the keyword phrase(s) for which you want a high ranking in search engines result pages (SERP’s). When you choose you keyword phrase you must take in consideration primarily your market (they must reflect what you sell) , the number of searches for it and the competition for that particularly keyword phrase.
Let’s take an example: you provide hair enlargement exercises. Using a keyword research tool you have these results:

•  hair 70,388.0 /day
•  hair enlargement 5,798.0 /day
•  hair enlargement exercises 292.0 /day
•  natural hair enlargement 141.0 /day

              Many may try to optimize for “hair” due to its large number of searches. The problem with this keyword (other then the competition for it) is that is not targeted for your market, the people searching for this keyword might look for hair health related sites. Even “hair enlargement” isn’t going to bring the targeted traffic that “hair enlargement exercises” or “natural hair enlargement” will. There are many other terms related to your market and, once they are found, an analysis of the competition and the searches for each term must be done in order to determine an optimal report between how competitive a keyword phrase is and how hard is to attain a top 10 position for it in SERP’s. You must keep in mind that:

•  Search engines consider web pages not entire sites so optimization must be done for each page in particular;

• The more targeted a keyword phrase is the less traffic it gets, but that traffic will provide people interested in your product or service so the conversion rate is higher. This indicator is reflecting the percentage of people converted into buyers so the higher the better.

• Decide on two or three highly targeted phrases for each page of your site