It is a well known that 85% of
web traffic comes from search engines. That’s why, Internet Marketers,
Online Retailers have realized that it is very important to be ranked high in
all leading search engines.
Nowadays, the Internet Marketing industry has become a complicated
and branchy science involving a great deal of theoretical knowledge in combination
with applied techniques. As a science, it ranges from browser-side and server-side
programming and coding on one end to marketing and economics on the other.
Internet marketing means the use of the Internet to advertise and sell goods
and services. It includes Banner and Text Advertising, Email
Marketing, Interactive Advertising, Affiliate
Marketing and Search Engine Marketing (including Search
Engine Optimization and Pay-Per-Click Advertising).
Search Marketing is also known as Search Engine Marketing (SEM),
is a part of business marketing efforts that is aimed at increasing traffic (the
number of visitors) to the website from the search engines via organic
search engine ranking, paid listing and advertising,etc.
Additionally, it addresses conversion (the percent of visitors who become buyers).
The first is achieved by increasing Search Engine Visibility, i.e. the position of
your site in search engine results for certain keywords that
people type in the search box to obtain these results.
Together with the power and size of your banner / ad
network, your affiliations and partnerships, SE visibility comprises a broader
concept - Web visibility (aka online visibility).
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