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The Ultimate Guide to SEM (Search Engine Marketing)

Hubspot

Search Engine Marketing, or SEM, is one of the most effective ways to grow your business and reach new customers. While it's critical you employ organic strategies to attract traffic over the long-term, sometimes, you can't properly compete on the SERPs without putting money behind it -- and that's where SEM comes into play.

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AI might kill organic traffic—here’s what SEO marketers need to know

Unbounce

AI is coming to search. This could spell trouble for those of us who rely on how search currently works to rank our content and drive organic traffic to our site. What happens if or when today’s search engine results page (SERP) goes away? How do we—as marketers—get that organic juice back?

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SEO vs. SEM: Combining the Two to Maximize SERP Real Estate

Brightedge

The quality and quantity of the traffic coming to your site matters. Using SEM and SEO together will drive traffic using both organic and paid strategies. SEO is the process of improving your website to enhance the user experience and to increase quality traffic to your site. 93% of digital marketers are investing in paid ads.

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How Fresh Content Impacts SEO in 2023

Marketing Insider Group

Google, the world’s leading search engine, currently has over 85% of the search engine market. Fresh content improves search rankings, increases engagement, establishes trust, optimizes keywords, and earns backlinks. But in order to reap the benefits of organic search, first you need to rank on SERPs.

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The importance of accurate keyword difficulty scores

ClickZ

30-second summary: Keyword difficulty (KD) scores help digital marketers understand potential search engine performance. Low competition keywords give an advantage in attracting traffic. Focusing on a keyword with a low KD score can achieve faster results with traffic from search engines as there is less competition.

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SEO vs. PPC: When to Optimize and When to Pay for Traffic

Hubspot

In other words, by building up the content on your site, optimizing for keywords on which to rank, publishing your NAP (name, address, and phone number), and more, Google is more likely to think your site is relevant and push your link higher up on a keyword's search results page. Nearly 80% of users ignore paid ads in search results.

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Top Search Engine Marketing Solutions

Go Beyond SEO

Did you know that search engine marketing solutions can boost your online visibility by up to 70% and increase website traffic by 50%? By implementing strategic SEM tactics , you can ensure that your brand stands out in the crowded search engine results pages and attract more potential customers to your website.