Search Engine Optimization means SEO and Pay-Per-Click means PPC are the two parameters of Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Today is the world of Internet. Every activity from our daily lives goes with internet. Everyone wants to compete others. So it’s necessary, your site to be at #1 or at least at 1st page in various SERP for the specific keywords. Now the role of SEO and PPC comes in existence. They both are important for site ranking. There are various points of comparison in them which I am mentioning here under but only you have to decide which method is more beneficial for your site:
1. SEO provides the low cost traffic to your site but PPC costs you a lot.
2. SEO takes months to show up the results but PPC shows the result in less time.
3. PPC is the fastest way to get traffic for your site in comparison with SEO.
4. You have to pay huge amount to get high ranking in PPC but in SEO you don’t have to pay anything.
5. PPC is excellent if you are promoting your site for some specific reason like holiday promotions, special sales etc. but SEO is a long term process, it is less recommendable for these types of specific reasons.
6. SEO is the permanent or long lasting solution but PPC can helps till you have the capability to pay.
7. In SEO once you have reached the top position, you can stay there for long.
8.With SEO your site can cover or get high position in all search engines with same efforts but with PPC you can cover only 1 search engine, for another you have to pay more.
9. There is no guarantee of placement with SEO that when will your site get the top position but with PPC you can be sure of the ranking.
10.If your site is brand new then PPC is the best way to promote your site for specific keywords.
So with the above discussion you can easily make out which method is helpful for your site.
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