Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay Search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM), are two concepts that throw people into confusion, however, this needn’t be so. While both of them are sometimes erroneously used interchangeably, there is a wide gulf between them. Organic SEO is undoubtedly the best marketing strategy for long-lasting results, if you actually want to work towards your website ranking high in organic results for your targeted keywords as well as getting free traffic, having industry recognition, and enjoying all the benefits of SEO, you don’t use PPC. It may be true that with PPC you can still get targeted traffic from search engines, what you have to consider are: Will that be long-lasting? And, will you have to pay through your nose? PPC comes with heavy costs. You must pay for the “perceived ranking” and once the amount you have deposited runs out, the traffic disappears. Another thing you need to take into cognizance is that costs can quickly add up. If you fail to constantly monitor and optimize your campaigns to make sure you get a return on investment, the money you have invested could be wasted. You must allocate budget for PPC campaigns which is…