The Digital Conglomerate Magazine Inc June 2014 Issue | Page 10

SEO and Its Mind Bending Theories By Garland L. McLaughlin SEO is an ever changing tool that companies can use to help strengthen their online web presence. Multiple combinations of marketing strategies are needed in order to make a search engine optimization campaign run smoothly. Search engine optimization should not be confused with search engine marketing (SEM). The differences between the two are very distinct, and putting a system together to make them work for marketing and advertising campaigns will take up a lot of brain power. Combining a traditional advertising approach with SEO will lead to some very crafty and creative offline campaigns. The offline content guide individuals to navigate to particular topics related to the campaign online. When SEO is properly done it will line up online as multiple pages of organic and unforced content on the first page of a search engine query. Developing a strategy to take over the first page of a search engine query only depends on how creative the content producer is.