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SEM entails both organic and paid search. With paid search, you can pay to list your website on a search engine so that your website shows up when someone types in a specific keyword or phrase. Organic and paid listings both appear on the search engine, but they are displayed in different locations on the page.  \nSo, why is it important for your business‟ website to be listed on search engines? On Google alone, there are over 694,000 searches conducted every second. i Think about that. Every second that your website is not indexed on Google, you are potentially missing out on hundreds, if not thousands of opportunities for someone to visit your website, read your content, and potentially buy your product or service. Practicing SEO basics, as well as more advanced techniques after those, can drastically improve your website‟s ability to rank in the search engines and get found by your potential customers.  \nWhat about paid search? 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Well, not anymore. The age of the Internet has made it so that consumers are now in control.  \nIt has never been easier for consumers to tune out the plethora of advertisements and commercials they hear each day. Since you can no longer get their attention with outbound marketing, you have to switch your approach to inbound marketing and make sure you‟re easy","cbCaiuq4drS1gdrg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuq4drS1gdrg","pdf",1475018,"English","# Section 1: Introduction to SEO\n## What is SEO?\n## Google Replaces the Phone Book\n## How Search Engines Work\n## What it Takes to Rank\n## Long-Tail Concept & Theory\n## Content is King\n## How to Approach Your SEO Strategy\n# Section 2: On-Page SEO\n## Website Content\n## URL Structure\n## Pictures\n## Title Tags & Meta Tags\n## Headline Tags\n## Internal Linking\n# Section 3: Off-Page SEO\n## Who's Linking to You?\n## How are they Linking to You?\n## Using Social Media to Spread Content\n## Using Email to Spread Content\n# Section 4: Identifying Keywords\n## How to Identify Long-Tail Keywords\n## Check Your Web Analytics\n## Keyword Research Tools\n## Search for Keywords\n# Section 5: Measuring Success\n## Traffic\n## Leads/ROI\n## Indexed Pages\n## Inbound Links\n## Keywords\n## Rankings\n# Section 6: Now What?\n## Make a List of Keywords\n## Build a Keyword-Focused Webpage\n## Set Up a Blog\n## Create a Link-Building Plan\n## Stay Current on SEO News & Practices\n## Glossary & Additional Resources","[{\"question\":\"What does SEO mean for a business website?\",\"answer\":\"SEO refers to techniques that help a website rank higher in organic search results, making it more visible to people searching for relevant products or services.\"},{\"question\":\"How do search engines decide what results to show?\",\"answer\":\"Search engines use indexing based on proprietary methods. 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