SEO Tycoon

**Malisz** · 07:19 AM

in a way, don't you think SEO is killing the web ? I mean, great.. we help people who have enough money to optimize their websites but are they always the more revelant on the topic ?

SEO is just contextual advertising

**sandrah** · 11-26-2010, 06:54 AM

I can agree to some extent that SEO is partly advertising, but it is mostly site promotion.

**Anil12** · 11-26-2010, 07:15 AM

SEO is different from SEM.SEM depends on SEO not vice-versa.

**Malisz** · 11-26-2010, 07:21 AM

my bad, I wanted to say contextual advertising, not SEM...

**john orton** · 11-26-2010, 07:30 AM

SEO is not only advertisement of site.It is a collection of different techniques and strategies. Advertisement, marketing, promotions etc...those all are just a small part of SEO.

**Malisz** · 11-26-2010, 09:03 AM

I totally agree with you for using differents techniques in a SEO strategy... the point is those techniques are used to reach the goal which is always the same (vulgarly) : to be well ranked on SERPs for chosen keywords.
You can now consider that the first results are 'paid' and not chosen for their relevancy (of course it is in most cases because your SEO strategy is well thought

)

**chrishirst** · 11-26-2010, 09:19 AM

SEO is NOT, NOT, NOT advertising,

Optimisation is making sure your pages are fit to make the best of your advertising and promotion.

**Turner** · 11-26-2010, 04:58 PM

SEO is not advertising. It is optimization. You are optimizing your website and your advertisments so that the search engines find your website more easily.

What do I mean by "Optimizing your advertisments"? ... well, let's say you write an article for EzineArticle, Helium or GoArticles. These articles can also rank high (And they will, from my experience, especially on EzineArticles, due to the article directories' strong authority on the internet). Thus if you optimize your advertisements(effectively, SEOing them), then you will recieve BOTH link juice and visitors.

**Nanaa** · 11-27-2010, 01:43 AM

SEO , not advertising , and what ? you can see waht they had said.

**amitmax** · 11-27-2010, 04:37 AM

You can not compare SEO with SEM.SEO is not a advertising,It is a unpaid service through which you can get organic traffic from search engine.

**Shirlyn** · 11-27-2010, 08:09 AM

hi, SEO is simply the optimization of each web page of your website to get well ranking in Google or in any search engine to make good outcomes from search engine traffic to your online business.

**adsrikanth** · 11-28-2010, 04:15 AM

In my opinion SEO is not just advertising. It's about restructuring / re-organizing a website's architecture and content for better search engine visibility & better user experience.

For instance, a website developed for selling flowers might have prolific content but poorly organized navigation or no Title tags. On optimizing meta tags and restructuring the navigation, the website can achieve better CTR's & conversions.

So, I believe SEO is more about helping websites gain visibility rather than viral promotion.

**ishuvonet** · 11-28-2010, 12:04 PM

SEO is advertising your site free in different ways which usually known as off-site optimization.It is just another kind of promotion.

**edgray** · 11-28-2010, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malisz

in a way, don't you think SEO is killing the web ? I mean, great.. we help people who have enough money to optimize their websites but are they always the more revelant on the topic ?

SEO is just contextual advertising

Google is smart enough so that yes, the far far majority of the results it generates aren't junk and are spot on topic. I can't remember the last time Google churned up bad results.

Those trying to make money with rubbish content generally only do so by fleecing other people trying to do the same. "Make Money Online" must be the most abused of all of the search terms.

**Social-Media** · 11-28-2010, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malisz

in a way, don't you think SEO is killing the web ? I mean, great.. we help people who have enough money to optimize their websites but are they always the more revelant on the topic ?

SEO is just contextual advertising

Sure SEO is advertising. So is PPC... word of mouth... print... and tons of other "marketing" techniques used to promote a business or site. But does that mean it is bad?

What if all of the teams in the NFL decided, "Screw trying to 'win' by getting the best players, best coaches, coming up with the best training programs, best plays, etc. Why don't all of the teams just pick random players from random high school and college gradutes and get together and just 'have a good time' playing." Would that be "good" for the NFL? No.

Just because a company uses every advantage they can to get ahead does not mean that they are ruining the search engines. I guess companies shouldn't be allowed to advertise at all (in any medium) and people should have to make their decisions and find out about companies the hard way... by stumbling on to them when they pass them in their car.

I see absolutely nothing wrong with companies advertising... and absolutely nothing wrong with SEO being one of those advertising mediums.

**cyberdesignz** · 11-29-2010, 12:33 AM

Hi,

I do not think so that SEO is only advertising as it includes many activities. What I think is this that SEO is a way of link building so that a website can become reliable and trustworthy in the eye of both user and search engine and hence its rank or position can be improved.

People always try to stand first, second or third like in sports, school universities, all sort of competitions even in the line on bus stop so same is for SEO and in this way it is not just an advertising game.

**joyce1217** · 11-29-2010, 01:12 AM

SEO is not advertising. It is useful because due to SEO we get the best results of our searches.

**radiojunkee.com** · 11-30-2010, 07:23 PM

SEO is not advertising in my opinion because I do not know many places that offer to advertise your site to targeted users for free.

While it is a promotional tool for your website, I would not classify it as direct advertising.

Believe me, I would rather have a high SERP for free than pay $1 per click.

**full house** · 11-30-2010, 08:59 PM

I think not, SEO if way of optimizing your site for Google to show it on top of the serp advertising is another way of marketing.

**sholing** · 12-01-2010, 06:28 AM

SEO is not an advertising, it's a collection of different marketing strategies for promoting your website.