Which One is Better SEO or SMO?

[oneofmanytims]

According to me the purpose of both the optimization activities is different and its up to your business demand that which one is more important like for a big established brand company needs to maintain its reputation and brand in the market and through SMO they can do it in a better way.

On the other hand a small developing business or a company needs more business and need to increase its clientle so they need more leads to expand their business for which they need to emphasis their ranking on search engines so SEO is more important for them.

Cheers!

many big companies have hired people to monitor the social network sites to see what is said about them. then they go and repudiate bad comments.

[kellyburby1]

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of getting high search placement in the organic or natural listing of search engines while Social Media Optimization (SMO) has the ability to drive huge amount of targeted niche traffic to a site quickly. It is also another way to network with potential clients and build a good reputation online.

now which one is better SEO or SMO?

Both are Equally Important inorder to drive traffice

[Janna122003]

Both of them are better since SEO is for organic traffic while SMO is for product or services branding.

[larycom]

in my own point of view, smo really gives good amount of traffic in a very short of time when it is done correctly. in seo, it really takes time but once the keywords (must be competitive and related keywords) are positioned in search engines, the traffic is also great and it has 90% quality.

[bobchrist]

Social media sites help to generate targeted traffic, it's is good place for customer engagement, it works nicely once you start getting organic search engine traffic.

[MediaPrecision]

IMHO, it depends on your goals. if you are looking for good serp's then seo, but social media is a fantastic way of driving relevant traffic to your site. It allows you to get your website in front of your target audience and interact with your visitors on their level and bypass search engines. Both are important and a good mix of the 2 will go along way.

[williamc]

many big companies have hired people to monitor the social network sites to see what is said about them. then they go and repudiate bad comments.

That is not really SMO per se, it is reputation management.