search engine optimization

British

noun

computing the process of adjusting the content, structure, etc, of a website so that it will be displayed prominently by a search engine

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Semrush, which went public in 2021, specializes in search engine optimization.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

His business, the Adoptimist, is part of a cottage industry that sprang up around adoption online, evolving as the internet did to include first search engine optimization, then social media.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2025

Various churches, faith organizations and Christian influencers appear to have invested in search engine optimization around the term "deconstruction."

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2024

Everywhere Everywhere — a game that’s either going to have awesome or terrible search engine optimization — kicked off the program.

From The Verge • Aug. 23, 2022

And there were omissions, which, for the sake of alliteration and search engine optimization, we’ll call “snubs,” though, again, with this kind of volume, it’s not like voters were actively shunning anyone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2022

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