SEO

American  

abbreviation

Digital Technology.

1. search-engine optimization: the methods used to boost the ranking or frequency of a website in results returned by a search engine, in an effort to maximize user traffic to the site.

   The first step in SEO is to generate keywords that are relevant to your site's content.

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SEO British  

abbreviation

1. computing search engine optimization

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Etymology

Origin of SEO

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

AI search might not immediately supplant SEO, but its trajectory over the next five years is “a one-way street,” according to Brian Stempeck, co-founder and chief executive of AI search optimization startup Evertune.

From The Wall Street Journal

The global SEO and AEO services market will grow to $171 billion by 2030 from $81.4 billion last year, partly driven by growing AI optimization efforts, according to a prediction by research firm MarkNtel Advisors.

From The Wall Street Journal

An initial idea that AI optimization would replace SEO as traditional search withered has evolved into a view that the two disciplines will merge as both kinds of search persist, said James Cadwallader, chief executive officer and co-founder of Profound.

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SEO firms will likely add AI services, he said, and vice versa.

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That matters more than in traditional SEO because LLMs generally need more information to answer detailed, conversational questions that build on a given user’s history.

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