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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.


SEO British  

abbreviation

  1. computing search engine optimization

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of SEO

First recorded in 1995–2000

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Mon hwi nultu þe bi seo. of fule fulþe þu art isowe. wurmes fode. þu schalt beo.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

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