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SEO

US/sʌ/

SEO is the initialism of search engine optimization.

SEO is the initialism of search engine optimizer.

Meaning of search engine optimization

Noun

search engine optimization (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) The use of various techniques to improve the ranking of a website in search engines in the hopes of attracting more visitors.

Proper noun capitalized: Seo

Seo (plural Seos)

  1. A surname from Korean.

Synonyms of SEO

Forms of SEO

Noun
pluralSEOs
Proper noun
pluralSeos
alternative formSuh

Origin of SEO

From Korean 서(徐) (Seo). Cognate with English Xu (from Mandarin).

Words formed from SEO

Questions about SEO

What does SEO mean?
SEO means a surname from Korean.
What is SEO the initialism of?
SEO is the initialism of search engine optimization.
What part of speech is SEO?
SEO is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce SEO?
SEO is pronounced /sʌ/ (US).

Words near SEO in the dictionary

  1. senza sordini
  2. senza sordino
  3. senzala
  4. senzalas
  5. SENĆOŦEN
  6. SEO
  7. SEOer
  8. SEOers
  9. SEOG
  10. Seogwipo
  11. seolleongtang

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: SEO (page history and authors); Seo (page history and authors); search engine optimization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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