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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

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Etymology

Origin of SEO

First recorded in 1995–2000

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