Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe use of various techniques to improve the ranking of a website in search engines in the hopes of attracting more visitors.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 搜索引擎優化 /搜索引擎优化
- 搜索引擎優化 /搜索引擎优化 (sōusuǒ yǐnqíng yōuhuà)improvement of a web site's ranking in search engines
Dutch zoekmachineoptimalisatie
- zoekmachineoptimalisatieimprovement of a web site's ranking in search engines
Finnish hakukoneoptimointi
- hakukoneoptimointiimprovement of a web site's ranking in search engines
German Suchmaschinenoptimierung
- Suchmaschinenoptimierungimprovement of a web site's ranking in search engines
Polish optymalizacja dla wyszukiwarek internetowych
- optymalizacja dla wyszukiwarek internetowychimprovement of a web site's ranking in search engines
Spanish optimización en motores de búsqueda, posicionamiento en buscadores
- optimización en motores de búsquedaimprovement of a web site's ranking in search engines
- posicionamiento en buscadoresimprovement of a web site's ranking in search engines
Swedish sökmotoroptimering
- sökmotoroptimeringimprovement of a web site's ranking in search engines
Cite this entry
APA
search engine optimization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/search%20engine%20optimization
MLA
“search engine optimization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/search%20engine%20optimization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “search engine optimization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/search%20engine%20optimization.
Source: search engine optimization on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.