SEO Definitions

ID #1009

Stop Word - What is a Stop Word ?

A Stop Word means a word which is ignored when you enter a search query. It is ignored because the word is too commonly used. A search engine considers that these words make little or not contribution to your search. Examples of these words would be:

  • I
  • me
  • the
  • you
  • and

This is not a complete list of all the stop words, but meant more as an example.

When writing SEO content, it is recommended that the use of these stop words be avoid as much as possible. Places to avoid these stop words would be in the title of your page, in headings, and over use in other places.

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Last update: 2008-04-16 10:19
Author: Paul Savage
Revision: 1.1

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