What Is SEO?

SEO or Search Engine Optimization is a common word you will find in the Blogosphere but what exactly does it mean. Instead of monopolizing the ideas expressed on this blog, I decided to ask my BlogCatalog friends for their input. I’ve asked them what SEO is, and surprisingly, they gave me interesting definitions. Hope these definitions help you understand SEO better.

SEO or Search Engine Optimization is the condition that most webmasters and bloggers find themselves in where they can’t seem to get sleep or concentrate due to the fact they were ranking in the top 5 in Google yesterday, only to drop to position 182 today. Symptoms include irritability, restlessness, and the constant obsession with long-tail keywords. – LetsEarnExtraMoney

SEO or search engine optimisation is the process of developing a search spider friendly site. Optimisation can be split into 2 categories; on and off page and most forms of optimisation are geared towards ranking high on the big G. On page optimisation includes keyword research and content optimisation, off page is the process of generating high quality backlinks to your site. The ultimate goal for any SEO expert is to deliver highly targeted search engine traffic. Relevance is key and you every page should follow the “line of relevance”! – SEOWizz

SEO is a process that has driven me up the wall for the past couple of months and I am closer to the Nut House because of it. – DaJobSucks

SEO is a combination of methods that allow one to dominate Google for the exact keyword or a keyword phrase that majority of motivated buyers of the product you sell input in the google search box when they are looking to buy that specific product. – BestWebHostingReviews

Search Engine Overkill: the process of trying all the tips and tricks to get noticed by search engines. you choose the correct keywords, re-write your description 12 times, subscribe to more newsletters than your inbox can handle, all to have no time left to develop your website. – PrintedProof

Search Engine Optimization is the process of getting high search placement in the organic or natural listing of search engines. It is a way to get more traffic to a website by achieving a higher ranking in SERP(search engine result page). Tendency is that the higher your ranking in SERP the more searcher can visit your site. It’s like a competition in a market place where you are in front of the customers giving you an advantage against your competitors. – FreeSEOTipsAndTricks

SEO is pimping your website or blog to search engines. – BloggerMom

(S.E.O)Search Engine Override. Doing everything thing in your power to get all search query’s to direct to your webpage or blog. I think all us little guys ought just pitch in a few pennies each and buy google and leave out the corporate conglomerates. – SurveyReview

SEO is like trying to date that hot popular chick in high school, you do eveything to try to get her attention in hope that she will introduce you to her network of other hot friends ( some not so hot ones also ) to max your popularity. With that said: Google is the hot chick and with certain keywords, hot trends and luck it can make u from a zero to hero. – MyCheapTech

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) – is a way to make your site visible on search engines so that you will get lots of free traffic coming from the search engines. The more work have put on SEO then the more your site to be indexed on search engine and thus it will get a better SERP. – PaulUbiadas

SEO is like advertising in braile and sign language so that people who otherwise might not ever have the pleasure of meeting you in this sometimes blind and deaf world of the internet can: know you exist, find you and get to know you through common interests. – ScottMcqueen

SEO … The fine art of making love to a spider! – HealthFitnessEssentials

SEO … Its the art and science of making your site relevant and popular in the eyes of other web sites. – SuccessfulAffiliateMarketing

The art of optimizing an online site, document, image or other multimedia item to be indexed by a search engine and have a ranking which allows it to dominate a specific search term or target area. It requires constant vigilance to adapt accordingly to changes in the algorithms implemented by software developers employed at the various search engine companies. – WebBusinessBlog

SEO in simple words: making your website rank higher in search engines by smart coding. – LucaModricFans

SEO is writing your blog post or web page with the words and placement that will make it most likely to reach the highest spot possible in search engines for the words and phrases that you want it to. – ConnectWithYourTeens

SEO is reseaching top key words., so you can write original artcles on the subject key words. – BaltimoreHudHomes

SEO or Search Engine Optimization is a complicated science which helps your content get displayed with higher-priority in the search engines such as Google and Yahoo. The most interesting thing about SEO is that creating quality content, networking with like-minded individuals, and using a little common sense makes SEO unnecessary. – SheenOnline

There you have it. How about you? What’s your own definition of SEO? Do share them in the comments! Thank you.