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'''Search engine optimization''' ('''SEO''') is the process of improving the visibility of a [[website]] or a [[web page]] in [[search engine]]s viaand usually refers to the "natural," or un-paid ("[[Organic search|organic]]" or "algorithmic"), [[Search engine results page|search results]]. Paid services and [[Advertising|advertising]] can also be used to optimise results for [[Search engine marketing|search engine marketing]] purposes and are considered by some to be a part of the overall process of optimisation. In general, the earlier (or higher ranked on the search results page), and more frequently a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine's users. SEO may target different kinds of search, including [[image search]], [[local search (Internet)|local search]], [[video search]], [[academic databases and search engines|academic search]],<ref name="aseo">{{cite web|author=Beel, Jöran and Gipp, Bela and Wilde, Erik|url=http://www.sciplore.org/publications/2010-ASEO--preprint.pdf|title=Academic Search Engine Optimization (ASEO): Optimizing Scholarly Literature for Google Scholar and Co.|publisher=Journal of Scholarly Publishing|year=2010|pages=176–190|accessdate=2010-04-18}}</ref> news search and industry-specific [[vertical search]] engines.

As an [[Internet marketing]] strategy, SEO considers how search engines work, what people search for, the actual search terms or keywords typed into search engines and which search engines are preferred by their targeted audience. Optimizing a website may involve editing its content and [[HTML]] and associated coding to both increase its relevance to specific keywords and to remove barriers to the [[web crawler|indexing activities]] of search engines. Promoting a site to increase the number of [[backlinks]], or inbound links, is another SEO tactic.