Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of inhencing the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine's search results.
In general 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, video search, academic " search,news search.
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, HTML and associated coding to both increase
its relevance to specific keywords and to remove barriers to the indexing activities of search engines.Promoting a site to increase the number of backlinks, or inbound links, is another SEO tactic.