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Search Engine Optimization Stop Words

Posted by Michael Marchetta | Posted in SEO Tips and Info, Search Engine Optimization | Posted on 03-05-2009

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Search Engine Optimization Stop Words

Search engines will consider certain words as “Stop words” to help speed up the process and save time during search results. These words will be ignored in the search process of your title and your content. It’s as if they are not even there.

aable

about

above

abroad

according

accordingly

across

actually

adj

after

afterwards

again

against

ago

ahead

ain’t

all

allow

allows

almost

alone

along

alongside

already

also

although

always

am

amid

amidst

among

amongst

an

and

another

any

anybody

anyhow

anyone

anything

anyway

anyways

anywhere

apart

appear

appreciate

appropriate

are

aren’t

around

as

a’s

aside

ask

asking

associated

at

available

away

awfully

b

back

backward

backwards

be

became

because

become

becomes

becoming

been

before

beforehand

begin

behind

being

believe

below

beside

besides

best

better

between

beyond

both

brief

but

by

c

came

can

cannot

cant

can’t

caption

cause

causes

certain

certainly

changes

clearly

c’mon

co

co.

com

come

comes

concerning

consequently

consider

considering

contain

containing

contains

corresponding

could

couldn’t

course

c’s

currently

d

dare

daren’t

definitely

described

despite

did

didn’t

different

directly

do

does

doesn’t

doing

done

don’t

down

downwards

during

e

each

edu

eg

eight

eighty

either

else

elsewhere

end

ending

enough

entirely

especially

et

etc

even

ever

evermore

every

everybody

everyone

everything

everywhere

ex

exactly

example

except

f

fairly

far

farther

few

fewer

fifth

first

five

followed

following

follows

for

forever

former

formerly

forth

forward

found

four

from

further

furthermore

g

get

gets

getting

given

gives

go

goes

going

gone

got

gotten

greetings

h

had

hadn’t

half

happens

hardly

has

hasn’t

have

haven’t

having

he

he’d

he’ll

hello

help

hence

her

here
hereafter

hereby

herein

here’s

hereupon

hers

herself

he’s

hi

him

himself

his

hither

hopefully

how

howbeit

however

hundred

i

i’d

ie

if

ignored

i’ll

i’m

immediate

in

inasmuch

inc

inc.

indeed

indicate

indicated

indicates

inner

inside

insofar

instead

into

inward

is

isn’t

it

it’d

it’ll

its

it’s

itself

i’ve

j

just

k

keep

keeps

kept

know

known

knows

l

last

lately

later

latter

latterly

least

less

lest

let

let’s

like

liked

likely

likewise

little

look

looking

looks

low

lower

ltd

m

made

mainly

make

makes

many

may

maybe

mayn’t

me

mean

meantime

meanwhile

merely

might

mightn’t

mine

minus

miss

more

moreover

most

mostly

mr

mrs

much

must

mustn’t

my

myself

n

name

namely

nd

near

nearly

necessary

need

needn’t

needs

neither

never

neverf

neverless

nevertheless

new

next

nine

ninety

no

nobody

non

none

nonetheless

noone

no-one

nor

normally

not

nothing

notwithstanding

novel

now

nowhere

o

obviously

of

off

often

oh

ok

okay

old

on

once

one

ones

one’s

only

onto

opposite

or

other

others

otherwise

ought

oughtn’t

our

ours

ourselves

out

outside

over

overall

own

p

particular

particularly

past

per

perhaps

placed

please

plus

possible

presumably

probably

provided

provides

q

que

quite

qv

r

rather

rd

re

really

reasonably

recent

recently

regarding

regardless

regards

relatively

respectively

right

round

s

said

same

saw

say

saying

says

second

secondly

see

seeing

seem

seemed
seeming

seems

seen

self

selves

sensible

sent

serious

seriously

seven

several

shall

shan’t

she

she’d

she’ll

she’s

should

shouldn’t

since

six

so

some

somebody

someday

somehow

someone

something

sometime

sometimes

somewhat

somewhere

soon

sorry

specified

specify

specifying

still

sub

such

sup

sure

t

take

taken

taking

tell

tends

th

than

thank

thanks

thanx

that

that’ll

thats

that’s

that’ve

the

their

theirs

them

themselves

then

thence

there

thereafter

thereby

there’d

therefore

therein

there’ll

there’re

theres

there’s

thereupon

there’ve

these

they

they’d

they’ll

they’re

they’ve

thing

things

think

third

thirty

this

thorough

thoroughly

those

though

three

through

throughout

thru

thus

till

to

together

too

took

toward

towards

tried

tries

truly

try

trying

t’s

twice

two

u

un

under

underneath

undoing

unfortunately

unless

unlike

unlikely

until

unto

up

upon

upwards

us

use

used

useful

uses

using

usually

v

value

various

versus

very

via

viz

vs

w

want

wants

was

wasn’t

way

we

we’d

welcome

well

we’ll

went

were

we’re

weren’t

we’ve

what

whatever

what’ll

what’s

what’ve

when

whence

whenever

where

whereafter

whereas

whereby

wherein

where’s

whereupon

wherever

whether

which

whichever

while

whilst

whither

who

who’d

whoever

whole

who’ll

whom

whomever

who’s

whose

why

will

willing

wish

with

within

without

wonder

won’t

would

wouldn’t

x

y

yes

yet

you

you’d

you’ll

your

you’re

yours

yourself

yourselves

you’ve

z

zero

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Comments (1)

great help!! always wondered what stop words are and how they work