SEO stop words are the most common words that most search engines avoid, saving space and time in processing large data during crawling or indexing. This helps search engines to save space in their databases.
Commonly used words that are excluded from searches to help index and parse web pages faster. Some examples of stop words are: “a”, “and”, “but”, “how”, “or”, and “what.” While the majority of all Internet search engines utilize stop words, they do not prevent a user from using them, but they are ignored. For example, if you were to search for “What is SEO?” on Study Warehouse, the search engine would only look for the term “SEO.” or search for “What is Python?” on Easy code in Python, the search engine would only look for the term “Python.”
Here is a list of SEO Stop Words:
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – A
able | again | along | amongst | anyways | aside |
about | against | alongside | an | anywhere | ask |
above | ago | already | and | apart | asking |
abroad | ahead | also | another | appear | associated |
according | ain’t | although | any | appreciate | at |
accordingly | all | always | anybody | appropriate | available |
across | allow | am | anyhow | are | away |
actually | allows | amid | anyone | aren’t | awfully |
after | almost | amidst | anything | around | |
afterwards | alone | among | anyway | as |
List of SEO Stop-Words begins with Alphabet – B
back | before | better |
backward | beforehand | between |
backwards | begin | beyond |
be | behind | both |
became | being | brief |
because | believe | but |
become | below | by |
becomes | beside | |
becoming | besides | |
been | best |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – C
came | changes | containing |
can | clearly | contains |
cannot | c’mon | corresponding |
cant | come | could |
can’t | comes | couldn’t |
caption | concerning | course |
cause | consequently | currently |
causes | consider | |
certain | considering | |
certainly | contain |
List of SEO Stop-Words begins with Alphabet – D
dare | does |
daren’t | doesn’t |
definitely | doing |
described | done |
despite | don’t |
did | down |
didn’t | downwards |
different | during |
directly | |
do |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – E
each | etc | exactly |
eight | even | example |
eighty | ever | except |
either | evermore | |
else | every | |
elsewhere | everybody | |
end | everyone | |
ending | everything | |
enough | everywhere | |
entirely | ex | |
especially |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – F
fairly | follows | further |
far | for | furthermore |
farther | forever | |
few | former | |
fewer | formerly | |
fifth | forth | |
first | forward | |
five | found | |
followed | four | |
following | from |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – G
get | gotten |
gets | greetings |
getting | |
given | |
gives | |
go | |
goes | |
going | |
gone | |
got |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – H
had | he | herein | hopefully |
hadn’t | he’d | here’s | how |
half | he’ll | hereupon | however |
happens | hello | hers | hundred |
hardly | help | herself | |
has | hence | he’s | |
hasn’t | her | hi | |
have | here | him | |
haven’t | hereafter | himself | |
having | hereby | his | |
hither |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – I
i’d | indicate | it |
if | indicated | it’d |
ignored | indicates | it’ll |
i’ll | inner | its |
i’m | inside | it’s |
immediate | instead | itself |
in | into | i’ve |
inc | inward | |
inc. | is | |
indeed | isn’t |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – J
just |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – K
keep |
keeps |
kept |
know |
known |
knows |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – L
last | like |
lately | liked |
later | likely |
latter | likewise |
latterly | little |
least | look |
less | looking |
lest | looks |
let | low |
let’s | lower |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – M
made | meantime | mostly |
mainly | meanwhile | mr |
make | merely | mrs |
makes | might | much |
many | mine | must |
may | minus | mustn’t |
maybe | miss | my |
mayn’t | more | myself |
me | moreover | |
mean | most |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – N
name | neverf | none |
namely | neverless | nonetheless |
near | nevertheless | nor |
nearly | new | normally |
necessary | next | not |
need | nine | nothing |
needn’t | ninety | notwithstanding |
needs | no | novel |
neither | nobody | now |
never | non | nowhere |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – O
obviously | one | ought |
of | ones | oughtn’t |
off | one’s | our |
often | only | ours |
oh | onto | ourselves |
ok | opposite | out |
okay | or | outside |
old | other | over |
on | others | overall |
once | otherwise | own |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – P
particular | probably |
particularly | provided |
past | provides |
per | |
perhaps | |
placed | |
please | |
plus | |
possible | |
presumably |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – Q
que |
quite |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – R
rather | right |
really | round |
reasonably | |
recent | |
recently | |
regarding | |
regardless | |
regards | |
relatively | |
respectively |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – S
said | seem | seriously | shouldn’t | sometime | sub |
same | seemed | seven | since | sometimes | such |
saw | seeming | several | six | somewhat | sure |
say | seems | shall | so | somewhere | |
saying | seen | shan’t | some | soon | |
says | self | she | somebody | sorry | |
second | selves | she’d | someday | specified | |
secondly | sensible | she’ll | somehow | specify | |
see | sent | she’s | someone | specifying | |
seeing | serious | should | something | still |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – T
take | that’ll | thence | there’s | things | through | towards |
taken | thats | there | thereupon | think | throughout | tried |
taking | that’s | thereafter | there’ve | third | thru | tries |
tell | that’ve | thereby | these | thirty | thus | truly |
tends | the | there’d | they | this | till | try |
than | their | therefore | they’d | thorough | to | trying |
thank | theirs | therein | they’ll | thoroughly | together | twice |
thanks | them | there’ll | they’re | those | too | two |
thanx | themselves | there’re | they’ve | though | took | |
that | then | theres | thing | three | toward |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – U
under | upon |
underneath | upwards |
undoing | us |
unfortunately | use |
unless | used |
unlike | useful |
unlikely | uses |
until | using |
unto | usually |
up |
List of SEO Stop Words begins with Alphabet – V
value |
various |
versus |
very |
via |
vs |
vs. |
List of SEO Stop-Words begins with Alphabet – W
want | went | when | wherever | whole | with |
wants | were | whence | whether | who’ll | within |
was | we’re | whenever | which | whom | without |
wasn’t | weren’t | where | whichever | whomever | wonder |
way | we’ve | whereafter | while | who’s | won’t |
we | what | whereas | whilst | whose | would |
we’d | whatever | whereby | whither | why | wouldn’t |
welcome | what’ll | wherein | who | will | |
well | what’s | where’s | who’d | willing | |
we’ll | what’ve | whereupon | whoever | wish |
List of SEO Stop-Words begins with Alphabet – X
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