Plain definitions for SEO, GEO, and AI search
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A working glossary for the AI-search era. Each entry explains a concept used across Search4online services, links to where it shows up in the work, and connects to adjacent terms so context is never far away.
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A working glossary for the AI-search era. Each entry explains a concept used across Search4online services, links to where it shows up in the work, and connects to adjacent terms so context is never far away.
The Search4online glossary is the canonical reference for terms used across our work and content.
Search Engine Optimization
The practice of improving a website's visibility in organic search results.
Generative Engine Optimisation
Preparing a brand, content, and entities to be retrieved, summarised, and cited by generative AI search systems.
Answer Engine Optimisation
Structuring content so search and AI engines can lift concise, attributable answers.
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Search Engine Optimization
The practice of improving a website's visibility in organic search results.
Read policyGenerative Engine Optimisation
Preparing a brand, content, and entities to be retrieved, summarised, and cited by generative AI search systems.
Read policyAnswer Engine Optimisation
Structuring content so search and AI engines can lift concise, attributable answers.
Read policyEntity SEO
Optimising how a brand, person, product, or place is represented and connected in search indices and knowledge graphs.
Read policySemantic SEO
Building topical coverage around meaning and relationships rather than isolated keywords.
Read policyKnowledge Graph
A structured representation of entities and their relationships used by search engines and AI systems.
Read policyDelivery model
Diagnose, engineer, then compound.
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Search Engine Optimization
The practice of improving a website's visibility in organic search results.
Generative Engine Optimisation
Preparing a brand, content, and entities to be retrieved, summarised, and cited by generative AI search systems.
Answer Engine Optimisation
Structuring content so search and AI engines can lift concise, attributable answers.
Entity SEO
Optimising how a brand, person, product, or place is represented and connected in search indices and knowledge graphs.
Semantic SEO
Building topical coverage around meaning and relationships rather than isolated keywords.
Knowledge Graph
A structured representation of entities and their relationships used by search engines and AI systems.
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The Search4online glossary is the canonical reference for terms used across our work and content.