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検索エンジン最適化 (けんさくエンジンさいてきか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

検けん索さくエンジン最さい適てき化か

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Meanings

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search engine optimization; SEO

Technical term in web marketing and IT; often abbreviated as SEO in both English and Japanese.

検けん

索さく

エンジン

最さい

適てき

化か

の

専せん

門もん

家か

に

相そう

談だん

し

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。

I consulted a search engine optimization specialist.

このサイトは検けん索さくエンジン最さい適てき化かが不ふ十じゅう分ぶんだ。

This site has insufficient search engine optimization.

Kanji

検examination, investigate
索cord, rope, searching
最utmost, most, extreme
適suitable, occasional, rare
化change, take the form of, influence

Related words

ＳＥＯ
検索エンジン最適化 is the full Japanese term for search engine optimization, while ＳＥＯ is the English acronym used more commonly in everyday business and tech contexts.

Built from

検けん索さくエンジン+最さい適てき化か

Etymology

Compound of 検索エンジン (search engine) and 最適化 (optimization), a calque from English 'search engine optimization'.