List of stop words in SEO- Search Engine Optimization
- March 30, 2020
- On-Page SEO, Digital Marketing
Multiple numbers of stop words in SEO

Stop words in SEO are such specific words that are separated before or after processing of natural language data (text). For SEO objectives, these are notably traditional words that most search engines skip over to save space in their databases and to speed up the process of crawling/indexing the web page.
How stop words can hurt your SEO?
Stop words in SEO are filtered words that can obstruct your SEO efforts, especially if used repeatedly in your site’s Titles. They simply waste valuable space, which is very limited in certain areas due to truncation in search engine results.
Areas to explicitly bypass the use of stops words (if you must shorten things up) include:
- Page title tags
- Webpage URLs
- Meta descriptions (as much as possible without reducing readability)
- Image Alt text (wherever possible)
Below is a comprehensive list of stop words in SEO ignored by Search Engines.
A
able about above abroad according accordingly across actually 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 | 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 come comes concerning consequently consider considering contain | containing contains corresponding could couldn’t course 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 eight eighty either else elsewhere end ending enough entirely especially | 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 however hundred |
I
i’d if ignored i’ll i’m immediate in inc inc. indeed | indicate indicated indicates inner inside 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 |
M
made mainly make makes many may maybe mayn’t me mean | meantime meanwhile merely might mine minus miss more moreover most | mostly mr mrs much must mustn’t my myself |
N
‘
name namely near nearly necessary need needn’t needs neither never | neverf neverless nevertheless new next nine ninety no nobody non | none nonetheless 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 |
R
rather 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 sure |
T
take taken taking tell tends 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 twice two |
U
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 vs 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
none |
Y
yes yet you you’d you’ll your you’re yours yourself yourselves | you’ve |
Z
zero |
If I’ve forgotten any, please let me know so that I can add them here!
Hi, I’m Manikant Shaw, a digital marketing consultant & social media strategist living in Kolkata, India. I mainly focus on SEO services, Social Media Marketing & Google Ads.
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