Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and digital marketing are the disciplines that drive organic and paid discoverability across Google, Bing, social platforms, and increasingly, AI answer engines. For communications professionals, SEO is no longer optional — every press release, byline, and owned-content page either strengthens or weakens a brand's search and AI visibility.
In the AI Communications era, traditional SEO and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) converge. The same structured, entity-rich, authoritative content that ranks in Google also gets retrieved by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. This glossary covers both sides — the foundational SEO vocabulary and its evolution into AI-era digital marketing.