What are stop words ?
Stop Words are the most commonly used words in English language. In SEO analysis it is advised not to use stop words in the URL or slug. This is because stop words put extra pressure on Google search engine. Use of stop words in URL may result in lower page ranking.
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List of 185 Stop Words In Alphabetical Order (this is a rough list)
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a
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about
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above
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after
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again
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against
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all
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am
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an
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and
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any
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are
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as
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at
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aren’t
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around
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ain’t
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abroad
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alone
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anyways
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be
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because
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been
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beyond
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being
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below
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between
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both
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but
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by
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before
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beforehand
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begin
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behind
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being
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believe
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beside
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besides
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best
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better
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could
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can
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cannot
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can’t
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cant
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c’mon
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couldn’t
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come
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comes
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contains
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does
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doesn’t
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doing
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done
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don’t
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down
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did
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didn’t
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different
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directly
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do
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each
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either
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else
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elsewhere
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end
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etc
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even
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ever
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ex
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few
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for
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from
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further
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furthermore
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get
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gets
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go
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goes
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going
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gone
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got
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had
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has
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have
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having
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he
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he’d
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he’ll
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he’s
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her
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here
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here’s
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herself
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him
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himself
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his
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how
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how’s
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I
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I’d
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if
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i’ll
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i’m
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in
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it
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it’d
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it’ll
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its
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it’s
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itself
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i’ve
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is
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isn’t
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into
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just
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keep
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let
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let’s
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my
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myself
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minus
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nor
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ought
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oughtn’t
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our
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ours
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she
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she’d
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she’ll
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so
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some
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somebody
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someday
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somehow
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someone
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that’ll
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thats
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that’s
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that’ve
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the
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their
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theirs
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them
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these
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they
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they’d
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they’ll
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they’re
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they’ve
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to
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too
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under
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until
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up
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very
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was
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via
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vs
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we
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we’d
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welcome
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well
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we’ll
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what
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whatever
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what’ll
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what’s
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who’s
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whose
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why
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with
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within
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without
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wonder
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won’t
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would
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wouldn’t
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yet
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you
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you’d
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you’ll
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your
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you’re
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zero