(informal) Synonym of Google-fu.

(Internet) The use of various techniques to improve a web site's ranking in search engines in the hopes of attracting more visitors.

(graph theory) An algorithm for traversing a tree or graph where one starts at the root and explores as far as possible along each branch before backtracking.

(graph theory) A search algorithm that begins at the root node and explores all the neighboring nodes.

(computing, architecture, rare) A software-architectural approach that is focused on a search engine.

plural of search-oriented architecture

(law) A search performed by law enforcement on a criminal suspect to insure that the suspect is not hiding anything in a body cavity.

Research at an Internet forum where questions may be posed for other people to answer.

(databases) A type of search tree that features data and query extensibility.

(Internet) Of a web page: designed so that automated search engine crawlers can easily index and categorize its contents.