Definitions for "Stop Words"
With regard to search engines, a stop word is any word which causes the spider to stop indexing a web page, such as any words that may be offensive, prohibited or otherwise censored. Subheadline
A stop word is a word that is so common on the Internet that search engines ignore them. Some stop words are homepage, home page, www, Web, Web page, the, of, that, is and, to, etc.
Stop words are small words that are not indexed by electronic databases such as the library catalogue, periodical databases and search engines. Stop words include words such as a, and, in, of, on and to