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Analytics

A/B Testing

Comparing two versions of a page or element to determine which performs better.

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Core Concepts

Accessibility (a11y)

Designing sites usable by people with disabilities; correlated with SEO benefits.

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AI & Search

AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation)

Optimising content to be the cited source for AI-generated answers.

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AI & Search

AI Crawlers

Bots from AI companies that crawl the web to gather training data and index content.

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AI & Search

AI Overview

Google's AI-generated answer summary appearing at the top of search results.

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AI & Search

AI-Generated Content

Content drafted with the assistance of AI systems like GPT-4, Claude or Gemini.

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Core Concepts

Algorithmic Penalty

A ranking suppression applied automatically by Google's algorithms.

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On-Page SEO

Alt Text

Descriptive text that explains an image to screen readers and search engines.

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Technical SEO

AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages)

A deprecated HTML framework for ultra-fast mobile pages.

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On-Page SEO

Anchor Text

The visible, clickable text of a hyperlink that describes the linked content.

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Link Building

Anchor Text Distribution

The mix of anchor text types pointing to a webpage from external sources.

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Technical SEO

Article Schema

Structured data for articles, news stories and blog posts.

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Analytics

Attribution

The methodology for assigning credit to marketing channels in a customer journey.

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Content & Strategy

Author Byline

Visible attribution of content to a named author with credentials and bio.

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Link Building

Backlink

An incoming hyperlink from another website pointing to a page on your site.

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Core Concepts

BERT

Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers - a language model used in search.

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Core Concepts

Bing SEO

Optimising for Bing's search engine, which powers ChatGPT Search and other AI tools.

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Core Concepts

Black Hat SEO

Deceptive SEO practices that violate search engine guidelines.

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Analytics

Bounce Rate

The percentage of single-page sessions where users leave without further interaction.

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AI & Search

Brand SERP

The search engine results page when users search for a specific brand name.

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On-Page SEO

Breadcrumb Navigation

A secondary navigation showing a page's position in the site hierarchy.

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Technical SEO

BreadcrumbList Schema

Schema that exposes breadcrumb navigation hierarchy to search engines.

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Link Building

Broken Link Building

Identifying broken links on relevant pages and offering replacements that link to your site.

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Technical SEO

Browser & CDN Caching

Storing copies of resources to avoid repeated downloads on subsequent requests.

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Technical SEO

Canonical URL

The preferred version of a page when duplicate or similar content exists.

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E-commerce

Cart Abandonment

When users add items to a cart but leave without completing purchase.

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E-commerce

Category Page

A landing page listing multiple products within a defined product category.

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Core Concepts

ccTLD

Country code top-level domain like .uk, .de, .fr indicating country targeting.

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Core Concepts

CDN (Content Delivery Network)

Distributed servers that cache and deliver content from locations near users.

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AI & Search

ChatGPT Search

OpenAI's search-powered version of ChatGPT delivering answers with web citations.

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E-commerce

Checkout Optimisation

Reducing friction in the purchase process to maximise conversion completion.

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On-Page SEO

Click-Through Rate (CTR)

The percentage of search impressions that result in a click on a listing.

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Core Concepts

Cloaking

Showing different content to search engines than to human visitors.

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Core Concepts

Competitive Analysis

Researching competitors to identify SEO opportunities and threats.

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Technical SEO

Compression (Gzip / Brotli)

Server-side text compression that reduces bandwidth and accelerates loading.

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Content & Strategy

Content Audit

A systematic review of all content to assess performance and improvement opportunities.

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Content & Strategy

Content Brief

A document briefing writers on a specific piece of content with research and requirements.

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Content & Strategy

Content Calendar

A scheduled plan of content production, publication and promotion.

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Content & Strategy

Content Decay

The gradual decline in traffic to previously high-performing content.

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On-Page SEO

Content Depth

How comprehensively a page covers a topic, including subtopics and entities.

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Content & Strategy

Content Pruning

Removing or consolidating low-value content to strengthen overall site quality.

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Content & Strategy

Content Refresh

Updating existing content to restore or grow rankings and traffic.

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Technical SEO

Content Security Policy (CSP)

A header restricting which resources a page can load, mitigating XSS attacks.

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Content & Strategy

Content Strategy

A documented plan for creating, distributing and managing content to meet business goals.

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AI & Search

Conversational Search

Search interactions involving natural-language back-and-forth between user and engine.

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Analytics

Conversion Rate

The percentage of visitors who complete a defined goal action.

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Core Concepts

Cookie Consent

User permission required before placing non-essential cookies.

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Content & Strategy

Core Algorithm Update

A major Google algorithm change affecting how rankings are calculated broadly.

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Technical SEO

Core Web Vitals

Google's page experience metrics measuring loading, interactivity and stability.

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Technical SEO

Crawl Budget

The number of pages a search engine will crawl on a site within a given period.

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Analytics

Crawl Stats Report

A Search Console report showing Googlebot's crawl behaviour on a site.

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Technical SEO

Crawlability

A website's ability to be discovered and crawled by search engine bots.

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Technical SEO

Critical CSS

Above-the-fold CSS extracted and inlined to accelerate first paint.

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Analytics

CRO (Conversion Rate Optimisation)

The systematic improvement of website conversion rates through testing and analysis.

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Technical SEO

CrUX (Chrome User Experience Report)

A public dataset of real-world performance data collected from Chrome users.

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Technical SEO

CSR vs SSR

The architectural choice between client-side and server-side rendering.

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Technical SEO

Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)

A Core Web Vital measuring unexpected visual movement during page load.

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Link Building

Digital PR

PR-style outreach focused on earning editorial backlinks from journalism sources.

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Link Building

Disavow Tool

A Google Search Console feature that asks Google to ignore specified backlinks.

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Core Concepts

Domain Age

The length of time a domain has been registered and active.

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Link Building

Domain Authority

A third-party metric estimating a domain's overall ranking strength.

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Link Building

Domain Rating

Ahrefs' 0-100 metric estimating a domain's backlink profile strength.

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Core Concepts

Doorway Page

A page created solely to rank for specific queries and funnel traffic elsewhere.

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Technical SEO

Duplicate Content

Substantively similar content existing at multiple URLs within or across sites.

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Analytics

Dwell Time

How long a user stays on a page before returning to search results.

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Wix Platform

Dynamic Pages

Template-based pages that generate URLs from data collection items.

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E-commerce

E-commerce SEO

SEO strategies specific to online stores and product-based websites.

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Content & Strategy

E-E-A-T

Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness - Google's content quality framework.

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Link Building

Editorial Link

A naturally placed link earned through merit rather than direct request or payment.

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Content & Strategy

Editorial Standards

Documented guidelines for content quality, voice, accuracy and review processes.

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AI & Search

Embeddings

Numerical representations of text used by AI systems to measure semantic similarity.

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Analytics

Engagement Rate

GA4's metric measuring percentage of sessions with meaningful engagement.

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AI & Search

Entity SEO

Optimising for distinct people, places, things and concepts recognised by search engines.

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Technical SEO

Event Schema

Structured data for events, enabling rich results with dates, locations and tickets.

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Content & Strategy

Evergreen Content

Content that remains relevant and continues attracting traffic long after publication.

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Content & Strategy

Experience (E-E-A-T)

First-hand experience with a topic, added to E-A-T as a quality signal in 2022.

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Core Concepts

Expired Domain

A previously registered domain that became available again after non-renewal.

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E-commerce

Faceted Navigation

Filter and sort options on category pages that generate multiple URL combinations.

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Technical SEO

FAQ Schema

Structured data for frequently asked questions, eligible for rich result display.

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On-Page SEO

Featured Snippet

A direct answer pulled into the top of search results, also known as Position Zero.

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Technical SEO

First Contentful Paint (FCP)

A performance metric measuring when the first DOM content renders on screen.

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Technical SEO

First Input Delay (FID)

A deprecated Core Web Vital measuring delay between first user interaction and response.

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E-commerce

Free Product Listings

Organic product placements in the Shopping tab and other Google surfaces.

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Core Concepts

Gap Analysis

Identifying SEO opportunities by comparing your site against competitors.

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Local SEO

GBP Categories

The primary and secondary business categories selected in Google Business Profile.

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Local SEO

GBP Posts

Time-sensitive updates published on Google Business Profile listings.

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Local SEO

GBP Products

Product listings shown on a Google Business Profile for retail and service businesses.

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Local SEO

GBP Services

A list of services offered, configurable in the Google Business Profile dashboard.

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Core Concepts

GDPR

EU data protection regulation governing personal data processing.

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AI & Search

Gemini

Google's flagship multimodal large language model powering AI Overview and other products.

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AI & Search

Generative Search

Search interfaces that use large language models to generate synthesised answers.

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Local SEO

Geo-Targeting

The practice of tailoring content and ads to users in specific geographic areas.

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Analytics

Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

Google's current analytics platform, replacing Universal Analytics.

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Local SEO

Google Business Profile

Google's free local listing platform, formerly known as Google My Business.

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AI & Search

Google Lens

Google's visual search tool that identifies objects and finds related information.

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E-commerce

Google Merchant Center

A Google platform for submitting product data for Shopping ads and free listings.

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Core Concepts

Google Sandbox

An informal term for the perceived ranking limitations on new sites.

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Analytics

Google Search Console

Google's free tool reporting how a site appears and performs in search.

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E-commerce

Google Shopping Ads

Paid product listings that appear in Google search and Shopping results.

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Core Concepts

Google Spam Policies

Google's published rules defining content and link practices that violate guidelines.

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Analytics

Google Tag Manager (GTM)

A tag management system for deploying analytics and marketing scripts without code edits.

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AI & Search

GPTBot

OpenAI's web crawler that gathers content for ChatGPT training and search.

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Core Concepts

Grey Hat SEO

Tactics in the ambiguous space between white hat and black hat practices.

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Analytics

GSC Performance Report

Search Console's data on impressions, clicks, CTR and ranking position.

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E-commerce

GTIN

Global Trade Item Number - a unique product identifier used internationally.

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Link Building

Guest Posting

Writing articles for other websites in exchange for byline links and exposure.

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On-Page SEO

H1 Tag

The primary heading on a webpage, signalling its main topic to search engines.

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Link Building

HARO / Connectively

A platform connecting expert sources with journalists seeking quotes and insights.

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Content & Strategy

Head Term

High-volume, broad keywords typically targeted by pillar pages and homepages.

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On-Page SEO

Heading Hierarchy

The structured use of H1-H6 tags to organise page content for users and crawlers.

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Analytics

Heatmap

A visualisation showing where users click, scroll and hover on a webpage.

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Core Concepts

Helpful Content

Content created primarily for people that demonstrates expertise and value.

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Content & Strategy

Helpful Content System

Google's ranking system targeting content created primarily for people, not search engines.

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Technical SEO

HowTo Schema

Structured data for step-by-step instructions, eligible for rich how-to results.

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Technical SEO

Hreflang

An attribute that tells search engines about the language and region of a page.

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Technical SEO

HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security)

A response header that forces browsers to use HTTPS for a domain.

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Technical SEO

HTTP Status Codes

Standardised server response codes that indicate request outcomes.

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Core Concepts

HTTP/2 and HTTP/3

Modern HTTP protocol versions offering performance improvements over HTTP/1.1.

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Core Concepts

HTTPS

The secure version of HTTP that encrypts data between browser and server.

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Technical SEO

Image CDN

A specialised CDN that transforms and delivers images on demand.

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On-Page SEO

Image SEO

The practice of optimising images for search visibility and page performance.

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Technical SEO

Image Sitemap

A specialised XML sitemap providing metadata about images on a site.

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Analytics

Index Coverage Report

A Search Console report showing which URLs Google has indexed and any issues.

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Technical SEO

Indexability

Whether a crawled page is eligible to be added to a search engine's index.

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Technical SEO

Infinite Scroll

A pagination pattern where new content loads automatically as users scroll.

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Technical SEO

Interaction to Next Paint (INP)

A Core Web Vital measuring overall interaction responsiveness.

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On-Page SEO

Internal Linking

Links from one page to another on the same domain, distributing authority and context.

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Core Concepts

International SEO

SEO strategies for sites targeting multiple countries or regions.

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Technical SEO

JavaScript SEO

The discipline of making JavaScript-rendered content discoverable to search engines.

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Technical SEO

JSON-LD

A JSON-based structured data format recommended by Google for schema implementation.

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Content & Strategy

Keyword Cannibalisation

When multiple pages on a site compete for the same keyword, splitting authority.

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On-Page SEO

Keyword Density

The percentage of times a keyword appears in content relative to total word count.

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Content & Strategy

Keyword Difficulty

A score estimating how hard it is to rank in the top results for a keyword.

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Content & Strategy

Keyword Research

The process of identifying and analysing search terms users type into search engines.

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On-Page SEO

Keyword Stuffing

The black-hat practice of unnaturally repeating keywords to manipulate rankings.

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AI & Search

Knowledge Graph

Google's database of entities and their relationships powering knowledge panels and rich results.

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Technical SEO

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)

A Core Web Vital measuring how long the largest visible element takes to render.

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Core Concepts

Lazy Loading

Deferring image and resource loading until needed in the viewport.

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Technical SEO

Lazy-Loaded Content

Content that loads dynamically as users scroll or interact rather than at initial page load.

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Technical SEO

Lighthouse

Google's open-source automated tool for auditing site performance, accessibility and SEO.

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Link Building

Link Building

The process of acquiring backlinks from other websites to improve rankings.

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Link Building

Link Equity

The ranking power transferred through links from one page to another.

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Core Concepts

Link Scheme

Manipulative link practices that violate Google's spam policies.

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Link Building

Link Velocity

The rate at which a website acquires new backlinks over time.

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AI & Search

LLM Optimisation (LLMO)

Optimising content for inclusion in large language model training and retrieval.

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Local SEO

Local Citations

Online mentions of a business's NAP details across directories, sites and platforms.

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Local SEO

Local Content

Content tailored to specific cities, neighbourhoods or regional audiences.

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Local SEO

Local Pack

The block of three local business listings that appear at the top of local searches.

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Local SEO

Local SEO

The practice of optimising a business for searches with local intent.

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Technical SEO

LocalBusiness Schema

Structured data identifying physical business locations with NAP and hours.

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Analytics

Log File Analysis

Examining server logs to understand how search engines interact with a site.

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Content & Strategy

Long-Tail Keyword

A specific, often longer search query with lower volume but higher intent and conversion.

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Core Concepts

Long-Tail Strategy

Targeting many specific, lower-volume keywords rather than competing for head terms.

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On-Page SEO

LSI Keywords

Latent Semantic Indexing keywords - terms semantically related to a primary keyword.

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AI & Search

Machine-Generated Content

Content produced primarily by AI systems with minimal human curation.

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Core Concepts

Manual Action

A penalty applied by a Google reviewer for guideline violations.

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On-Page SEO

Meta Description

A short summary of a page's content shown beneath the title in search results.

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Technical SEO

Meta Robots Tag

An HTML meta tag controlling crawler indexing and link-following behaviour.

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Technical SEO

Minification

Removing unnecessary characters from code to reduce file size.

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Technical SEO

Mobile Usability

How well a site functions on mobile devices, evaluated by Google as a ranking factor.

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Technical SEO

Mobile-First Indexing

Google's use of the mobile version of a site as the primary basis for indexing.

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E-commerce

MPN

Manufacturer Part Number - a manufacturer-assigned product identifier.

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Local SEO

Multi-Location SEO

SEO strategies for businesses operating across multiple physical locations.

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Core Concepts

Multilingual SEO

SEO for sites serving content in multiple languages.

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AI & Search

Multimodal Search

Search systems that process and return results across multiple media types.

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Core Concepts

MUM

Multitask Unified Model - Google's multimodal AI for complex search queries.

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Local SEO

NAP Citation

A mention of a business's Name, Address and Phone number across the web.

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Technical SEO

nofollow Attribute

A link attribute telling search engines not to pass authority through a link.

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Technical SEO

noindex Meta Tag

A directive telling search engines not to include a page in their index.

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On-Page SEO

Off-Page SEO

SEO activities performed outside a website to influence rankings, primarily backlinks.

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On-Page SEO

On-Page SEO

The practice of optimising elements within a webpage to improve rankings.

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On-Page SEO

Open Graph

A meta tag protocol that controls how URLs render when shared on social platforms.

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On-Page SEO

Open Graph Image

A specific image used when a URL is shared on social media.

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Core Concepts

Organic Traffic

Visitors arriving from unpaid search engine results.

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Technical SEO

Organization Schema

Structured data identifying a company entity with logo, social profiles and contact info.

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Core Concepts

Orphan Page

A page with no internal links pointing to it from elsewhere on the site.

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Link Building

PageRank

Google's original algorithm for ranking web pages based on link analysis.

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Technical SEO

PageSpeed Insights

Google's public performance testing tool combining lab and real-user data.

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Technical SEO

Paginated Series

Multi-page content series like blog archives and product listings.

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On-Page SEO

Pagination

Splitting content across multiple numbered pages, common for blogs and product lists.

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Technical SEO

Parameter URLs

URLs containing query string parameters affecting content or tracking.

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AI & Search

Parasite SEO

Publishing content on high-authority third-party domains to leverage their rankings.

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On-Page SEO

People Also Ask (PAA)

An expandable SERP feature showing related questions and answers.

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AI & Search

Perplexity

An AI-powered search engine providing cited, conversational answers.

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On-Page SEO

Pillar Page

A long-form page covering a broad topic that links to detailed subtopic pages.

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Analytics

Pogosticking

When users click a result, return to search and click another result rapidly.

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Technical SEO

Preload Hints

HTML link hints that tell browsers to fetch important resources early.

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Core Concepts

Privacy Policy

A page explaining how a site collects, uses and protects user data.

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Core Concepts

Private Blog Network (PBN)

A network of websites controlled by one entity and used to build links to a target.

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E-commerce

Product Page

An individual page representing a single product or product family.

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E-commerce

Product Reviews

Customer-written assessments of products that influence purchase decisions and SEO.

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Technical SEO

Product Schema

Schema markup that exposes product details to search engines for rich results.

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Core Concepts

Programmatic SEO

Generating large volumes of pages from structured data and templates.

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Technical SEO

Progressive Web App (PWA)

A web app technology delivering app-like experiences with installability and offline support.

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Core Concepts

RankBrain

A machine learning system Google uses to interpret search queries.

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Core Concepts

Ranking

A page's position in search results for a specific query.

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Analytics

Real User Monitoring (RUM)

Performance measurement based on actual visitor experiences in their real environments.

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Core Concepts

Reconsideration Request

A formal request to Google to remove a manual action after fixing issues.

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Technical SEO

Redirect

A server response that sends users and crawlers from one URL to another.

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Technical SEO

Redirect Chain

A sequence of redirects between an initial URL and the final destination.

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Technical SEO

Render-Blocking Resources

Scripts and stylesheets that delay first paint until they finish loading.

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Technical SEO

Rendering

The process by which search engines convert source HTML into the final visible page.

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Local SEO

Reserve with Google

A Google programme allowing direct bookings from search results and Maps.

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Technical SEO

Responsive Design

A design approach that adapts a single codebase to all screen sizes.

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AI & Search

Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

A technique combining retrieval from a knowledge base with LLM generation.

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Technical SEO

Review & AggregateRating Schema

Structured data exposing reviews and rating averages to search results.

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Local SEO

Reviews Management

The practice of soliciting, responding to and leveraging customer reviews.

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AI & Search

Reviews System

A Google ranking system specifically targeting low-quality reviews content.

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On-Page SEO

Rich Results

Enhanced search listings featuring images, ratings, prices and other rich elements.

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Technical SEO

robots.txt

A text file at the site root that instructs crawlers which URLs to access.

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AI & Search

sameAs Schema Property

A schema property linking an entity to authoritative external profiles.

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Technical SEO

Schema Markup

Structured data vocabulary that helps search engines understand page content.

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Core Concepts

Search Algorithm

The complex set of rules and machine learning systems that rank web pages.

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AI & Search

Search Generative Experience (SGE)

The original codename for Google's AI-powered search experience, now called AI Overview.

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Content & Strategy

Search Intent

The underlying goal a user has when entering a search query.

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Content & Strategy

Search Volume

The estimated number of times a keyword is searched in a specific market and timeframe.

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Technical SEO

Security Headers

HTTP response headers that strengthen browser security and user trust.

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On-Page SEO

Semantic SEO

Optimising for meaning, context and entity relationships rather than exact keywords.

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Core Concepts

SEO

Search Engine Optimisation - the practice of improving organic search visibility.

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Core Concepts

SERP

Search Engine Results Page - the page Google or another engine returns for a query.

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Content & Strategy

SERP Analysis

Reviewing search engine results for a query to understand competition and intent.

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On-Page SEO

SERP Features

Special elements in search results beyond the standard ten blue links.

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On-Page SEO

SERP Snippet

The appearance of a webpage in search results, including title, URL and description.

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Content & Strategy

SERP Volatility

The degree of fluctuation in search results, often signalling algorithm activity.

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Technical SEO

Server-Side Rendering (SSR)

Generating HTML on the server before sending it to the browser.

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Local SEO

Service Area Business

A business model where services are delivered at customer locations, not a storefront.

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Technical SEO

Service Worker

A browser-based script that intercepts network requests for caching and offline support.

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Analytics

Session Recording

Replaying anonymised user sessions to understand actual on-site behaviour.

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Core Concepts

Share of Voice

A site's share of total potential search traffic across a keyword set.

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Core Concepts

Site Architecture

The hierarchical organisation of a website's pages and internal linking structure.

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Core Concepts

Site Migration

Moving a website to a new domain, platform, design or URL structure.

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AI & Search

Site Reputation Abuse

A Google policy targeting third-party content hosted on authoritative sites for SEO leverage.

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Technical SEO

Site Speed

How quickly pages load and become interactive for users.

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Content & Strategy

Social Sharing

Distribution of content across social media platforms for amplification.

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Technical SEO

Soft 404

A page that returns a 200 status but displays not-found-style content.

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Link Building

Sponsored Link Attribute

A link attribute (rel="sponsored") identifying paid or sponsored placements.

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Core Concepts

SSL Certificate

A digital certificate enabling encrypted HTTPS connections.

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Technical SEO

Subdomain

A separate domain prefixed before the main domain (e.g., blog.example.com).

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Technical SEO

Subfolder / Subdirectory

A path within the main domain (e.g., example.com/blog/) used to organise content.

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Technical SEO

Technical SEO

The optimisation of site infrastructure to enable crawling, indexing and rendering.

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Core Concepts

Thin Affiliate Page

Pages built around affiliate links without genuine added value.

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Content & Strategy

Thin Content

Pages with little or no original value, often associated with low rankings.

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Core Concepts

Time to First Byte (TTFB)

The time from a request being made to the first byte of response arriving.

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On-Page SEO

Title Tag

The HTML element that defines a webpage's title in search results and browser tabs.

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AI & Search

Topic Authority System

A Google ranking system that prioritises sites with depth in specific topics.

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On-Page SEO

Topic Cluster

A group of related pages anchored by a pillar page demonstrating topical authority.

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Content & Strategy

Topic Research

Exploring topic areas, related questions and content gaps before keyword-level planning.

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On-Page SEO

Topical Authority

The depth and breadth of a site's coverage on a given subject area.

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Link Building

Toxic Backlinks

Low-quality or spammy links that may harm a website's rankings.

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On-Page SEO

Twitter Card

Meta tags that customise how URLs appear when shared on X (formerly Twitter).

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Link Building

UGC Link Attribute

A link attribute (rel="ugc") identifying user-generated content links.

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E-commerce

URL Parameter Handling

Strategies for managing URL parameters that affect content or session state.

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On-Page SEO

URL Slug

The portion of a URL that identifies a specific page, typically derived from the title.

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On-Page SEO

URL Structure

The organisation of URLs across a website using folders, subfolders and parameters.

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Content & Strategy

User Intent

The specific need or goal driving a user's interaction with content or search.

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Analytics

UTM Parameters

URL tags that identify the source, medium and campaign of inbound traffic.

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On-Page SEO

Video SEO

Optimising video content to rank in search and video carousels.

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Technical SEO

Video Sitemap

A specialised sitemap exposing video content metadata to search engines.

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Technical SEO

VideoObject Schema

Structured data describing video content, required for video rich results.

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AI & Search

Voice Search

Search performed via spoken queries through assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant.

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Core Concepts

WCAG

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines - the international accessibility standard.

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Core Concepts

Web Vitals

Google's broader set of performance metrics, including but extending beyond Core Web Vitals.

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Analytics

Webmaster Tools

Free platforms from search engines providing site performance data and management features.

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Core Concepts

WebP / AVIF

Modern image formats offering smaller file sizes than JPEG and PNG.

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Core Concepts

White Hat SEO

SEO practices that comply with search engine guidelines and prioritise user value.

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AI & Search

Wikidata

A free, collaborative knowledge base used as a source for the Google Knowledge Graph.

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Wix Platform

Wix 301 Redirects

Permanent URL redirects configured through Wix's redirect manager.

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Wix Analytics

Built-in analytics dashboard with traffic, behaviour and conversion reports.

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Wix App Market

The marketplace of third-party apps that extend Wix functionality.

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Wix Platform

Wix Ascend

Wix's business and marketing suite covering email, CRM and automation.

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Wix Blog

Wix's native blogging engine with categories, tags and AI writing tools.

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Wix Bookings

Wix's native appointment scheduling system for service-based businesses.

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Wix Canonical Tags

Canonical URL declarations set per page in the Wix SEO settings.

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Wix CDN

Wix's global content delivery network powered by Google Cloud and Fastly.

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Wix Dashboard

The administrative control centre for managing every aspect of a Wix site.

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Wix Data Collections

Wix's built-in database used for dynamic content and content models.

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Wix Editor

The drag-and-drop visual builder used to design Wix websites.

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Wix Events

Wix's event management system with native Event schema and ticketing.

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Wix Hotels

Wix's hotel and accommodation booking platform with rate management.

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Wix HTTPS / SSL

Free SSL certificates issued automatically to every Wix site.

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Wix Image Optimisation

Automatic image compression, lazy loading and modern format delivery.

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Wix Marketing Suite

The collection of marketing tools inside Wix dashboards.

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Wix Meta Tags

Page-level title and description tags set in the Wix SEO panel.

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Wix Mobile Editor

A separate mobile design view in Wix Editor for fine-tuning small screens.

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Wix Multilingual

Wix's native multi-language site management with auto hreflang.

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Wix Restaurants

Wix's suite of restaurant tools including ordering, reservations and menus.

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Wix Reviews

A native and third-party review system that adds star ratings to listings.

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Wix robots.txt

The crawler instruction file editable through Wix's SEO Tools.

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Wix Router (Velo)

A Velo API for handling custom URL routing with server-side rendering.

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Wix SEO Score

A 0-100 SEO health metric calculated by Wix for each page.

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Wix SEO Tools Menu

The dedicated SEO control panel inside the Wix Marketing & SEO dashboard.

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Wix SEO Wiz

Wix's built-in step-by-step SEO setup wizard for new and existing sites.

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Wix Sitemap

The XML sitemap automatically generated and maintained by Wix.

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Wix Stores

Wix's native e-commerce platform with built-in SEO controls per product.

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Wix Structured Data

JSON-LD schema markup added through Wix's structured data editor.

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Wix Studio

Wix's pro-grade design platform with responsive breakpoints and CSS controls.

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Wix Velo

Wix's full-stack JavaScript development platform for custom functionality.

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Wix Velo APIs

JavaScript APIs that expose Wix platform functionality to developers.

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Wix x Google Business

Wix's native integration with Google Business Profile for local SEO.

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On-Page SEO

Word Count

The total number of words on a page; not a direct ranking factor but a useful proxy.

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Technical SEO

XML Sitemap

A structured file listing all important URLs for search engine discovery.

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Content & Strategy

YMYL

Your Money or Your Life topics where content quality has significant impact on users.

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AI & Search

YouTube SEO

Optimising videos for visibility within YouTube's search and recommendations.

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