SEO is an acronym for Search Engine Optimization.
It describes a series of techniques which improve the visibility of a website
in search engine result pages. The goal of such optimization is to rank as
highly as possible for a certain search query. Naturally, this is easier said
than done…
SEO Glossary:
In the following articles we’ll be using certain SEO-fields related
keywords. Knowing the meaning behind these terms can be useful for newcomers.
Below you’ll find an alphabetical list of terms we’ll be frequently using.
- CMS: Content management system, for example WordPress or Drupal.
- CTR: Click-through rate, the percentage of users that click on a link.
- GYM: Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, owners of the biggest three search engines.
- Link juice: Link quality that is transferred between sites/pages.
- Long tail: More specific keywords, e.g. “navigation bar photoshop tutorial”
- META tags: Code in the head-section of a website that is used on search engine result pages.
- Organic traffic: Traffic that comes from search engines.
- PR: PageRank, a measure for the link popularity of a website.
- SEO: Search engine optimization. Techniques that are used to make your website rank more highly.
- SERP: Search engine results page. The page with the most relevant web pages for your query.
- Spider: A bot that is used by search engines to crawl and index websites.
- Stuffing: Using the same keyword too often on the same page.
- UGC: User generated content, a great way to add unique content to a page.
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