Glossary

SEO & GEO Glossary

279 terms covering AI search optimization, traditional SEO, content strategy, and technical concepts.

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AI Search Ranking Factors

AI Search

The signals and factors that AI-powered search engines use to determine which sources to cite, reference, or surface in their generated responses.

Citation Optimization

AI Search

The strategic practice of structuring and presenting content to maximize the probability of being referenced and cited as a source in AI-generated responses and search results.

Conversational Search Optimization

AI Search

The practice of optimizing content to perform well in conversational and natural language search interfaces, including voice assistants, chatbots, and AI-powered search engines.

Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)

Technical

A Core Web Vitals metric that measures the sum of all unexpected layout shift scores that occur throughout the entire lifespan of a page, quantifying visual instability.

Edge SEO

Technical

An SEO technique that uses edge computing infrastructure to modify HTML responses at the CDN level, enabling dynamic SEO optimizations without changing origin server code.

First Contentful Paint (FCP)

Technical

A performance metric that measures the time from when a page starts loading to when any part of the page's content is rendered on the screen.

First Input Delay (FID)

Technical

A Core Web Vitals metric that measures the time from when a user first interacts with a page to the time when the browser is able to begin processing event handlers in response.

First Meaningful Paint (FMP)

Technical

A deprecated performance metric that measured when the primary content of a page became visible to users, now replaced by Largest Contentful Paint (LCP).

Headless CMS SEO

Technical

The practice of optimizing content delivered through headless content management systems, addressing unique challenges of API-first architectures and decoupled frontends.

Interaction to Next Paint (INP)

Technical

A Core Web Vitals metric that measures the latency of all user interactions throughout a page visit, reporting the longest duration from user input to visual feedback.

International SEO

Technical

The practice of optimizing websites for search engines across multiple countries and languages, ensuring content reaches the right audience in their preferred language and location.

JavaScript SEO

Technical

The practice of optimizing JavaScript-heavy websites for search engine crawling and indexing, ensuring dynamic content is discoverable and properly rendered.

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)

Technical

A Core Web Vitals metric that measures the render time of the largest image or text block visible within the viewport, relative to when the page first started loading.

Multi-Modal Search Optimization

AI Search

The practice of optimizing content across multiple formats—text, images, video, audio, and interactive elements—to maximize visibility in AI-powered multi-modal search systems.

Progressive Web App SEO

Technical

The practice of optimizing Progressive Web Apps for search engines while maintaining app-like functionality, offline capabilities, and superior performance.

Prompt Optimization SEO

AI Search

The practice of optimizing content to surface in AI-generated responses by aligning with common prompt patterns, query formations, and user interaction behaviors.

RAG Optimization

AI Search

The practice of optimizing content to perform well in Retrieval-Augmented Generation systems that power AI search engines and chatbots by combining retrieval and generation.

Render-Blocking Resources

Technical

CSS and JavaScript files that prevent the browser from rendering page content until they're fully downloaded and processed, significantly impacting page load performance.

Speed Index

Technical

A performance metric that measures how quickly the contents of a page are visibly populated, calculated as the average time at which visible parts of the page are displayed.

Time to First Byte (TTFB)

Technical

A web performance metric that measures the time from when a browser requests a page until it receives the first byte of data from the web server.

Time to Interactive (TTI)

Technical

A performance metric that measures the time from page start until the page is reliably interactive, meaning it displays useful content, responds to user interactions within 50ms, and has registered event handlers.

Total Blocking Time (TBT)

Technical

A lab metric that measures the total time the main thread is blocked by long tasks, preventing user input responsiveness between First Contentful Paint and Time to Interactive.

301 Redirect

Technical

A 301 redirect is a permanent HTTP redirect that passes most link equity to the new URL.

302 Redirect

Technical

A 302 redirect is a temporary HTTP redirect used when a URL change is not permanent.

AI Content Detection

AI Search

AI content detection identifies whether content appears AI-generated or human-written.

AI Overview

SEO

AI Overview is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

AI Overview Definition

SEO

AI Overview Definition is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

AI Overviews Optimization

AI Search

AI Overviews optimization improves content structure so AI summaries cite your pages.

AI Search Intent

AI Search

AI search intent is the intent behind queries directed at AI answer engines.

AI Visibility

AI Search

AI Visibility is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

AI Visibility

AI Search

AI Visibility is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

AI Visibility Definition

AI Search

AI Visibility Definition is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

AI Visibility Monitoring

AI Search

AI visibility monitoring tracks how often your brand appears in AI answers over time.

Alt Text

SEO

Alt text is descriptive text for images that improves accessibility and helps search engines understand images.

Anchor Text

SEO

Anchor Text is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

Anchor Text Definition

SEO

Anchor Text Definition is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

C

Conversion Rate Definition

SEO

Conversion Rate Definition is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

Conversion Tracking

Analytics

Conversion tracking measures completed goals such as signups or purchases.

Core Web Vitals

Technical

A set of three specific metrics that Google uses to measure user experience on websites: loading performance (LCP), interactivity (INP), and visual stability (CLS). Learn how to measure and improve your Core Web Vitals scores.

Crawl Budget

Technical

The number of pages a search engine crawler will visit on your website within a given timeframe, influenced by site size, server capacity, and content freshness.

Crawl Budget

SEO

Crawl Budget is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

Crawl Budget Definition

SEO

Crawl Budget Definition is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

Crawl Depth

Technical

Crawl depth is the number of clicks from the homepage required to reach a page.

Crawl Priority

Technical

Crawl priority is the relative importance assigned to pages to influence how bots allocate crawl resources.

Crawlability

Technical

Crawlability is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

CTR Optimization

SEO

CTR optimization is improving titles, snippets, and intent match to increase click-through rate.

Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)

Technical

A Core Web Vitals metric that measures the sum of all unexpected layout shift scores that occur throughout the entire lifespan of a page, quantifying visual instability.

D

Da Domain Authority

SEO

Da Domain Authority is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

Define Backlinks

SEO

Define Backlinks is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

Dofollow Link

SEO

A dofollow link is a standard link that can pass link equity to the destination.

Domain Authority

SEO

A search engine ranking score developed by Moz that predicts how likely a website is to rank in search results. Learn how DA is calculated, what's a good score, and how to improve your domain authority.

Domain Authority

SEO

Domain Authority is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

Domain Rating

SEO

Domain Rating is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

Domain Rating

SEO

Domain Rating is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

Domain Rating Definition

SEO

Domain Rating Definition is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

Duplicate Content

Technical

Duplicate content refers to identical or very similar content that appears on multiple URLs.

Duplicate Content

Technical

Duplicate content refers to identical or very similar content that appears on multiple URLs.

Duplicate Content Definition

Technical

Duplicate content refers to identical or very similar content that appears on multiple URLs.

Duplicate Product Pages

SEO

Duplicate product pages occur when similar products appear across multiple URLs.

Dwell Time

Analytics

The amount of time a user spends on a page after clicking a search result before returning to the search results page. Learn how dwell time differs from related metrics and how to improve it.

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Faceted Navigation

SEO

Faceted navigation lets users filter products, creating many URL variations.

Faceted Navigation

SEO

Faceted navigation lets users filter products, creating many URL variations.

Faceted Navigation Definition

SEO

Faceted navigation lets users filter products, creating many URL variations.

FAQ Page SEO

SEO

FAQ page SEO is the optimization of FAQ content to answer questions and earn richer SERP features.

Featured Snippet

SEO

A highlighted search result that appears at the top of Google's organic results (position 0), providing a direct answer to a search query. Learn how to optimize your content to win featured snippets.

Featured Snippet

SEO

Featured Snippet is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

Featured Snippet Definition

SEO

Featured Snippet Definition is a core SEO concept that influences how search engines evaluate, surface, or interpret pages.

First Contentful Paint (FCP)

Technical

A performance metric that measures the time from when a page starts loading to when any part of the page's content is rendered on the screen.

First Input Delay (FID)

Technical

A Core Web Vitals metric that measures the time from when a user first interacts with a page to the time when the browser is able to begin processing event handlers in response.

First Meaningful Paint (FMP)

Technical

A deprecated performance metric that measured when the primary content of a page became visible to users, now replaced by Largest Contentful Paint (LCP).

Franchise SEO

SEO

Franchise SEO aligns brand consistency with local optimization across locations.

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