Beginner SEO Terms Flashcards
An automated software that helps locate information to answer a user’s query
Algorithm
The percent of visitors that view one page and then leave the site.
Bounce rate
A row of internal links at the top or bottom of the webpage that allows visitors to quickly navigate back to a previous section or the home page.
Breadcrumbs
Also known as a breadcrumb trail.
A link that leads to a webpage that no longer exists. For example, the webpage may have been deleted, or the content may have been moved to a different location.
Broken link
The process of looking for new or updated webpages. Google discovers URLs by following links, by reading sitemaps, and by many other means.
Crawl
Automated software that crawls (fetches) pages from the web and indexes them.
Crawlers
The core part of a website’s URL, or internet address.
Domain
For example, in the URL www.google.com/ads, the domain name is google.com.
A special box that displays information about a search in the results page
Featured snippet
An internet communication protocol that protects the integrity and confidentiality of data between the user’s computer and the site
HTTPS
The generic name of Google’s crawler.
Googlebot
A tool that allows local businesses to tailor how their information appears on Google Search and Google Maps
Google Business Profile
Information boxes that appear on Google when you search for people, places, organizations, or things that are available in Google’s knowledge database.
Google knowledge panels
Google stores all webpages that it knows about in its index (similar to the index in the back of a book). The index entry for each page describes the content and location (URL) of that page.
Index
The process of Google saving and organizing website information to display in the search engine
Indexing
A word, or multiple words, that people use to find information, products, or services online.
Keyword