Digital marketing and E-commerce Flashcards

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404 page

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A URL that tells the visitor that the webpage does not exist.

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Abandoned cart

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When a potential customer adds an item to their cart, but doesn’t complete the purchase.

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A/B testing

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A method of testing where two versions of content with a single differing variable are compared to determine which yields better results.

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Accessibility

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Considering the needs of people with disabilities when products, services, and facilities are built or modified, making them usable by people of all abilities.

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Acquisition email

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An email sent to acquire new customers.

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Ad auction

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A process that determines the best ad to show to a person at a given point in time.

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Ad extension

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A Google Ads feature that shows additional information about the business, such as website links, a phone number, or address.

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Ad formats

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Elements such as text, videos, images, digital content ads, and more that make up a Google Ad.

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Ad group

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A group of ads that is organized by a group of keywords.

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Ad spend

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How much a company spends directly on advertisements.

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Agency

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An outside partner that fulfills a company’s digital marketing and advertising needs.

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Alt text

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A brief, written description of an image with the primary purpose of assisting individuals who are visually impaired.

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Anchor text

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The visible text in a hyperlink

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Applause rate

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The number of approval actions—such as likes, mentions, Retweets, or favorites—that a post receives relative to the total number of followers

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Area chart

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Represents data in the same way as a line chart, but with the space under the line filled in to form a visual area

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Artificial intelligence (AI)

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A field developing intelligent machines and software that simulate human thought or work

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Attribution

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Assigns credit for conversions from ads, last clicks, or other touch points along a user’s path to conversion completion

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Attribution project

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Organization for macro and micro conversions in Google Analytics

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Automated bidding strategy

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A Google Ads feature that automatically sets a bid for an ad based on an ad’s likelihood to result in a click or conversion that helps achieve a specific goal

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Autonomous marketing

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Uses real-time analytics to automate marketing activities

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Average daily budget

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The average amount set for each ad campaign on a per-day basis

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Average order value (AOV)

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The sum of individual order amounts divided by the number of orders

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Average session duration

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Reported in seconds, a calculation that divides the total duration of all sessions by the number of sessions

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Awareness stage

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The first stage of the marketing funnel, when a potential customer first becomes aware of the product or service

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Backlink

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A link that points to a website from another site

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Behavioral data

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Refers to information about the actions a customer takes—or doesn’t take—when it comes to shopping on a website

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Best sellers report

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A report in Google Merchant Center that provides information about the most popular brands and products used in Shopping ads and free listings

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Bid

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The amount a marketer is willing to spend each time a potential customer clicks their ad or calls their business

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Bid modification

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Bidding a percentage more or less than a starting bid

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Bidding strategy

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Tells an advertiser how much to pay for each user action related to an ad

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Big data

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A field in analytics that systematically mines and extracts information from very large datasets for insights

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BigQuery

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Google’s cloud-based data warehouse solution

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Blog

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A discussion or informational website published on the internet consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries

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Blogging

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Refers to self-published writing that lives online

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BOPIS

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An acronym for “buy online, pick up in store”

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Bounce rate

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The percentage of website visitors who view one page and then leave the site

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Brand

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How a business or organization is perceived by the public

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Branding

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To promote a product or service by identifying it with a particular brand

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Brand advocacy

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Measures the number of customers who promote a brand through word-of-mouth marketing or other methods

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Brand awareness

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How familiar people are with a particular business or product

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Brand awareness metrics

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Metrics that measure the attention a brand received across all social media platforms during a reporting period

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Brand equity

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The value consumers attribute to one brand’s offerings when compared with similar products from another brand

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Brand evangelists

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Customers who are so passionate about a product or service that they enthusiastically promote it to others

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Brand identity

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The combination of elements that inform how people perceive a brand

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Brand position statement

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Outlines exactly what a company does and for whom, and what makes it different from competitors

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Brand safety

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Keeping a brand’s reputation safe when they advertise online

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Brand voice

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The distinct personality a brand takes on in its communications

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Brand voice guidelines

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Describes the way a brand should be presented in writing

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Branded content

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Any post that features a third-party product, brand, or sponsor

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Breadcrumbs

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A row of internal links at the top or bottom of the page that allows visitors to quickly navigate back to a previous section or the homepage

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Brick-and-mortar

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A traditional retail store with a specific location where customers can come to shop

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Broad match

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A keyword match type in Google Ads that shows ads when someone searches for a term related to a keyword

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Broken link

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A link that leads to a webpage that no longer exists

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Budget spend

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How much is allocated to or spent on a campaign

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Business goal

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A desired aim, achievement, or outcome for a business

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Business-to-business (B2B)

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Refers to when businesses sell products or services to other businesses (when businesses purchase from each other)

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Business-to-consumer (B2C)

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Refers to when businesses sell products or services to consumers (when consumers purchase from businesses)

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Call to action

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An instruction that tells the customer what to do next

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Campaign

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A plan of action for how a set of one or more ad groups that share a budget, location targeting, and other settings will be distributed online

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Cart abandonment

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When a customer adds an item to their cart, but doesn’t complete the purchase

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Cart abandonment rate

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The percentage of customers who add a product to their shopping cart and leave the site without completing their purchase

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Cell

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A position in a spreadsheet with a column and row designation; for example, cell A2 is the unique position in column A and row 2

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Change management

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Methods, practices, approaches, and processes that organizations take to ensure changes are implemented smoothly

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Chatbot

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A programmed system that responds to common customer questions

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Chronological feed

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A social media stream that displays the latest published content first

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Click

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An interaction with an ad and online user

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Click-and-mortar

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A type of retail store that sells online as well as in a brick-and-mortar store

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Click-to-open rate

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The percentage of email recipients who clicked on one or more links in an email

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Closed captions

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Subtitles that are overlaid on video and can be turned on and off by users

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Color contrast ratios

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Measures the luminescence (or brightness) of a lighter color against the luminescence of a darker color

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Comma-separated values (CSV)

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A file format in which a comma is placed between each data value in the file

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Competition

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The other sellers that exist already in the market

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Complaint rate

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The percentage of complaints recipients send to mailbox providers about receiving an email

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Confidence interval

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The range of possible values after accounting for the margin of error

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Confidence level

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How likely an experiment’s range of results would contain all results if the test ran longer; most researchers select a 95% confidence level

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Consideration stage

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The second stage of the marketing funnel, when a marketer provides customer with more detailed information

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Consumer-to-business (C2B)

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Refers to when individuals (consumers) sell products or services to businesses (when businesses purchase from consumers)

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Consumer-to-consumer (C2C)

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Refers to when individuals (consumers) sell products or services to other consumers (when consumers purchase from each other)

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Contact page

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A common webpage on websites that provides information for visitors to contact the organization or individual hosting the website

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Content buckets

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Categories to group marketing content

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Content marketing

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A marketing technique that focuses on creating and distributing valuable content to a specific audience

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Continuous metrics

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Metrics that are measured and change over time

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Conversion

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The completion of an activity that contributes to the success of a business

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Conversion paths

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A feature in Google Analytics that enables a marketer to view the first and last touchpoints before conversion and touchpoints in between

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Conversion rate

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The percentage of users or website visitors who completed a desired action, such as clicking on a link in an email or purchasing a product

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Conversion rate optimization

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The process of increasing the percentage of users or website visitors who complete a desired action

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Conversion stage

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The third stage of the marketing funnel, when a marketer capitalizes on the interest people have already shown

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Cookie

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A small file stored on devices that tracks user behavior and analyzes traffic

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Copy

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Any written material that encourages a customer to buy a product or service

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Cost per acquisition (CPA)

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The average cost of acquiring a potential customer

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Cost per action (CPA)

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The amount a marketer pays when someone completes a desired action

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Cost per click (CPC)

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The amount a marketer pays when someone clicks on their ad

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Cost per thousand impressions (CPM)

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The amount a marketer pays for every 1,000 impressions an ad receives

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Cost per view (CPV)

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The amount a marketer pays when a viewer watches a video ad for a minimum amount of time or interacts with it, such as when they click a link embedded in the video

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Crawlers

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Automated software that crawls (fetches) pages from the web and indexes them

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Crawling

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The process of finding new or updated webpages

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Creatives

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Any content that can be promoted in a campaign, such as text, images, GIFs, or videos

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Cross-channel attribution

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A model in Google Analytics that attributes a percentage of a conversion to all advertising channels with touchpoints

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Cross-selling

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A sales technique used to encourage customers to spend more by purchasing a product that’s related to what they’re already buying

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Custom audiences

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A platform feature that allows a marketer to create relevant remarketing campaigns to reach highly-specific groups of people by uploading email lists of existing customers and followers

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Customer acquisition

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The process of gaining new customers

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Customer acquisition cost (CAC)

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The average cost of acquiring a paying customer

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Customer engagement

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The interactions and emotional connection between a customer and a brand

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Customer journey

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The path customers take from learning about a product, to getting questions answered, to making a purchase

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Customer journey map

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A visualization of the touchpoints a typical customer encounters along their purchase journey

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Customer lifetime value (LTV or CLV)

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The average revenue generated per customer over a certain period of time

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Customer persona

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Represents a group of similar people in a desirable audience

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Customer persona barrier

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What is preventing the customer from achieve their goal

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Customer persona goal

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What the customer wants to achieve

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Customer referral

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A word-of-mouth initiative that encourages existing customers to introduce their family, friends, and contacts to become new customers

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Customer relationship management (CRM) system

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Software that helps a business manage and monitor its interactions with existing and potential customers

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Customer retention rate

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The percentage of customers that a company retains over a certain period of time

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Customer satisfaction (CSAT) survey

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A tool that measures how products and services supplied by a company meet or surpass customer expectations

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Customer service

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The advice and support a company provides to its customers before, during, and after a purchase

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Dashboard

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A tool to track, analyze, and display KPIs, metrics, and insights dynamically based on interactive user criteria

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Data

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A collection of facts or information

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Data analysis

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Examining data to draw conclusions, make predictions, and drive informed decision-making

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Data analytics

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Monitoring and evaluating data to gain actionable insights

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Data anonymization

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Techniques to mask or remove personal information from data to protect the identities of people

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Data bias

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Human error that skews data collection or interpretation of data in a certain direction

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Data ethics

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The study and evaluation of moral challenges related to data collection and analysis

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Data privacy

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Rights of individuals under the law to control how their personal information is collected, processed, shared, archived, and deleted

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Data-driven attribution

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Measures customer engagement with marketing content across channels to understand what is motivating them to take action

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Data-ink ratio

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The proportion of ink (or pixels in digital content) that is used to present actual data compared to the total amount of ink (or pixels) used in an entire visualization

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Data pulling

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Collecting data from analytics tools and putting it in a spreadsheet or database

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Data reporting

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Organizing and summarizing data to track performance across marketing and sales efforts

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Data storytelling

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Conveying data insights to a specific audience using a clear and compelling narrative

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Data visualizations

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Graphical representations of data that convey information

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Dead stock

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Inventory that remains unsold for a long period of time and has little chance of selling in the future

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Demand

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How much consumers are willing and able to buy a certain product over a given period of time

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Demographic targeting

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Delivering an ad based on user information, like age

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Demographics

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Information specific to the customer, such as age, gender identity, income, family size, occupation, education, and location

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Digital advertising

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Communication made by a company to promote its brand, product, or service using various platforms and online channels

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Digital channel

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Any communication method or platform a business can use to reach their target audience online

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Digital marketing

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The practice of reaching consumers online through digital channels with the aim of turning them into customers

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Digital shopping cart

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The virtual equivalent of a physical shopping cart

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Dimensions

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Attributes or characteristics of an event that determine the metrics collected in Google Analytics

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Discrete metrics

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Metrics that have specific values, can be counted, or are binary—like on/off or true/false settings

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Display ad

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A visual ad format placed on websites or applications

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Display campaign

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A Google Ads tool that allows businesses to place image advertisements across various websites

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Domain

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The core part of a website’s URL, or internet address

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Dropshipping

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A fulfillment method in which products are shipped from the supplier directly to the customer

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Duration

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How long a campaign will run

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Dynamic remarketing

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A process that allows a company to show previous visitors ads that contain products and services they viewed on the company’s site

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E-commerce

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The buying and selling of goods or services using the internet

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E-commerce platform

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A software application that allows businesses to sell products or services online

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E-commerce point-of-sale (POS) system

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Software that allows a business to process payment transactions from customers online

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E-commerce store

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A store that sells its products online

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E-commerce strategy

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A working plan to promote an online store and increase its sales

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Earned media

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Any positive digital exposure generated through personal or public recommendations

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Elevator pitch

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A short, memorable description that explains a concept in an easy-to-understand way

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Email body

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The text in the main content of an email

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Email bounce rate

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The percentage of emails sent that could not be delivered to the recipient’s inbox

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Email copy

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The text in a subject line, preview text, and email

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Email marketing

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The process of sending messages to a list of existing subscribers to share information, drive sales, or create community

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Email marketing provider

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A company that offers email marketing or bulk email services

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Email marketing report

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A collection of KPIs presented to the team and stakeholders to inform them of a campaign’s progress

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Email marketing strategy

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A set of procedures that a marketer identifies and follows to achieve their desired marketing goals with email advertising

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Engagement

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How an audience interacts with a brand on social media

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Event

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An activity that causes data collection to occur in Google Analytics

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Evergreen content

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Content that will be relevant over a long period of time

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Exact match

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A keyword match type in Google Ads that shows ads when someone searches for a term that has the same meaning or same intent as a keyword

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Experiential marketing

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The process of encouraging consumers to not only purchase a brand or product, but to experience it

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External link

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A link on a website that leads to content on other sites

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Featured snippet

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A special box that displays information about a search in the results page

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Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC)

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Grouping people together when they have similar browsing characteristics without the use of a unique identifier per browser; may be used for internet-based advertising which is an alternative to using cookies

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First click attribution

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Assigns all the credit to the first touchpoint that eventually leads to a conversion

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Follow-up interview

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A more in-depth meeting that often includes members of the team that the applicant will be working with

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Follower

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Someone who opts in to receive updates from a business or brand on a social media platform

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Footer

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A navigation section at the bottom of a website

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Forecasting

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The process of predicting the future demand for products

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Frequency

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How many times an individual encounters an ad

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Forward rate

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The percentage of recipients who click on the “share” button to post to social media or who click the “forward” button to send to others

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Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

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A section on a website that provides answers to the questions that customers might have regarding a business, their products or services, policies, processes, and more

172
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Fulfillment service

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A third-party company that prepares and ships orders from their fulfillment centers

173
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Generalist

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Someone who is knowledgeable about many topics and has various interests

174
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Geographic segmentation

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The grouping of customers with regards to their physical location

175
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GIF

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An animated image

176
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Goal-based automated bidding

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A bidding strategy where a marketer sets an ROAS or cost per action target to maximize the advertising goal at a certain efficiency

177
Q

Google Ads

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An online advertising platform where advertisers bid to display brief advertisements, service offerings, product listings, or videos to web users

178
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Google Analytics

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A web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic

179
Q

Google Business Profile

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A tool that allows local businesses to tailor how their information appears on Google Search and Google Maps

180
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Google Display Network

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A group of websites, videos, and apps where ads can appear

181
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Google knowledge panels

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Information boxes that appear on Google when someone searches for people, places, organizations, or things that are available in Google’s knowledge database

182
Q

Google Merchant Center

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A tool advertisers use to upload their store and product data to Google and make it available for Shopping ads and other Google services

183
Q

Google Search Console

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A tool that helps users better understand how a website is performing on Google Search

184
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Google Trends

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A free Google tool that lets people explore what citizens around the world are searching for on Google

185
Q

Googlebot

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The generic name of Google’s crawler

186
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Hashing

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A security method which turns the personal information in email lists into randomized code

187
Q

Hashtag

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A word or phrase preceded by the pound symbol that indicates that a piece of content relates to a specific topic or category

188
Q

Heat map

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A data visualization tool that demonstrates how visitors interact with a website

189
Q

Histogram

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Shows individual data points that have been categorized into ranges, with the frequency of each range represented by the height of a unique column

190
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Home page

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The main page of a website

191
Q

Horizontal bar chart

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A 90-degree rotation of a vertical column chart

192
Q

HTTPS

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An internet communication protocol that protects the integrity and confidentiality of data between the user’s computer and the site

193
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)

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A method of transferring information over the internet that protects the integrity and confidentiality of data between the user’s computer and the site