DM2 Flashcards
Alt text
A brief, written description of an image with the primary purpose of assisting individuals who are visually impaired
Anchor text
The visible text in a hyperlink
Backlink
A link that points to a website from another site
External link
A link on a website that leads to content on other sites
Google Search Console
A no-cost tool that helps users better understand how a website is performing on Google Search
Internal link
A link on a website that points to other pages on the site
Manual action
Google’s way to demote or remove webpages that are not compliant with its webmaster quality guidelines
Meta description
Text that provides the search engines a summary of what the page is about
Nofollow link
A link that features HTML code that tells search engines to ignore that link
Schema
The type of code used for structured data markups
Sitemap
A file that provides information about the pages, videos, and other files on a site and the relationships between them
Structured data
Code used to describe a webpage’s content to search engines
Webpage title element
Text that provides both the users and search engines with a page’s topic
404 page
A URL that tells the visitor that the webpage does not exist
A/B testing
A method of testing where two versions of content with a single differing variable are compared to determine which yields better results
Abandoned cart
When a potential customer adds an item to their cart but doesn’t complete the purchase
Algorithm
An automated software that helps locate information to answer a user’s query
Awareness stage
The first stage of the marketing funnel, when a potential customer first becomes aware of the product or service
Bounce rate
The percentage of website visitors who view one page and then leave the site
Breadcrumbs
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
Broken link
A link that leads to a webpage that no longer exists
Consideration stage
The second stage of the marketing funnel, when a potential customer’s interest builds for a product or service
Content marketing
A marketing technique that focuses on creating and distributing valuable content
Conversion rate
The percentage of users or website visitors who take a desired action
Conversion stage
The third stage of the marketing funnel, when marketers capitalize on the interest people have already shown
Copy
Any written material that encourages a customer to buy a product or service
Crawling
The process of finding new or updated webpages