SEO & Search terms
Organic search, crawling, indexing, rankings, and technical optimization. Browse plain-language definitions and practical context below.
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Another name for the Local Pack, the map plus list of local businesses in Google results.
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A short page summary that search engines may show in a result snippet.
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An HTML tag that reloads or redirects a page after a set number of seconds.
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The specific instructions, like noindex and nofollow, given through robots meta tags or headers.
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A secure HTTPS page that still loads some resources over insecure HTTP.
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Mobile-first indexing means Google uses a page's mobile version for indexing and ranking.
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Google's AI model built to answer complex questions across languages and formats.
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A link whose clickable text is the raw web address itself.
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NAP Consistency
NAP means Name, Address, Phone.Keeping a business's name, address, and phone number identical across all online listings.
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Navigational intent means the searcher wants a specific site or page.
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A link attribute telling search engines not to pass ranking credit through a link.
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A link marked so search engines know not to pass ranking credit through it by default.
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A directive asking search engines not to include a page in search results.
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Visits earned from unpaid search results.
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Structured data that describes a company's identity, such as name, logo, and contact details.
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A page on a site that no internal links point to, making it hard to discover.
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Moz's 0 to 100 score predicting how well a single page may rank in search.
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Page experience is Google's set of signals for how pleasant a page feels to use.
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A link-analysis system that estimates the relative importance of pages.
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How quickly a web page loads and becomes usable for visitors.