The Ultimate SEO Glossary Of Terms
Pardot Resources – SEO Phrase Guide
DA, H1, SEO, SEM, Schema…The list of SEO phrases is endless, and they can be quite confusing.’
Even most people in the industry commonly misunderstand basic elements of how SEO works, so if you ever find yourself baffled by the terms, its ok!
Heck, its almost to be expected!
This is why I’ve spent countless hours distilling SEO terms into the most basic, plain English, jargon-free way possible for you below.
This SEO phrase guide has been designed with one purpose – to act as your SEO Glossary of terms, to de-mystify and to make your life easier!
To make things even simpler, we have split terms into 4 main categories (Don’t worry if you don’t know what these categories mean yet, you’ll know soon), On-Page, Off-Page, Technical & Miscellaneous terms.
So lets get into it!
Miscellaneous SEO Terms Defined:
Ranking
SERPs
DR/DA
UR/PA
Impressions
Queries
Traffic
Run-Rate Traffic
Traffic Value
Google Analytics
Google Search Console
Google My Business (GMB)
Leads
Phone-Tap Leads
Google Trends
Google Adwords
Traffic Volume
Keyword Difficulty
Page 1 Of Google
Page 2 of Google
Maps Pack
On-Page SEO Terms Defined:
On-Page SEO
H1
H2, etc
Keyword density
Exact Match Keywords
URL
Alt Text
HTML
Schema
Meta Title
Meta Description
Yoast
Word Count
Off-Page SEO Terms Defined:
DR/DA
UR/PA
Citation
Social Foundation
Guest Post
Custom Outreach
Do-Follow/No-Follow
Indexed
RURL (Reverse URL Relevance Link)
Referring Domains
Anchor Text
Over Optimized Anchor Text
Non-Optimized Anchor Text
Technical SEO Terms Defined:
HTML
Crawlability
404
500 Error
301 Redirect
Mixed Content
HTTPS
Website Speed/Load Speed
Schema
Internal Linking
Site Map
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