SEO Terminology Continued..
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Link Farm
Definition :
A link farm is a group of separate, highly interlinked websites for the purposes of inflating link popularity (or PR).
SEO use :
Engaging in a link farm is a violation of the Terms Of Service of most search engines and could be grounds for banning.
Link Popularity
Definition :
The popularity of your web site in the eyes of the search engine, based on the quality and quantity of links to and from your web site.
SEO use :
More the link popularity better your ranking.
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Mirror
Definition :
In SEO parlance, a mirror is a near identical duplicate website (or page). Mirrors are commonly used in an effort to target different keywords/key phrases.
SEO use :
Using mirrors is a violation of the Terms Of Service of most search engines and could be grounds for banning.
Meta Tags
Definition :
Meta Description Content, Keywords and Title are used in the head section of websites. There are 50 or 60 other tags but these are the 3 most commonly used. Their purpose is to provide extra information about the web page i.e. metadata. These meta tags plays important role in ranking.
SEO use :
They are very important when it comes to listing your site in Search engines.
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Natural Links
Definition :
Links pointing to a web site created because someone found the web site useful and decided to link to it i.e. linked to it naturally.
SEO use :
These types of link are very powerful in the link popularity stakes as they identify a web site that is worth linking to and therefore has a better chance of being a quality resource of information. To increase your chances of earning natural links make sure your web site has a lot of quality content that is better than the competition.
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Off-Page Factors/Elements
Definition :
Elements that are outside the direct control of the web site developer and are influential in determining search engine ranking.
SEO use :
Search engines are relying more and more on these elements when determining ranking because they are more resistant to spamming / abuse.
Example :
Links pointing to a web site and anchor text in links pointing to web site.
On-Page Factors/Elements
Definition :
Elements that are within direct control of the web site developer and are influential in determining search engine ranking.
SEO use :
These elements are prone to keyword spamming and other similar forms of abuse so the search engines do not look to them as much as off-page elements when determining ranking.
Example :
META tags, page text, title tag text, site link structure
OutBound Links
Definition :
Links within a web site that are pointing to outside sites.
SEO use :
Do not affect link popularity but care must be taken not to link to a web site that may get you banned
One-way Links
Definition :
Links to a web site that are not reciprocated i.e. no link exists to the web site that is doing the linking.
SEO use :
These type of links are powerful in building link popularity.
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Natural Links
Definition :
Google’s proprietary measure of link popularity for web pages. Google offers a PR viewer on their Toolbar.
SEO use :
Google claims that PR of a site plays a vital role in its ranking.
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Ranking
Definition :
The position within search engine results that a web site reaches for a particular search phrase.
Reciprocal Links
Definition :
A reciprocal link occurs when a web site links to a site and in turn the linked-to site links back to the linking site i.e. the link is reciprocated by both parties.
SEO use :
They aid in driving traffic to a web site and in some cases also add to site’s link popularity .
Robot
Definition :
It refers to software programs that scan the web also called spider or bot. It is important that your web site is indexable by a spider otherwise it may not visit some pages. A common method used to ensure that it indexes all the most important web pages is to include a site map on your site.
SEO use :
The way a Search Engines bot looks at your webpage affects your webpages ranking.
Example :
The name of yahoo’s bot is inktomi slurp.
Robots.txt
Definition :
Robots.txt is a file which well behaved spiders read to determine which parts of a website they may visit.
SEO use :
You can specify what pages to index or what search engine spiders are allowed to index the web site e.g. you can specify that Google’s spider is allowed but not Yahoo’s spider. Useful to stop a web site from being indexed by accident if it is still under construction of if you want certain areas of the web site to be hidden from the spider.
[S]
Search Engine
Definition :
A database of information retrieved from indexing web pages from all over the web.
SEO use :
Example :
Google, Yahoo, MSN
Search Engine Optimization
Definition :
The process of modifying a web site’s content, structure and link popularity to maximise the chances of a higher ranking within search engine results.
SERPS
Definition :
Acronym for Search Engine Result PageS
SEO use :
The higher your website ranks in SERPS for your keywords the more the visitors your website will attract.
Spider
Definition :
It refers to software programs that scan the web.It is important that your web site is indexable by a spider otherwise it may not visit some pages. A common method used to ensure that it indexes all the most important web pages is to include a site map on your site.
Link Farm
Definition :
A link farm is a group of separate, highly interlinked websites for the purposes of inflating link popularity (or PR).
SEO use :
Engaging in a link farm is a violation of the Terms Of Service of most search engines and could be grounds for banning.
Link Popularity
Definition :
The popularity of your web site in the eyes of the search engine, based on the quality and quantity of links to and from your web site.
SEO use :
More the link popularity better your ranking.
[M]
Mirror
Definition :
In SEO parlance, a mirror is a near identical duplicate website (or page). Mirrors are commonly used in an effort to target different keywords/key phrases.
SEO use :
Using mirrors is a violation of the Terms Of Service of most search engines and could be grounds for banning.
Meta Tags
Definition :
Meta Description Content, Keywords and Title are used in the head section of websites. There are 50 or 60 other tags but these are the 3 most commonly used. Their purpose is to provide extra information about the web page i.e. metadata. The most influential tags for search engine ranking are the Keywords tag and the Description tag.
SEO use :
They are very important when it comes to listing your site in Search engines.
[N]
Natural Links
Definition :
Links pointing to a web site created because someone found the web site useful and decided to link to it i.e. linked to it naturally.
SEO use :
These types of link are very powerful in the link popularity stakes as they identify a web site that is worth linking to and therefore has a better chance of being a quality resource of information. To increase your chances of earning natural links make sure your web site has a lot of quality content that is better than the competition.
[O]
Off-Page Factors/Elements
Definition :
Elements that are outside the direct control of the web site developer and are influential in determining search engine ranking.
SEO use :
Search engines are relying more and more on these elements when determining ranking because they are more resistant to spamming / abuse.
Example :
Links pointing to a web site and anchor text in links pointing to web site.
On-Page Factors/Elements
Definition :
Elements that are within direct control of the web site developer and are influential in determining search engine ranking.
SEO use :
These elements are prone to keyword spamming and other similar forms of abuse so the search engines do not look to them as much as off-page elements when determining ranking.
Example :
META tags, page text, title tag text, site link structure
OutBound Links
Definition :
Links within a web site that are pointing to outside sites.
SEO use :
Do not affect link popularity but care must be taken not to link to a web site that may get you banned
One-way Links
Definition :
Links to a web site that are not reciprocated i.e. no link exists to the web site that is doing the linking.
SEO use :
These type of links are powerful in building link popularity.
[R]
Ranking
Definition :
The position within search engine results that a web site reaches for a particular search phrase.
Reciprocal Links
Definition :
A reciprocal link occurs when a web site links to a site and in turn the linked-to site links back to the linking site i.e. the link is reciprocated by both parties.
SEO use :
They aid in driving traffic to a web site and in some cases also add to site’s link popularity .
Robot
Definition :
It refers to software programs that scan the web also called spider or bot. It is important that your web site is indexable by a spider otherwise it may not visit some pages. A common method used to ensure that it indexes all the most important web pages is to include a site map on your site.
SEO use :
The way a Search Engines bot looks at your webpage affects your webpages ranking.
Example :
The name of yahoo’s bot is inktomi slurp.
Robots.txt
Definition :
Robots.txt is a file which well behaved spiders read to determine which parts of a website they may visit.
SEO use :
You can specify what pages to index or what search engine spiders are allowed to index the web site e.g. you can specify that Google’s spider is allowed but not Yahoo’s spider. Useful to stop a web site from being indexed by accident if it is still under construction of if you want certain areas of the web site to be hidden from the spider.
[S]
Search Engine
Definition :
A database of information retrieved from indexing web pages from all over the web.
SEO use :
Example :
Google, Yahoo, MSN
Search Engine Optimization
Definition :
The process of modifying a web site’s content, structure and link popularity to maximise the chances of a higher ranking within search engine results.
SERPS
Definition :
Acronym for Search Engine Result PageS
SEO use :
The higher your website ranks in SERPS for your keywords the more the visitors your website will attract.
Spider
Definition :
It refers to software programs that scan the web.It is important that your web site is indexable by a spider otherwise it may not visit some pages. A common method used to ensure that it indexes all the most important web pages is to include a site map on your site.
SEO use :
The way a Search Engines bot looks at your webpage affects your webpages ranking.
Example :
The name of yahoo’s bot is inktomi slurp.
Definition :
A special page on a web site that contains a tree-like representation of the link structure of the site.
SEO use :
It allows a search engine spider to index all the most important pages of the site with ease because it can access them all from one page. A link to the site map should be clearly accessible/indexable from the home page at least.
Example :
Stop Words
Definition :
Words such as; is, am, an, for, do, was and the. Words that search engines consider irrelevant as keywords.
SEO use :
Using less of these words in your websites helps increase the keyword density of your original keyword.
Example :
Spam
Definition :
In the SEO vernacular, this refers to manipulation techniques that violate search engines Terms of Service and are designed to achieve higher rankings for a web page.
SEO use :
Spam could be ground for banning .
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TITLE Tag
Definition :
The TITLE tag is used to specify what text appears at the top of a browser window when visiting a web page. It also appears as the link text when your web site appears in search engine results.
SEO use :
Title Tags influence rankings to a good extent, so spending time on them is worth it .Ensure that the right text is in it (i.e. include keywords / keyphrases relevant to the web page).
TITLE Text/Attribute
Definition :
Text that be attached to any HTML tag and appears when the mouse is positioned over the relevant tag content.
SEO use :
If used properly it can influence Search Engine Ranking.
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UnEthical SEO
Definition :
The opposite to Ethical SEO. It involves employing underhand or illegal activites to increase search engine ranking.
SEO use :
UnEthical SEOs can get your sites banned from a search engine forever.
Thats all about the SEO Terminology from my side..
SEO Terminology by SEO Consultant India : SNV InfoTech
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