Are you a rookie in the field of digital marketing? The massive amount of terminology may seem daunting when you're first starting off. This is why I have compiled a list of terminology used in the vast world of digital marketing, each accompanied by a link that will help you better understand the term.
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Here is a list of 92 terms used daily in the expansive world of digital marketing!
A/B Test – A simple way to test changes to your page and determine which ones produce positive results
AdSense – A program that allows for the display of Google advertisements on various websites
Algorithm – Simply put, computer programs that look for clues to give you what you searched for
Anchor Text – The text in which you highlight to place a hyperlink
Backlink – A link received from one website to another
Black Hat – SEO techniques that focus on search engines and ultimately result in your website being banned from a search engine
Blacklists – A list of people who are deemed as suspicious on the web
Blog – A portion of a website dedicated to organizing content
Bookmarks – Saving pages as shortcuts for easy access when needed
Bounce Rate – The percentage of every time a single person enters your site and leaves without any form of interaction
Brand Awareness – The recognition of a company’s products or services
Click-Through – When a visitor clicks on an advertisement and lands on a web page
Conversion – When a marketing action leads to a desired action
Conversion Funnel – The path a consumer goes through that ultimately leads to the conversion
Conversion Optimisation – The method of creating an experience that will lead to a conversion
Conversion Rate – The percentage of people who take a desired action
CPA – Cost Per Acquisition; the amount you are willing to pay per conversion
CPC – Cost Per Click; how much it costs for an advertiser for every time someone clicks on an ad
CPL – Cost Per Lead; the price an advertiser pays for every time a consumer signs-up
CPM – Cost per Thousand Impressions; the price for every 1,000 impressions on an ad
CRM – Customer Relationship Management; relationship building strategies company’s use to manage customer interactions in order to drive sales growth
Dead Link – A hyperlink that leads to a non-existent or removed web page
Domain Authority – A scale from 1-100 used to determine the authority of a website. The greater the DA, the higher the authority
Exit Page – A webpage that visitors leave your website from
Grey Hat – In between white and black SEO
Heading Tags – Defines the heading of a page from the remaining content
Hidden Text – A black hat SEO technique used to increase page rank through invisible text
HTML – Hypertext Markup Language; a set of symbols that tells the web browser how to display a websites words and images
Hyperlink – A link from a document to another website
Impressions – The number of times an advertisement appears on a webpage
Inbound Link – A hyperlink on a webpage that leads to a specific page on your website
Indexing – Google’s way of detecting updated pages and links on your site
IP Address – A set of numbers assigned to each computer that uses the internet protocol to communicate
JavaScript – A computer programming language that is used to create effects within web browsers
Keyword Performance Indicator – KPI; A metric used to determine important factors for an organization’s success
Key Phrase – A combination of keywords a user typically searches for a given product
Keyword – Specific words describing your product that helps determine where your ad appears
Keyword Density – The percentage of times a keyword appears on a webpage
Keyword Frequency – The number of times a keyword appears on a single webpage
Keyword Phrase – Two or more words used by advertisers or visitors in a desire to find info. based on the particular phrase
Keyword Rankings – When a website is being ranked in search engines for keywords being used
Keyword Research – Finding terms that people use to enter into search engines when conducting a search on a particular topic
Keyword Stuffing – Stuffing a webpage with multiple keywords in order to manipulate a site’s ranking in Google search results
Landing Page – A webpage that a visitor can arrive or “land” at, or a single webpage designed for a focused objective
Lead – A consumer interested in the product or service of a business
Link Bait – Content on your website that other sites link to out of pure interest
NAP Consistency – An integral part of Google My Business- business name, address, and phone number must be consistently listed the same across the web
Online Reputation Score – ORM; How the public perceives your business through online interactions
On-Page SEO – Measures taken within a website to improve position in search rankings
Organic Search – Listings on search engine results that appear based on relevance of search terms
Outbound Links – Links that lead to another domain from your site
Page Views – Each time a visitor views a page on your website
PageRank – An algorithm that helps Google determine the importance of a website
Paid Media – Forms of advertising such as pay per click, display ads, retargeting, etc.
Paid Search – Connects your ads with people seeking what you offer
Permalink – A link to an individual blog post
PLA – Product Listing Ads; these allow you to include an image, price, and promotional message inside your ads
PPC – Pay Per Click; a form of advertisement intended to direct a visitor to a particular page on a site- used to direct more traffic
Press Release – A news release created by a business informing readers of a specific matter
Qualitative Data – A measurement expressed in natural language description rather than numbers
Quality Score – A variable that allows Google to determine the rank and cost per click (CPC) of ads
Quantitative Data – Measures of values expressed as numbers
Ranking – The position of a website in a search engine results page
Real-Time Marketing – Creating a strategy focused on current, relevant trends, and immediate feedback from customers
Referral Traffic – Visits that come to your site from sources outside of its search engine
Responsive Web Design – A website designed to provide optimal viewing experience – view ability on mobile
Return Visitor – Someone who revisits your site after clicking a paid search link
Retargeting List – A group of visitors to your site that you have cookied
Revenue – The amount of money a company receives during a specific period
ROI – Return on Investment; the most common profitability ratio
RSS – Really Simple Syndication; websites deliver news directly to your monitor
Search Engine – A program that searches for and identifies items that relate to specific keywords; ex., Google and Yahoo
Search Engine Optimisation – SEO; the continuous process of getting traffic from organic search results
Search Query – A query a user enters into a web search in order to find out more information
Search Term – A set of words a user enters in the Google search bar
SEM – Search Engine Marketing; the promotion of websites by increasing their visibility in search engine results pages
SEO – Search Engine Optimization; the process of optimizing a webpage in order to rank in search engine results pages
SERP – Search Engine Results Page; the list of results returned to a user in response to a query based on a set of keywords
Social Media Optimisation – SMO; generating awareness of a brand through the use of various social media platforms
Sponsored Links – Paid links that appear in search results through pay-per-click marketing
Targeting – Segmenting a particular audience as potential customers to sell products or services
Third Party Cookie – A script placed on your hard drive by the server of a website you aren’t on
Title Tags – Used in SERPS’s to determine the title of a document
Traffic – The amount of visitors a website receives
Unique Visitors – Someone that visits your website more than once
URL – Uniform Resource Locator; a unique address typed into the search bar of a web browser that leads to a website
WAP – Wireless Application Protocol; communications protocol used for wireless data access through most mobile wireless networks
Web Analytics – The measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of web data in order to optimize web usage
Web Application – Any application that uses a web browser as a client
White Hat – SEO techniques that completely follow search engine rules and policies
WAN (Wide-Area Network) – A Collection of computers connected via a network over a geographic area
XML – A markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in both human and machine readable formats
I hope this massive list of 92 digital marketing terms comes in handy. It would probably be a good idea to bookmark this page and use it as reference!
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Thanks Celine, good job
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I do have a greater chance at familiarizing myself with the amazing encyclopaedic terms, being a willing student of technology. I’m having quite a good grasp of what you have put in your list. You have somehow narrowed down my search of these termsfor my online marketing information. I have bookmarked your page. I’m so glad. This is one of my most informative learning tool I’ve added into my Learning Toolbox!
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Hi, Celine!
Thank you for mentioning us [@Positionly] within your list. We are glad to be here. 😉
And euphoric that you’ve found our Grey Hat SEO techniques piece interesting!
It’s useful terminology for any beginner.
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Have a fantastic day!
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Thanks Celine, congrats for compiling this list. Great Job!
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A website such a sTechWyse takes me through difficulties understanding technical terms and internet jargon. I thought I could coast through every wealth of tutorials and information about technology available here. But I’m glad to be learning so much. I think I’m quite self-taught, and your site is very useful to my education.
How does an effective search engine optimization require analytics? What parlance has the effectiveness to do with investments in internet marketing? Are there keyword strategies and usability in the digital market? This is where I am at since i’ve engaged in online marketing. Those terms above are very useful. Still learning. Thank you.
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Thank you so much for posting all of these information’s. It is very hepful.
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This is quite comprehensive list of SEO terms, especially with Anant’s additions. I believe that a key here is to have a level of understanding about these terms so that you can understand a conversation with a specialist or expert and let that specialist or expert do the bulk of the work. Furthermore, an understanding of these terms allows you to not be taken advantage of by a specialist or expert.
Wonderful job, Celine.
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Very good job….
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Thanks to Celine Mirzaian and Anant for great insight regarding digital marketing terms. I have one which you both missed
LSI (Latent Semantic Indexing):- The contents of a webpage are crawled by a search engine and the most common words and phrases are collated and identified as the keywords for the page
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Thanks for your feedback Abraham!
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Hello Celine,
Deep analysis and create such useful resource for all digital marketing terms. You have include A to Z terms in your post but i found that you missed below 2 terms.
Keyword Proximity:- It refers to the distance between the search term’s individual keywords.
Keyword Prominence:- It means, your keywords should be at prominent area in content of your web pages.
Hope it will aslo help to users.
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Thank you Anant! Those are definitely two useful terms to add to the list.