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Web terms explained in plain language. No jargon, just clarity.
Above the fold is the part of your website visitors see before scrolling. It's your first impression...
Alt text is a short text description added to images on your website. It helps visually impaired vis...
Anchor text is the clickable text in a hyperlink. It tells both visitors and search engines what the...
Backlinks are links from other websites that point to yours. They act like votes of confidence and a...
Bounce rate is the percentage of visitors who land on your website and leave without clicking anythi...
Breadcrumbs are a navigation trail that shows visitors where they are on your website. They appear a...
Caching stores copies of your website's files so they load faster on repeat visits. Instead of downl...
A call to action is a button, link, or prompt that tells visitors what to do next on your website. G...
A canonical URL tells Google which version of a page is the original when multiple URLs show the sam...
A CDN delivers your website's files from the server closest to each visitor, making your site load f...
A CMS is software that lets you create and update your website without writing code. WordPress, Squa...
Your conversion rate is the percentage of website visitors who take action, whether that's filling o...
Core Web Vitals are Google's three metrics for measuring how fast and smooth your website feels to v...
Crawling is how Google discovers your website. Automated programs called crawlers visit your pages, ...
Image optimization is the process of reducing image file sizes and using the right formats so your p...
Indexing is how Google stores your web pages so they appear in search results. If a page isn't index...
Internal linking connects pages on your website to each other. It helps visitors navigate your site ...
A landing page is a single web page designed to get visitors to take one specific action, like filli...
Lazy loading delays loading images and content until a visitor scrolls to them. It makes pages load ...
Local SEO is how your business shows up in Google Maps and local search results when people nearby s...
A meta description is the short summary that appears under your page title in Google search results....
Minification shrinks your website's code files by removing unnecessary spaces, comments, and formatt...
Mobile-first design means building your website for phones first, then expanding for larger screens....
A mobile-friendly website works well on phones and tablets. Text is readable, buttons are tappable, ...
Schema markup is code you add to your website that helps Google understand your content and display ...
SEO is how you get your website to show up on Google. It covers everything from your page titles to ...
A sitemap is a file that lists all the pages on your website so search engines can find and index th...
An SSL certificate encrypts the connection between your website and your visitors. It's what puts th...
Web accessibility means building websites everyone can use, including people with disabilities. WCAG...
Web analytics is how you track who visits your website, where they come from, what they do on your s...
Web hosting is the service that stores your website's files and makes them accessible to anyone on t...
White space is the empty area between elements on a web page. It gives content room to breathe and m...