Build your SEO English vocabulary with this exercise. Understanding these terms will help you follow SEO discussions, read analytics reports, and communicate with digital marketing teams.
📚 Key vocabulary keyword density — the percentage of times a target keyword appears in a piece of content relative to total word count backlink — a link from one website to another, used as a signal of authority and credibility by search engines crawlability — the ease with which search engine bots can access and index the pages of a website domain authority — a score predicting how likely a website is to rank in search engine results pages long-tail keyword — a specific, multi-word search phrase with lower volume but higher conversion potential meta description — a brief summary of a page's content that appears in search results below the title canonical tag — an HTML element telling search engines which version of a page is the authoritative one page speed — the time it takes for a web page to load completely, a factor in both user experience and search rankings structured data — code added to a page to help search engines understand the content and display rich results anchor text — the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink that gives context about the linked page
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. Sponsored links are links that are ____________________ by companies to promote themselves or their products and services.
Correct answer: paid for.
2. Most SEO companies prefer to focus on search results that show up naturally (not as paid advertisements), in other words "organic search results" or "organic __________________________".
Correct answer: listings.
3. Click fraud can be a real __________________________ (meaning: can be dangerous) for your business.
Correct answer: threat.
4. High-quality content is an ____________________ - or vital - part of search engine optimization.
Correct answer: integral.
5. When you __________________________ your content, make sure you emphasize specific key phrases for search engines.
Correct answer: rewrite.
6. To increase content relevancy = To __________________________ content relevancy
Correct answer: boost.
7. The person who is responsible for writing content is called a __________________________.
Correct answer: copywriter.
8. Rearranging your link ____________________ can improve your search engine ranking.
Correct answer: architecture.
9. We have a __________________________ (meaning: established beyond doubt) formula for optimizing websites.
Correct answer: proven.
10. To improve your chances of getting a higher rating = To __________________________ your chances of getting a higher rating