Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Glossary

Definitions to the terms used to describe actions and event in the world of Search Engine Marketing.

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TLD (Top Level Domain)
Most commonly thought of as a ".com", also includes ".org" and ".edu"
TOS (Terms of Service)
Usually found in a contract, also known as the contracts "deliverables".
Title Tag
It should be used to describe the web page using targeted keywords using no more that 60 characters, including spaces.
Traffic
The number of visitors a website receives over a given period. Usually reported on a monthly basis.
Theme
What the site's main topic is about.
Tracking URL
Usually used in PPC campaigns, it is a URL that has special code added to it so that results can be monitored.
TrustRank
A method of using a combination of limited human site review in conjunction with a search engines algorithm.
TOM (Tactical Online Marketing)
The process of informing the customer of your services from various sources.
Thin Affiliates
Doorways that send visitors to affiliate programs, earning a commission for doing so, while providing little or no value-added content or service to the user.
Transactional Query
A query where the user expects to conduct a transaction.
Typosquatting
Relies on typographical errors by users to serve up websites that look like Google to launch viruses and trojans to unsuspecting users.
The Deep Web
The content in databases that rarely shows up in Web searches. It is estimated that there are 500 billion Web pages that could potentially be hidden.
Trusted Feed
A form of paid inclusion which uses bulk a XML feed to directly send website content to search engines for indexing. The feed can be optimized so that your website can take advantage better rankings and therefore more traffic
Tag Soup
Tag soup is HTML code written without regard for the rules of HTML structure and semantics.