Page Experience
Page Experience is a set of user experience signals related to usability, performance, security, and accessibility of a page.
Interactive Theory Glossary
Technical SEO Definitions
Browse Technical SEO definitions from Interactive Theory.
17 definitions
P
People Also Ask
People Also Ask is a Google SERP feature showing expandable related questions and answers.
R
Redirect Chain
Redirect Chain is a sequence where one URL redirects to another URL that redirects again before reaching the final destination.
Redirect Loop
Redirect Loop is an error where redirects point in a cycle and never reach a final working page.
Renderability
Renderability is the ability of search engines and browsers to load, execute, and see a page’s final content.
Rich Result
Rich Result is an enhanced search result generated from structured data or special result features.
robots.txt
robots.txt is a file used to give crawler access instructions for sections of a website.
S
Schema Markup
Schema Markup is structured data vocabulary, often from Schema.org, used to describe content in a standardized way.
Server Error
Server Error is a 5xx error indicating the server failed to fulfill a valid request.
Site Hierarchy
Site Hierarchy is the structural relationship between a website’s homepage, categories, subcategories, and individual pages.
Sitemap Index
Sitemap Index is a sitemap file that lists multiple XML sitemaps, often used for large websites.
Soft 404
Soft 404 is a page that appears to be missing or unhelpful but returns a success status instead of a proper not-found status.
Structured Data
Structured Data is machine-readable markup added to pages to help search engines understand entities, content types, and relationships.
U
URL Inspection Tool
URL Inspection Tool is a Google Search Console tool for checking how Google sees, crawls, indexes, and renders a specific URL.
URL Slug
URL Slug is the readable part of a URL that identifies a specific page.
URL Structure
URL Structure is the way URLs are organized, named, nested, and formatted across a website.
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XML Sitemap
XML Sitemap is a machine-readable file listing important URLs that site owners want search engines to discover.