Glossary Term: Technical SEO Terms

A class of status codes that indicate the request for a page has succeeded.

3xx Redirection. This class of status code indicates the client must take additional action to complete the request. Many of these status codes are used in URL redirection. A user agent may carry out the additional action with no user interaction only if the method used in the second request is GET or HEAD.

A class of status codes that indicate the request for a page resulted in error.

A class of status codes that indicate the server’s inability to perform the request.

The text with which you link to pages.

An application programming interface (API) allows for the creation of applications by accessing the features or data of another service like an operating system or application.

Short for “asynchronous,” async means that the browser doesn’t have to wait for a task to finish before moving onto the next one while assembling your web page.

Content that is created programmatically, not written by humans.

Also known as “crawlers” or “spiders,” these are what scour the Internet to find content.

To combine multiple resources into a single resource.