AI Citation
When an AI system like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or Perplexity references or links to your content in an answer.
Glossary
SEO & Website Wellness Glossary
Plain-English definitions of SEO, website wellness, and AI search terms used across SEO Marketing Spa.
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AI Visibility Treatment
A treatment that prepares a website to be found and cited by AI systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity.
Authority Massage
A treatment that builds entity signals, citations, and trust so search engines recognize a brand's authority.
B
Backlink
A link from another website pointing to yours, used as a trust and authority signal.
C
Content Facial
A refresh of outdated content: updated information, better structure, and stronger internal links.
Core Web Vitals
Google's metrics for measuring real-world loading speed, interactivity, and visual stability.
Crawl Budget
The number of pages a search engine will crawl on a site within a given time.
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E-E-A-T
Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness: Google's framework for judging content quality.
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Indexation
The process of a search engine storing a page in its index so it can appear in results.
Internal Linking
Links between pages on the same website that help visitors and search engines navigate and understand content relationships.
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Local Citation
A mention of a business's name, address, and phone number on another website or directory.
S
Schema Markup
Structured data code that helps search engines and AI systems understand page content.
SEO Detox
A technical SEO cleanup that fixes crawl errors, indexation problems, and other structural issues.
Speed Therapy
A treatment that improves Core Web Vitals and mobile load times.
T
Topical Authority
The depth and breadth of a site's coverage of a subject, used as a signal of expertise.
W
Website Wellness Score
A single grade summarizing a website's health across technical SEO, content, speed, authority, and AI visibility.