Clickthrough Rate (CTR)

In web terms, crawling refers to minimally invasive programs that scan webpages and entire websites to catalog their content. Websites should be crawlable and easily interpreted by these programs so that your site is properly represented on search engines like Google and Bing.

A Sprint is a component of an agile marketing approach. It refers to a brief but intense period of work by a team with a defined end goal of that work. Many projects in an agile marketing model are produced through a series of sprints, between which feedback is gathered and adjustments are made to the next cycle of work.

A/B Testing refers to controlled marketing experiments done to test different approaches to marketing campaigns. You’ll see it used most often in areas such as email marketing, with things like different headlines, or different offers. Or web design, where the copy and layout of a page will be tested in two different ways.

Within the experiment, you’ll split the audience who sees each, then monitor the results.

Using this method, you’re able to collect data on what approaches work best to get a desired outcome, such as email clicks, online purchases or newsletter subscriptions.