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Featured Snippet
The Featured Snippet is a short-form answer to a search engine query that is displayed at or near the top of the page. The search engine attempts to respond to the query and present a succinct answer within the search results themselves, before linking to the webpage that the answer came from.
Crafting web content that aims to be showcased in the featured snippet can be a valuable way of generating traffic for your website.
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Pay Per Click (PPC)
Pay Per Click advertising is a shorthand for any digital ad platform where you only pay for the number of times users click on your ad. This can be an effective way to ensure that you are not paying for exposure to audiences who won’t be interested in your product or service.
An example of PPC advertising would be a Google search ad.
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Clickthrough Rate (CTR)
The number of times an ad is clicked compared to the number of impressions it has. Stated differently, clickthrough rate is the ratio of views to clicks. Monitoring clickthrough rates on digital ad campaigns and email sends, for example, can lead to insights that will improve future campaigns.
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Metadata
Metadata is data that applies to other data. This can seem confusing to some, so for an example, you may take a picture and save it digitally on your computer. That image’s metadata could include information such as when and where the picture was taken. In this way, the file contains both the image itself and additional descriptive data. Other metadata can include creator information and licensing or legal rights related to a file’s use.
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