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HTML
Hypertext Markup Language, or HTML, is a coding language for items displayed in a web browser. HTML is the underlying coding language behind a lot of what you see on the internet.
Importantly, HTML often doesn’t operate alone to describe web elements. Complimentary languages such as CSS are often used to define the visual attributes, while HTML defines overarching site structure and metadata.
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Crawl
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.
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Backlink
A backlink is linked text on a website that sends the user to another website. You’ll often see sources cited in articles via backlinks to another source.
Backlinks are extremely important for website authority, because you are aligning yourself with related websites and sources within your industry. It’s just as important to work toward obtaining links from other sites to yours, which signals to search engines that your website is useful and trustworthy. Many strategies exist for maximizing a site’s backlink profile.
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User Interface (UI)
User Interface refers to the actual architecture of a site that allows a user to engage with it and navigate it. It is closely related to user experience (UX) but not identical.
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