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Minification
Minification refers to the reduction in file size for website elements.
The purpose of this is to reduce the load time of your website, which can increase when it has to load large files. This is better for the visitors to your site, and is also preferred by search engines, which will often base rankings on page load times.
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UTM Parameters
Urchin Tracking Modules (UTMs) are additions to a web page URL that provide specific information to marketers, such as what site the user came from and what marketing campaign the visit should be attributed to.
These are useful in tracking ads to determine metrics like return on investment (ROI).
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Nofollow
A backlink that carries the “nofollow” HTML tag. This indicates to search engines that should not count as a vote of quality for that site.
Some sites, particularly those with user-generated content, will mark all of their backlinks as nofollow, to avoid abuse of their content systems to generate backlink SEO value for third-party websites.
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Keyword Stuffing
Keyword stuffing is a “black hat” SEO technique, wherein sites will “stuff” a webpage with words on a topic they’d like to rank for, but without concern for the usability, accuracy or informational value of the page.
This practice is frowned upon by search engines and can damage your search rankings if you engage in it.
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