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Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
Search Engine Marketing (SEM) are the methods by which sites try to increase their rankings in search engines through paid advertisements. Product or business listing on various search platforms support this structure and allow businesses to pay and/or compete for prominent listings.
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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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RSS
Really Simple Syndication, or RSS, is an application that allows people to easily track updates to a website. It’s commonly used to follow updates to website blogs.
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Duplicate Content
Duplicate Content is much like it says, text or elements on the internet that are duplicated elsewhere. Duplicate content within your own website should be monitored and adjusted as needed. If the content is duplicated elsewhere on the internet, search engines will attempt to determine which is the original source, though it’s often best to try to avoid this issue when possible.
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