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A practical guide to the digital terms behind websites, content, SEO, UX, and online visibility.

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Analytics & Measurement · Conversion Measurement

Cost Per Acquisition (CPA)

Cost per acquisition, or CPA, measures advertising cost divided by the number of defined acquisitions or conversions attributed to that advertising.

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Analytics & Measurement · Conversion Measurement

Cost Per Lead (CPL)

Cost per lead, or CPL, divides the cost of a defined marketing effort by the number of leads attributed to it during the same measurement period.

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SEO & Local Search · Technical SEO & Indexing

Crawl Budget

Crawl budget describes the amount of crawling a search engine can and wants to perform on a website over a period of time.

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SEO & Local Search · Technical SEO & Indexing

Crawl Depth

Crawl depth is the number of internal-link steps a crawler must follow from a chosen starting page to reach another page on the same website.

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Website Care, Performance & Security · Security & Privacy

Credential Rotation

Credential rotation is the controlled replacement of a secret or access credential, such as an API key or service password, while limiting disruption and revoking the old value.

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Website Care, Performance & Security · Security & Privacy

Credential Stuffing

Credential stuffing is an automated account attack that tests username-and-password pairs stolen from other services against a login system.

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Website Care, Performance & Security · Performance & Web Vitals

Critical Path CSS

Critical-path CSS is the styling required to render the initial visible portion of a page without waiting for unnecessary styles.

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Analytics & Measurement · Acquisition & Attribution

Cross-Device Attribution

Cross-device attribution attempts to connect advertising or marketing interactions that take place on different devices along a customer's path to a conversion.

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Analytics & Measurement · Acquisition & Attribution

Cross-Domain Measurement

Cross-domain measurement is an analytics configuration intended to recognize a user's activity as one journey when it moves between designated websites on different domains.

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Social Media & Digital Content · Organic Planning & Distribution

Cross-Posting

Cross-posting means publishing the same or substantially similar content across more than one social platform.

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Digital Strategy & Competitor Research · Channel & Budget Decisions

Cross-Sell Strategy

A cross-sell strategy offers a complementary product or service that adds value to a customer’s original purchase.

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