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Digital Glossary

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

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Website Care, Performance & Security · Security & Privacy

SQL Injection

SQL injection is a security vulnerability that arises when untrusted input can alter the structure of a database query.

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Website Care, Performance & Security · Security & Privacy

SSL Certificate

An SSL certificate is the common name for a digital certificate used to help establish an authenticated HTTPS connection.

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Website Care, Performance & Security · Security & Privacy

SSL Certificate Renewal

SSL certificate renewal is the process of replacing or extending a site's digital certificate before it expires so browsers can continue establishing trusted HTTPS connections.

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Digital Strategy & Competitor Research · Competitor Intelligence

SWOT Analysis

A SWOT analysis is a planning exercise that identifies strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats affecting a business.

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Digital Strategy & Competitor Research · Channel & Budget Decisions

Sales Cycle Length

Sales cycle length is the time it takes an opportunity to move from a defined starting point to a completed sale or signed agreement.

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Digital Strategy & Competitor Research · Channel & Budget Decisions

Sales Pipeline

A sales pipeline represents the stages that a potential customer moves through between an initial opportunity and an outcome such as a completed sale or a lost job.

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Digital Strategy & Competitor Research · Market & Audience

Sales Territory

A sales territory is the geographic area, customer segment, or account group assigned to a sales effort or team.

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Analytics & Measurement · Conversion Measurement

Sales Velocity

Sales velocity estimates how quickly a pipeline generates revenue using the number of opportunities, average deal value, win rate and sales-cycle length.

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Website Care, Performance & Security · Security & Privacy

Salted Hash (Passwords)

A salted password hash combines each password with a unique random salt before a purpose-built one-way hashing process stores its verifier.

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UX, Conversion & Accessibility · User Research & Usability

Sample Size Calculator

A sample size calculator estimates how many observations an experiment may need to detect a specified effect under stated statistical assumptions.

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SEO & Local Search · Local Search & GBP

Scaled Content Abuse

Scaled content abuse is the creation of many low-value pages primarily to manipulate search rankings rather than provide useful information to people.

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Content & Copywriting · Website Messaging & Copy

Scannable Content

Scannable content is written and formatted so readers can locate useful information quickly instead of reading every sentence in order.

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UX, Conversion & Accessibility · Conversion & Lead Capture

Scarcity Principle in CRO

The scarcity principle in conversion optimization describes how genuine limits on availability can affect a customer’s purchase decision.

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