SEO and growth glossary
Q Terms and Definitions
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All Q definitions
- Q&A content
- Content structured as questions and answers, well suited to forums and FAQ formats.
- QAPage schema
- A schema.org type representing a page formatted around a single question and its answers.
- QDD
- Common abbreviation for Query Deserves Diversity.
- QDF
- Common abbreviation for Query Deserves Freshness.
- QRG
- Common abbreviation for Quality Rater Guidelines.
- Quality Rater Guidelines
- Google's published manual instructing human raters how to evaluate search result quality.
- Query
- Another name for a search query, the text or input a user submits to a search engine.
- Query deserves diversity
- A ranking concept indicating that some queries warrant a diverse set of result types.
- Query deserves freshness
- A ranking concept indicating that some queries warrant prioritizing recent content.
- Query refinement
- A user behavior of modifying a query after seeing initial results.
- Query reformulation
- Another name for query refinement, restating a query to obtain better results.
- Query report
- A Search Console performance report broken down by search query.
- Query string parameter
- A name-value pair appended to a URL after a question mark.
- QUIC
- A modern transport protocol underlying HTTP/3, designed for faster, more reliable connections.
- Qwoted
- A platform connecting journalists with expert sources, similar in concept to HARO.