Glossary

SEO and AI-search terms, defined by mechanism. Each entry explains what the thing is, why it matters, and where the tooling fits — no jargon circles.

A

2 terms

Agent Readiness Agent readiness measures whether AI agents — not just crawlers — can actually use your site: structured endpoints, machine-readable docs, MCP servers, and clear licensing for automated use.
AI Share of Voice AI share of voice measures how often your brand appears in AI-generated answers relative to competitors across a tracked prompt set.

B

1 term

BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) BLUF is a writing structure that puts the conclusion in the first paragraph before the evidence.

C

1 term

Crawl Budget Crawl budget is the number of pages Googlebot will fetch from your site per day.

G

1 term

GEO Score A GEO score rates how retrievable, understandable, and citable your site is to AI answer engines.

K

1 term

KGR (Keyword Golden Ratio) The Keyword Golden Ratio is a method for finding long-tail keywords with almost no competition: allintitle results divided by monthly search volume below 0.25.

L

1 term

llms.txt llms.txt is a proposed standard file that tells LLMs and AI crawlers what your site is about and which pages matter most.

Q

1 term

Query Fan-Out Query fan-out is how AI search engines split one question into many sub-queries before assembling an answer.

S

2 terms

T

1 term

Topical Authority Topical authority is the depth and connectivity of your coverage of one subject.