Glossary of terms

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A

A/B Testing

A/B Testing (also called split testing or bucket testing) is a technique used to determine if a specific change made

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B

Buyer Persona

Buyer Persona definition A buyer persona is a fictional person created by the data collected from the real world of buyers. It allows the business

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Branching Logic Surveys

Branching Logic Surveys are surveys that help define the path of a certain user on an e-commerce website. Every question on the survey helps to identify the

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Bounce rate

Bounce rate is a term used in web analytics to define the percentage of visitors that leave your website after visiting a single page. The

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Behavioral Segmentation

Retail and eCommerce professionals face unprecedented challenges in acquiring and retaining customers: rising acquisition costs, customers becoming increasingly mindful of spending, and competitors left and

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Baseline conversion

The baseline conversion rate defines the current conversion rate of the page you want to test. It is expressed as percentage and is calculated as the number

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Baseline conversion

The baseline conversion rate defines the current conversion rate of the page you want to test. It is expressed as percentage and is calculated as the number

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Banner

In the online world, a banner is a rectangular or square advertisement placed on a website, which includes graphic images and text, and links to

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C

CRO Test

Conversion Rate Optimization Test refers to the different types of testing methodologies used in the CRO to identify the best possible version of a certain e-commerce site.

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CRO Agency

Did you know that the average Conversion Rate across all industries is 2.35%? CRO agency is the solution. If you want to think about this

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Cookie Segmentation

The customer’s online experience is being made more and more customized according to their needs. The user experience has been so much improved that visitors on a

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Conversion

In marketing, a conversion is an action taken by a website visitor, that is considered profitable for the website’s owner, and is encouraged through call-to-action (CTA) messages.

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Click map

A click map is a graphic representation of the areas of your website where visitors click. It allows you to track user activity on your

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Cart Page

A cart page is an essential part of an e-commerce website. It is the page where users can pile up what they want to buy from the

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D

Dynamic content

Definition Dynamic content (aka adaptive content) refers to web content that changes based on the behavior, preferences, and interests of the user. It refers to websites as well

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E

Eye flow (Eye-tracking)

Eye-tracking is the process of electronically locating the point of your website visitors’ gaze and of following and recording the movement of their point of

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Experiment

The term Experiment in Conversion Rate Optimization refers to the experiments being undertaken in order to test the different forms of the website and how they perform.

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Exit Intent Technology

The ‘Exit Intent Technology’ can be defined as an intelligent technology or an innovative tool designed to help marketers turn and transform their abandoning website

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Funnel testing

Funnel testing is a testing method that involves comparing not just two pages against each other, but multiple pages that are related and are all

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Form testing

Form testing refers to the process of testing the design, copy and length of the forms on your website with the purpose of improving their conversion

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Hypothesis (CRO)

In order to have a positive impact on the conversion rates, an A/B test is conducted. The success of the process highly depends on how concrete and strategic

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Hero image

The hero image is the main banner placed on a web page, on the front or category page of an online store or in a

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Heat map

A heat map is a graphic representation of data in which values are represented by colors. They allow you to track and record what visitors

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I

Interstitial

In online advertising, an interstitial is an ad that is displayed before or after the expected content. For example, if a pop-up that loads before the actual

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Internal Linking

Internal Linking is the structure of hyperlinks inside a website. It influences the user’s path through the website and, therefore, it is highly important for usability and UX. It

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L

Lifetime value

The lifetime value (LTV) or customer lifetime value (CLV) is a metric that indicates the average profit earned from the entire relationship with a customer

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Latent conversion

Latent conversion or delayed conversion is a term used in online marketing for defining those visitors who may visit your website several times, click on your landing page and

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Micro Conversion

In order to be able to optimize any business, it is essential to identify key performance indicators (KPIs). This step is of great importance for

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Macro Conversion

It is essential to understand the concept of conversion in order to excel in the marketing world. It occurs when a visitor completes an action on the

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N

Null hypothesis

In market research, the term null hypothesis defines the statement that says that no statistically significant difference will be seen between the variants after running a test,

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O

Organic traffic

What is organic traffic? The term “organic traffic” is used for referring to the visitors that land on your website as a result of unpaid

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Online Survey Tools

What are online survey tools? Online survey tools are software solutions that provide the ability to create, run and interpret various types of surveys either on the

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P

Product Page

A product page is what defines the features, manufacturer, uses and a lot more, about a certain product, in e-commerce. It is a page on an

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Popup banner

A popup banner is a banner that appears suddenly in the foreground of the visual interface, usually in a clearly delimited window. Popup banners are

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S

Statistical significance

Definition The term statistical significance is used in market research to define the probability that a measured difference between two statistics is the result of

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Standard error (SE)

In market research, the standard error (SE) is the estimated standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic. It indicates the reliability of the

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Split Testing

Split testing definition  Split testing is the activity of randomly distributing the incoming traffic to the website between two different URLs of the same page

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Skip Logic Surveys

Skip logic surveys are surveys where a respondent jumps to a certain question while skipping the next in line. These surveys allow a custom path

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Session Recording

The term ‘Session Recording’ can be best described as a tool to record browsing sessions of website visitors. These recorded sessions offer unparalleled insights into

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Scroll Map

‘Scroll Map’ is a tool that is used by online marketers to carefully analyze how website visitors scroll through their websites. It helps visualize the

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Sample size

Sample size definition The sample size is a term used in market research for defining the number of subjects included in a sample size. By

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T

Trust badge

A trust badge or trust seal is a symbol placed on your website that ensures your visitors that the page is legitimate and that all

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Traffic Segmentation

Traffic Segmentation refers to the process of setting up groups of visitors that will help businesses identify the different sources from which their traffic is

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Tracking code

Ever wondered how businesses gather valuable insights into user behavior, measure website performance, and optimize their marketing strategies? It all starts with an inconspicuous piece

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Thank You Page

A Thank You Page is an essential page on any website. This is where users are directed to after they have either made a purchase

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Test duration

In digital marketing, the test duration refers to the time interval you should run an A/B test. There is no standard test duration for split

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U

UTM Link

UTM stands for Urchin Tracking Module. In the simplest of terms, a UTM link is any link that is preceded by a question mark. It

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User testing

User testing is the process through which the interface and functions of a website, app, product, or service are tested by real users who perform

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User intent

As its name implies, user intent tells us what a user is looking for when conducting a search query via a search engine. User intent

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URL submission

URL submission is the action of submitting your URL to search engines, manually, for faster indexing. By doing so, you let search engines know that

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Uplift (CRO)

Uplift is a term used in the field of conversion rate optimization (CRO). It simply refers to the improvement or uplifts in business achieved as a

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V

Variation

Variation is a term used in A/B testing for defining that version of a web page or app screen that is only slightly or completely different than

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W

Widget

A widget is similar to a small app and is an element of the graphical user interface with limited functionality, which displays information or allows

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Website testing and CRO

Web testing helps in shaping strategies and preview changes based on accurate and verified data. The broad range of tracking, analyzing and testing possibilities is a

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Website Personalization

Website personalization (aka web personalization) is an increasingly common online marketing technique for increasing the relevancy of the content by adapting it according to each visitor.

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Website Optimization

Website optimization is the sum of activities that seek to improve the way the website is performing in various business aspects from technical to marketing.

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Website Feedback Survey

Website feedback surveys are an online marketing technique for collecting qualitative data from visitors or customers. They are delivered to users directly on the website

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Weather Segmentation

In conversion rate optimization, segmentation marketing technique is of prime importance. Weather segmentation is becoming an increasing trend because of its capacity to convince visitors when

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