The order in which individual web pages are returned in the SERPS for a given search query. Search engines rank the web pages based upon relevancy to your search terms according to their proprietary algorithm.
To assign a relative position to competing items.
In a search engine or directory, the process of ordering URLs so that the most relevant sites appear at the top of search results for a particular query.
RESULTS The order in which search results appear. Each search tool uses its own unique algorithm. Most use " fuzzy and" combined with factors such as how often your terms occur in documents, whether they occur together as a phrase, and whether they are in title or how near the top of the text. Popularity is another ranking system.
The position for a particular keyword on a search engine. For example typing in a search engine for "blue widgets" will yield a number mostly the top 10 websites that fit this word for relevancy, being in the first page or top 10 can bring tons of visitors for your website that found you through a particular keyword.
The placement of a web site within a particular search engines results pages. Also the ranking algorithm are the rules by which a search engine orders the matches to produce a set of search results. The most popular ranking rule is relevance. The software code that decides exactly how the ranking is performed is called the algorithm, and is a trade secret for each search engine.
A term used to describe the position of a site in a search result
position on a scale in relation to others in a sport
a more accurate estimate of the relative standard of players, based usually upon specific tournament results or competitions
a useless indicator of competitive positions in world football
The relative positioning of a web site in a search engine listing. Higher rankings are the result of effective search engine marketing strategies.
Where on the search result page, your web site is found.
Refers to where a web site or web page is ranked within search engine when a search query is performed. The results are based upon relevancy to the search term along with the algorithm.
The placing a web site gets when visitors conduct a search for the keywords or keyword phrases using a search engine.
The position a page is within the search results page for a specific search term.
A particular Website's position in the Search Engines. Each keyword phrase generates a different ranking in each of the various Search Engines.
The prioritised listing of websites displayed as the results of a search carried out by a web search engine
Your position in the search results that display when someone searches for a particular keyword or key phrase on a search engine.
A means of listing hits in the order of their relevancy. It is usually determined by a selection of the number, location and frequency of the term in the document being searched.
The position within search engine results that a web site reaches for a particular search phrase. For example at time of writing this web site achieves a ranking of 1 with the Google search engine for the search phrase 'xsd viewer'.
The process of ordering websites or webpages by a search engine or a directory so that the most relevant sites appear first in the search results for a particular query. Also known as positioning.
The position of a web site listing for a particular search engine search.
The placing your website gets when visitors conduct a search for your keywords or keyword phrases using a search engine. (The most "relevant" response would be the top ranking.)
Ranking is the process by which search engines display websites in such a way that the most important sites appear on the top.
The listing of items according to merit base d on specified criteria. [D05087] RMW Placing in relative standing or position. An orderly hierarchical arrangement according to some identifiable characteristic [D03221] Webster
In search engine terms, this is the positioning of web pages in a league table for relevancy and usefulness when related to a particular search term.
Referring to the position of a web page on the search results for a particular query . For example, a page that is listed third for the term "bubblegum" is said to have a ranking of 3 for that term.
The technique by which a search engine sorts the matches to produce a set of search results. Although some search engines can sort by the date of the Web page, the most common ranking method is by relevance. The software code that decides exactly how the ranking is performed is called the ranking algorithm, and is a trade secret for each search engine.
ordering the set of documents or items found by an information retrieval system in response to a query, usually in descending order of estimated relevance to the query
prioritizing, putting things in order
Each search engine or directory gives each document they find some measure of the quality of the match to the query someone has made. This measure, which is sometimes referred to as a "score" is also commonly referred to as the website's "ranking."
The position of a web site in the results list from a search engine. Clearly your site gets a better chance of a visit if it is in the first few results from a search. You should be aiming to get a high ranking for the key words your potential customers will use to find your products or services. Ranking is also used more specifically for Google PageRank and Alexa Traffic Rank.
The relative location of a web page on the list of web pages generated by a search engine. A higher ranking is desirable because it places the page nearer the top of the list making it more likely to be viewed by the person entering the search request.
Where your website is found in a list of search engine results.
the position of a web page that's included in a Search Engine's search results page, on that same results page. The higher the position, the more traffic the web page will receive from searchers.
In the context of search engines, it is the position that a sites entry is displayed in a search engine query results.
The position that a Web site or Web page enjoys in a search engineâ€(tm)s catalog and displayed results.
The position held by a website when searched by a search engine on by a given keyword.ie. 1st, 2nd
The number (order of ranking; ie 1 being the highest) that a web site is listed for a specific search term in a specific search engine. Search Engines utilize a ranking algorithm (mathematical formulas, variables, and set of weights) to determine a site's ranking for a particular keyword or keyword phrase.
Ranking: The position of your site in a search engine's natural results, when a user enters a particular search term. The ranking is determined by a number of on-page and off-page factors. Ranking - or ad rank - also refers to the position a pay-per-click ad is placed in the sponsored listings, as determined by Max Bid, and click-through-rate. Within Google, a website's ranking can vary markedly when searching google.com or google.com.au for the same search term. (For an example see our blog.)
Term used to describe the relative position of a webpage in any search engine results. The higher, the better of course.
Where your site falls in the results, returned to the visitors by the search engine.
The relative ability of competitors in tournament play, or position in official USRA published rankings.
Worth everything to web sites, it controls in what order web pages are listed on search engines. Sites will try to improve their ranking by hook or by crook, as most users will not go too far down the results pages that show in response to their query.
In a search engine report for a given keyword search, the number of pages which precede a given page. In other words, a page's rank is 5th if there are 4 pages or hits which precede it. Also referred to as a page's position. A page's ranking changes as new pages are added to a search engine database, pages are revised and the underlying relevancy algorithm changes. Each search engine uses a complicated formula or algorithm that determines where you will appear on their list when someone performs a search. Search engines are constantly updating and changing these formulas. A search engine's help page may give you general information on how they index websites, but the exact formulas are usually well-guarded secrets. Many search engines have a restriction on how often you can submit your website or update the information about your website. This prevents people making incremental changes to their submission on a daily basis to see if it improves their ranking. MyDomain.com
As their main objective is purely commercial, current search engines are not offering stable, reliable, or trustworthy results for webometric purposes. The situation has improved in the last years but there are still important bias and a worrisome instability. This is the reason we are using absolute values but relative positions for our analysis.
The numerical position of a website when searched by a search engine on a given keyword.
The position or order of search results, usually determined by relevancy. The first ranked web site for a particular search is generally the most relevant. Matching News Articles are ranked according to a combination of relevancy and recency.
Ranking is the process of positioning items such as individuals, groups or businesses on an ordinal scale in relation to others. A list arranged in this way is said to be in rank order.
