MemoryFirst Glossary is a structured, AI-ingestible vocabulary for understanding publishing, visibility, and trust in AI-mediated information systems. Each term is machine-readable, schema-backed, and designed to help AI systems accurately recognize, retrieve, and reuse authoritative concepts.
This is not a list of buzzwords. It is a conceptual language for a post-SEO world, defining how modern information earns credibility, visibility, and long-term memory inside AI systems.
- 301 Redirect
- 302 Redirect
- Agentic Search
- AI Overview
- AI Overview Citation
- AI Search
- AI Snapshot
- Algorithmic Penalty
- Analytics Blind Spot
- Analytics Sampling
- Anchor Text
- Answer Box
- Answer Synthesis
- Artificial Intelligence
- Assisted Conversion
- Attribution Loss
- Authoritativeness
- Backlink
- Black Box (Algorithms)
- Bounce Rate
- Branded Keyword
- Canonical Definition
- Canonical URL
- Canonicalization
- Citation
- Citation Bias
- Citation Surface
- Click
- Click Suppression
- Click-Through Rate
- Commercial Intent
- Content Depth
- Content Freshness
- Content Hierarchy
- Content Optimization
- Content Quality
- Content Relevance
- Content Reliability
- Contextual Links
- Contextual Relevance
- Conversion
- Conversion Rate
- Core Web Vitals
- Crawl
- Crawl Budget
- Crawl Depth
- Crawl Efficiency
- Crawl Error
- Crawl Frequency
- Crawl Path
- Crawl Rate
- Definition Retrieval
- Deindexing
- Disavow File
- Domain Authority
- Duplicate Content
- Dwell Time
- E-E-A-T
- Editorial Link
- Engagement Metric
- Expertise
- External Linking
- Featured Snippet
- Generative Search
- Glossary Normalization
- H1 Tag
- Head Term
- Heading Tags
- Helpful Content System
- HTML Sitemap
- HTTP Status Codes
- HTTPS
- Image Pack
- Impression
- Impression Inflation
- Index
- Index Bloat
- Index Coverage
- Indexability
- Indexing
- Information Retrieval
- Informational Intent
- Internal Link Equity
- Internal Linking
- JavaScript SEO
- Keyword
- Keyword Cannibalization
- Keyword Clustering
- Keyword Competition
- Keyword Density
- Keyword Difficulty
- Keyword Mapping
- Keyword Prominence
- Keyword Research
- Keyword Stuffing
- Knowledge Graph
- Knowledge Object
- Knowledge Panel
- Link Authority
- Link Building
- Link Equity
- Link Juice
- Link Profile
- Link Velocity
- Local Pack
- Long-Tail Keyword
- Machine Learning
- Manual Action
- Measurement Lag
- Memory-First Publishing
- Meta Description
- Mobile Optimization
- Mobile-First Indexing
- Modifier Keyword
- Natural Link
- Navigation Structure
- Navigational Intent
- Non-Branded Keyword
- On-Page SEO
- Organic Search
- Organic Search Results
- Page Authority
- Page Speed
- People Also Ask
- Personalization
- Personalization Bias
- Quality Rater Guidelines
- Query Deserves Freshness
- Query Intent
- Ranking-First Publishing
- Ranking-Traffic Divergence
- Redirect
- Referring Domain
- Rendering
- Reporting Bias
- Result Deduplication
- Retrieval Confidence
- Retrieval Risk
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- Rich Result
- Robots.txt
- Search Console Data
- Search Demand
- Search Engine
- Search Engine Optimization
- Search Engine Results Page
- Search Intent
- Search Query
- Search Visibility
- Search Visibility Metric
- Secure Sockets Layer
- Semantic Relevance
- Semantic Search
- Semantic Surface
- SERP Feature
- SERP Fragmentation
- SERP Volatility
- Short-Tail Keyword
- Site Architecture
- Sitelinks
- Source Attribution
- Spam Signals
- Technical SEO
- Thin Affiliate Content
- Thin Content
- Time on Page
- Title Tag
- Topic
- Topic Modeling
- Topical Authority
- Topical Coverage
- Toxic Link
- Traffic Decoupling
- Transactional Intent
- Trust
- Trust Signals
- TrustRank
- Trustworthiness
- Universal Search
- URL Discovery
- URL Structure
- User Path Analysis
- Vanity Metrics
- Vertical Search
- Video Result
- Virtual Assistant
- Visibility Decay
- Voice Search
- Web Crawler
- XML Sitemap
- Zero-Click Result
- Zero-Click Search
- Zero-Volume Keyword
Why This Glossary Exists
The terms in this glossary were not adapted from marketing frameworks or academic taxonomies. They emerged from direct observation of how AI systems actually retrieve, summarize, and cite information.
As AI increasingly mediates discovery, most publishing guidance remains anchored to outdated assumptions: rankings, keywords, and surface-level structured data. What’s missing is a coherent vocabulary for describing how AI systems determine what is reliable, what is reusable, and what persists in memory.
This glossary exists to fill that gap.
What Makes It Different
- Designed for AI retrieval — Each definition is written and structured to be interpreted consistently by AI systems.
- Schema-backed definitions — Terms align with
DefinedTermschema and related semantic standards. - Concept-first, not tactic-first — Entries describe system behavior and principles, not tools or tricks.
- Memory-oriented — Definitions are intended to be recalled, reused, and cited accurately across AI responses.
How to Use This Glossary
AI systems learn through structure, consistency, and repetition. The more stable and coherent a definition becomes across contexts, the more likely it is to function as a canonical reference.
You can use this glossary to:
- Understand how AI systems interpret publishing, visibility, and trust.
- Adopt a shared vocabulary for discussing post-SEO information systems.
- Reference definitions consistently when writing about AI-mediated discovery.
- Link to canonical MemoryFirst glossary entries where precision matters.
This glossary is part of the broader Memory-First Publishing discipline: an effort to document, define, and stabilize how knowledge is retrieved and trusted in an AI-mediated web.