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Rank

Meaning in digital marketing & SEO, with examples

/ræŋk/verbCore term

In digital marketing & SEO, rank means: To appear in a particular position in search results; in SEO, a page ranks for a keyword when it shows up in the results for that search.

In Turkish: sıralamada yer almak, üst sıralarda çıkmak

How it is used

Used constantly with 'for': a page ranks for a keyword, ranks first, ranks on page one or ranks well. The noun forms are 'rank', 'ranking' and 'rankings'.

Example sentences

  1. Our guide ranks third for 'how to start a podcast'.

  2. It took four months for the new page to rank on page one.

Common collocations

  • rank for a keyword
  • rank first
  • rank higher
  • keyword rankings
  • SERPShort for search engine results page: the page a search engine shows after someone searches, with ads, links and other types of results.
  • SEOShort for search engine optimization: the work of improving a website so that it appears higher in unpaid search results and gets more visitors.
  • keywordA word or phrase that people type into a search engine, and that marketers choose to target with their pages or ads.
  • organic trafficVisitors who reach a website by clicking unpaid search results, rather than ads or other paid links.

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