If a term keeps tripping you up, it is probably here. Abbreviations used across the docs link here automatically.
Core terms
- Article
- A blog-style post published into an existing CMS. Used in Integration campaigns.
- Brand Identity
- The reusable voice, audience, and visual kit.
- Campaign
- A batch of pages or articles produced together for one goal.
- Country Partner
- A reseller agency operating PSEO Builder in a specific country.
- Index-safe publishing
- Rolling out new URLs in small batches so Google does not crawl-but-not-index them.
- Listener
- A News Listener, a saved RSS / GNews filter that auto-drafts articles.
- Matrix
- The dataset that drives a Full Build template, rows × columns.
- Page
- A full URL generated from a template. Used in Full Build campaigns.
- Project
- One website inside a subaccount. Pins the CMS connection and brand identity.
- PSEO
- Programmatic SEO. Generating many landing pages from data + templates, instead of writing each one by hand.
- Reusable Block
- A template component (hero, FAQ, table) you can re-use across templates.
- SEO score
- 0–100 score across 7 dimensions. Under 75 triggers an automatic refinement pass.
- Subaccount
- One end-customer brand. Holds projects, billing, team, brand identities.
Abbreviations
- 2FA
- Two-Factor Authentication, a second login step (a code from your phone) on top of your password.
- CDN
- Content Delivery Network, a global cache that serves pages and images fast from a location near each visitor.
- CPC
- Cost Per Click, the average paid-search price for a keyword; a proxy for commercial intent.
- CSV
- Comma-Separated Values, a plain spreadsheet file. Used to import keyword lists and datasets.
- CTR
- Click-Through Rate, the share of people who click your result after seeing it in search.
- DNS
- Domain Name System, the records that point a domain at a server. Used when connecting a custom domain.
- GA4
- Google Analytics 4, Google's analytics platform. Connect it to tie traffic to conversions and revenue.
- GEO
- Generative Engine Optimization, optimizing content so it gets cited by AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews), not just classic search.
- GSC
- Google Search Console, Google's free tool reporting impressions, clicks, and average position. Builder pulls this into Insights.
- KD
- Keyword Difficulty, an estimate (0–100) of how hard it is to rank for a keyword.
- MCP
- Model Context Protocol, an open standard that lets AI clients (Claude, Cursor) drive Builder as a tool.
- RLS
- Row-Level Security, database rules that keep every tenant's data isolated at the row level.
- ROI
- Return On Investment, revenue generated versus what you spent (credits + fees) to produce it.
- RSS
- Really Simple Syndication, a feed format. News Listeners subscribe to RSS feeds to find fresh stories.
- SAML
- Security Assertion Markup Language, the standard that powers most enterprise SSO setups.
- SCIM
- System for Cross-domain Identity Management, auto-provisions and de-provisions user accounts from your identity provider.
- SCSS
- A superset of CSS with variables and nesting; sometimes used when exporting template styles.
- SERP
- Search Engine Results Page, the page of results Google returns for a query. Builder's research reads the top results to decide what a page should cover.
- SSL
- Secure Sockets Layer, the certificate behind HTTPS. Builder provisions and renews these automatically for hosted sites.
- SSO
- Single Sign-On, log in to Builder with your company identity provider instead of a separate password.
- TOTP
- Time-based One-Time Password, the rotating six-digit code from an authenticator app, used for 2FA.
- WOFF2
- Web Open Font Format 2, the compressed font file format you upload for self-hosted custom fonts.
