SEO- & Linkbuilding-Glossar

Klare Definitionen für die Begriffe, denen Sie bei der Verwaltung von Website-Links und technischem SEO begegnen.

404-Fehler

Was passiert, wenn eine Seite nicht gefunden wird — und wie es das SEO beeinflusst.

301-Weiterleitung

Die permanente Weiterleitung, die Link-Equity bewahrt.

Crawl-Budget

Wie Suchmaschinen Ressourcen zum Crawlen zuweisen — und warum defekte Links es verschwenden.

Defekter Link

Ein Hyperlink, der nicht mehr zum Ziel führt.

Weiterleitungskette

Mehrere Weiterleitungen in Folge, die Seiten verlangsamen.

Link Rot

Der allmähliche Verfall von Links im Laufe der Zeit.

Dead Link

A hyperlink that points to a page or resource that no longer exists.

Soft 404

A page that returns HTTP 200 but displays error content instead of useful information.

HTTP Status Codes

Three-digit server response codes that indicate the result of an HTTP request.

Anchor Text

The visible, clickable text of a hyperlink that describes where the link leads.

302 Redirect

The temporary redirect — when to use it and how it differs from a 301.

Canonical URL

The preferred version of a page — preventing duplicate content issues.

robots.txt

The file that tells crawlers which parts of your site they can access.

XML Sitemap

The map you give search engines to discover and prioritize your pages.

hreflang

The HTML attribute that tells search engines which language version to serve.

Meta Description

The snippet under your title in search results — what users actually read.

noindex

The directive that keeps a page out of search engine indexes.

nofollow

The link attribute that tells search engines not to pass ranking signals.

Internal Link

Links between pages on the same domain — the backbone of site structure.

External Link

Links pointing to another domain — outbound trust signals.

Backlink

An inbound link from another site — the original ranking signal.

Link Equity

The ranking value passed through links — also known as "link juice".

500 Internal Server Error

The catch-all error returned when a server-side problem prevents page rendering.

503 Service Unavailable

The status code that signals temporary downtime — often used during maintenance.

DNS Error

A failure to resolve a domain name to its server — the request never even starts.

SSL Certificate

The cryptographic credential that enables HTTPS — and that search engines expect.

www vs non-www

Choosing the canonical hostname — and why consistency matters more than the choice itself.

Mixed Content

When an HTTPS page loads HTTP resources — a security and SEO problem.

Redirect Loop

When redirects circle back on themselves and the page never loads.

User-Agent

The HTTP header identifying the client — and what servers use to decide what to serve.

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