SEO glossary entries for ‘Q’
- q / as_q
- Is a Google web search parameter which encapsulates the search query.
- qdr / as_qdr
- Is a Google web search parameter which restricts results to given dates. For example, restricting results to less than 1 day old, less than 6 months old, or less than 1 year old, respectively, would have the following values:
3d|6m|1y - Query Deserves Diversity
- Query deserves diversity (QDD) is the name for a special Google algorithm which generates more heterogeneous SERPs for search expressions containing ambiguous keywords, i.e. where the same keyword has radically different meanings, but there is no clue in the rest of the expression to indicate which meaning is intended.
- Query Deserves Freshness
- Query deserves freshness (QDF) is the name for a special Google algorithm which gives newer pages higher SERPs rank for search expressions which indicate a desire for currency, e.g. through the use of keywords naming people, places or events currently in the news.
- Query Expansion
- See ‘Keyword Research Query Expansion’.