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    Data and measurement #

    Tag Manager

    Tool centralizing deployment of measurement or marketing tags without changing the main code every time.

    In practice: Inventory each tag, trigger and owner before release.

    Guide: Audit and enrich directory or catalogue data Also searched as : gestionnaire balises gtm
    Design, UX and accessibility #

    Tagged PDF

    PDF with headings, paragraphs, lists and other elements carrying structure usable for reading and navigation.

    In practice: inspect real headings and reading order in a PDF reader.

    Guide: Publish useful, accessible downloadable documents Also searched as : document accessible structure
    Marketing and acquisition #

    Targeting

    Targeting of messages, content or ads according to defined criteria such as intent, profile or context.

    In practice: Check criterion relevance and people unintentionally excluded.

    Guide: Measure whether a website helps its visitors Also searched as : ciblage audience
    Content and communication #

    Taxonomy

    Organization of content through categories, terms and explicit relationships. A taxonomy supports finding and grouping information; it may distinguish broader, narrower and related concepts. Its value lies in understandable classification rules rather than the number of labels created.

    Reference: W3C : SKOS Primer · Source consulted

    In practice: ask two people to classify a few real pieces of content. If their choices differ, clarify category meanings, synonyms and edge cases. Check that one need is not scattered across several nearly identical labels.

    Guide: Organize website content for long-term use Also searched as : taxonomie classification
    Content and communication #

    Team profile

    Presentation of a person or group explaining their role, verifiable skills and actual contribution to an organisation.

    In practice: connect each role to a task or deliverable the person actually owns.

    Guide: Present a team and its skills on a website Also searched as : équipe collaborateurs rôle biographie
    SEO, search and visibility #

    Technical SEO

    Work on crawling, rendering, indexing, URLs, performance and code to make the website usable by search engines.

    In practice: Address errors that block access, rendering or consolidation of useful pages first.

    Guide: Validate structured data on a website Also searched as : seo technique
    Design, UX and accessibility #

    Template

    Model organizing the display of a page type and its content areas. Several pages can share a template while showing distinct information. Changing one can therefore affect an entire page family, including pages with longer text or different data from the original examples.

    Reference: WordPress Developer Resources : Templates · Source consulted

    In practice: check a short page, a long page and one with missing content after changing a template. Review headings, links, media and mobile layout; a single demonstration page does not represent every case.

    Guide: Organize a consistent website design system Also searched as : gabarit modèle
    SEO, search and visibility #

    Thin content

    Content too weak, generic or incomplete to genuinely meet the page need or stand apart from similar content.

    In practice: Add topic-specific answers and evidence, or merge the page if it has no distinct role.

    Guide: Organize website content for long-term use Also searched as : contenu pauvre faible
    Development and code #

    Third-party script

    JavaScript supplied by an external service, such as a player or analytics tool. It adds network and execution dependencies; check usefulness and the journey when it is slow or unavailable.

    Reference: web.dev : Third-party JavaScript · Source consulted

    In practice: Measure each script’s weight, purpose and failure behaviour before adding it.

    Guide: Document and test an API from its use cases Also searched as : script tiers tags
    Data and measurement #

    Time on page

    Estimate of time spent on a page whose accuracy depends on the method and available measurement events.

    In practice: Check how the end of a visit is counted before comparing durations.

    Guide: Audit and enrich directory or catalogue data Also searched as : temps page
    Hosting and infrastructure #

    Time to First Byte

    Measurement of the delay between requesting a resource and the browser receiving its first byte.

    Reference: web.dev : Time to First Byte

    In practice: Measure several requests before concluding that server or cache is at fault.

    Guide: Choose hosting and retain control of your domain Also searched as : ttfb serveur latence server response time TTFB ttfb
    SEO, search and visibility #

    Title tag

    HTML element providing the document title, used notably in the browser tab and often in search results.

    In practice: Name the page clearly and check that its title differs from others on the site.

    Guide: Structure a service page around real customer questions Also searched as : balise title titre seo
    Artificial intelligence #

    Token

    Elementary unit processed by a language model, corresponding to a word, word part, sign or space depending on the model.

    In practice: Measure real input and output sizes before estimating cost or context limits.

    Guide: Evaluate an AI tool before integrating it into a website Also searched as : jeton llm
    SEO, search and visibility #

    Topical authority

    Perception that a source covers a topic coherently, deeply and reliably enough to be authoritative.

    In practice: Cover useful related questions with sources and links without multiplying empty variants.

    Guide: Validate structured data on a website Also searched as : autorité thématique
    Content and communication #

    Topical map

    Map of topics, intentions, main pages and related content used to organize coherent editorial coverage.

    In practice: Connect topics to audience questions and mark existing useful content before adding pages.

    Guide: Organize website content for long-term use Also searched as : carte thématique cluster contenu
    Data and measurement #

    Tracking

    Organized collection of events or parameters intended to understand usage, measure actions or attribute results.

    In practice: Connect each measure to a decision and remove data with no defined use.

    Guide: Audit and enrich directory or catalogue data Also searched as : suivi mesure
    Data and measurement #

    Traffic

    All visits or requests received by a website, broken down by source, quality or behavior.

    In practice: Separate sources, pages and useful actions before interpreting total visits.

    Guide: Measure whether a website helps its visitors Also searched as : trafic visiteurs
    Artificial intelligence #

    Transformer

    Neural-network architecture based on attention mechanisms and used by many modern language and vision models.

    In practice: Evaluate the whole model on your tasks; architecture alone does not predict quality.

    Guide: Evaluate an AI tool before integrating it into a website Also searched as : attention neural network
    Content and communication #

    Translation review

    Review of meaning, facts, links and journey in a translated version within its actual context.

    In practice: check numbers, links and actions as well as wording.

    Guide: Quality-check website translations beyond words Also searched as : multilingue qualité linguistique
    Design, UX and accessibility #

    Typography

    The visual organisation of text through family, size, weight, line spacing, spacing and alignment. Test actual content and language characters, including with fallback fonts.

    Reference: MDN : Text and font styling · Source consulted

    In practice: Test the typeface with long headings, accented characters and zoom, not just a short mockup.

    Guide: Publish accessible website content every day Also searched as : typographie police
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