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SEO Glossary of Terms
A Glossary of Terms relating to search engine optimisation (seo)
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False drop

A false drop is a webpage that can be ranked on search engine results page that is not relevant to the search. This can be due to the fact that some words have multiple meanings and as a search engine will search for what is entered into the query there is no way of defining which meaning a user was searching for.