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

A match is the name for when a document or documents within a search engines index match the terms in query. If one if found is is then shown in the SERPs, all search engines have varying criteria to ascertain whether a document is match or not, some have to contain one query word whereas others need to contain all the query terms.