Marketing & Advertising Glossary
From CPM to programmatic, every term in advertising and media buying explained in plain English.
Off-Page SEO
On-Page SEOOff-page SEO encompasses strategies outside your website that improve search rankings, primarily through backlinks, brand mentions, and social signals.
On-Page SEO
On-Page SEOOn-page SEO optimises individual web pages to rank higher in search results through content, HTML elements, and technical improvements.
On-Sale Date
Print & PublishingThe date a print publication becomes available for public purchase at newsagents, supermarkets and other retail outlets.
Open Rate vs Click Rate (Email)
Email CampaignsOpen rate measures emails delivered and read; click rate measures links actually clicked. Both gauge campaign engagement differently.
Open-Source AI
AIOpen-source AI refers to artificial intelligence models and tools with publicly available code that anyone can use, modify, and distribute freely.
Opportunity to See (OTS)
Out-of-HomeThe number of times an individual has a chance to see an out-of-home advertisement during a specific campaign period or timeframe.
Optimised CPT
TV & BroadcastOptimised CPT (Cost Per Thousand) is a TV pricing model where advertisers pay based on actual viewership data rather than standard rate cards, enabling more eff
Organic Reach (Social)
Social MediaThe number of people who see your social media content without paid promotion. Organic reach depends on algorithm engagement, follower count, and content qualit
Orphan Pages
Technical SEOOrphan pages are web pages with no internal links pointing to them, making them difficult for search engines to discover and users to navigate to.
Impressions
Out-of-HomeImpressions measure the number of times an out-of-home advertisement is seen by an audience member.
Overdelivery / Underdelivery
TV & BroadcastWhen a TV campaign delivers more or fewer ad impressions than contracted, affecting campaign performance and billing reconciliation.
Overfitting
AIOverfitting occurs when an AI model learns training data too well, including noise, reducing its ability to perform on new, unseen data.