Glossary

Plain-English meanings for words used in the course. Lessons link the first use of each term here.

Domain

Your website's name, like joesplumbing.com

First used: Day 3

Registrar

The company you buy and renew your domain from

First used: Day 4

Auto-renew

Your domain renews by itself each year so you never lose it

First used: Day 4

Form ID

The code that tells MyFormConnect which of your forms an enquiry came from

First used: Day 5

Domain ID

The code that tells MyFormConnect your website is allowed to send enquiries

First used: Day 5

Spam

Junk messages sent by robots or strangers, not real customers

First used: Day 5

AI assistant

A chat tool such as Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini that writes and edits text for you

First used: Day 6

Prompt

The instructions you type or paste into an AI assistant

First used: Day 6

index.html

The file that is your website's home page

First used: Day 6

Hosting

A computer that shows your website to anyone who visits

First used: Day 7

Deployment

One upload of your website; each new upload is a new deployment

First used: Day 7

WebP

A photo format that looks the same but loads faster

First used: Day 8

Alt text

A short description of a photo for people who can't see it, and for search engines

First used: Day 8

Consent checkbox

A box the visitor ticks to agree you can use their details to reply

First used: Day 9

Rollback

Going back to an earlier version of your website

First used: Day 13

Google Business Profile

Your free business listing on Google Search and Maps

First used: Day 14

Verification

Proving to Google, Bing or Apple that the business is really yours

First used: Day 14

Sitemap

A small file listing your pages for search engines

First used: Day 16

robots.txt

A small file telling search engines what they may read

First used: Day 16

DNS

The settings that connect your domain to your website and other services

First used: Day 16

Nameservers

The service in charge of your domain's DNS settings

First used: Day 4

Search Console

Google's free tool showing how people find your site in search

First used: Day 16

Structured data

Hidden labels that tell search engines what your page is about

First used: Day 22

FAQ

Frequently asked questions, with your answers

First used: Day 22

PageSpeed score

Google's 0–100 rating of how fast your page loads

First used: Day 25

Analytics

Counting how many people visit and which pages they read

First used: Day 28

Last checked September 2026