Roofing Marketing Glossary

Roofing Marketing Glossary

Plain-English definitions of every term your marketing agency uses — so you can tell whether they know what they are talking about.

Terms You Will Hear on an Agency Call

Marketing jargon is often used to make simple ideas sound complicated. Everything below is defined in the way it actually matters to a roofing business.

A–L

Core Terms

AEO

Answer Engine Optimisation

Optimising so AI systems cite your business when someone asks them to recommend a roofer. Also called GEO.

CPL

Cost Per Lead

Total marketing spend divided by qualified enquiries. The only paid-media number that matters more is cost per booked job.

CRO

Conversion Rate Optimisation

Increasing the share of website visitors who call or submit a form, without increasing traffic.

CWV

Core Web Vitals

Google’s page experience measurements — loading, interactivity and visual stability, measured on real users.

GBP

Google Business Profile

Your listing in Google Maps and the local pack. The single highest-leverage asset in local roofing SEO.

LSA

Local Services Ads

Google’s pay-per-lead format carrying the Google Guaranteed badge, displayed above all other results.

M–Z

More Terms

NAP

Name, Address, Phone

Your business details as they appear across directories. Inconsistency here directly damages local rankings.

SERP

Search Results Page

The page Google returns. For roofing it usually contains ads, a map pack and organic results — three separate contests.

Schema

Structured Data

Machine-readable code describing your business, services and reviews so search engines and AI can parse them.

Local Pack

The Map Three-Pack

The three businesses shown with the map. Where the majority of roofing calls originate.

Topical Authority

Subject Coverage

How completely your site covers a subject. Increasingly the main input to both rankings and AI citations.

Attribution

Lead Source Tracking

Knowing which channel, page and suburb produced each enquiry. Without it you are optimising blind.

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Roofing SEO Guide

How these fit together.

Resources

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