payload ratio
The share of a delivered page that is text a machine can quote, against markup, scripts and styling that it cannot.
What payload ratio does not show
A page can be large and still carry almost nothing an answer engine can use.
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Questions about payload ratio
What is payload ratio?
The share of a delivered page that is text a machine can quote, against markup, scripts and styling that it cannot.
What does payload ratio not show or guarantee?
The share of a delivered page that is text a machine can quote, against markup, scripts and styling that it cannot. A page can be large and still carry almost nothing an answer engine can use.
Which area of the glossary does payload ratio belong to?
Delivery and rendering: What arrives on the wire, and what only exists after something else runs.
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