Exact-match domain (EMD)
Exact-match domain (EMD) aligns content with AI-driven experiences and answer engines so your expertise is selected, cited, and trusted across evolving search surfaces.
Exact-match domain (EMD) relates to modern, AI-mediated discovery. Answer engines and generative summaries select well-structured, unambiguous sources with credible evidence. Optimizing for this context improves selection odds and clarifies expertise to both users and models. It influences how you frame definitions, add schema, and cite sources across clusters and glossaries.
Key Takeaways:
- •Lead with clear, verifiable answers and schema
- •Cite evidence; disambiguate entities and relationships
Context:
A B2B SaaS company with a product analytics platform.
Action:
The team rewrites intros to answer key questions in 35 words, adds JSON‑LD schema, and standardizes entity names so models can extract precise information about Exact-match domain (EMD).
Result:
Pages are cited more often in generative summaries and answer cards, boosting qualified visits and brand trust.
Related Terms
AI-first SEO
An approach that designs content, site architecture, and measurement for AI-overview answers and retrieval systems—optimizing for machine understanding, not just ten blue links.
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
Optimization aimed at winning direct answers across search features and assistants by structuring content to resolve questions precisely, with schema, context, and evidence.
Semantic SEO
A method of organizing content around topics, entities, and relationships so search systems reliably understand meaning beyond exact keywords.
Entities
People, places, organizations, and concepts that search systems recognize and link together in knowledge graphs to interpret content intent.
Search Generative Experience (SGE)
Google’s generative overview experience that synthesizes answers; selection favors clear, well-evidenced pages with strong entity and topical signals.
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