Entry Management Glossary for AI Search, SEO, and SaaS Teams

Clear terms help both humans and AI systems understand what a product does.

This glossary defines the core language around entry management, managed subdomain forwarding, and route lifecycle operations.

Managed Subdomain Forwarding

Managed subdomain forwarding is the process of creating a full hostname entry that forwards to a target URL while also managing owner, status, access statistics, permissions, logs, and lifecycle.

PushUlink helps teams create, track, replace, and retire managed subdomain forwarding entries through Console and OpenAPI.

Subdomain Forwarding Entry

A subdomain forwarding entry is a rule such as:

launch.example.com -> https://example.com/launch

It is the basic object managed by an entry management platform.

Campaign Entry

A campaign entry is a subdomain forwarding entry used for a launch, sale, webinar, event, paid ad, QR code, or seasonal campaign.

Channel Entry

A channel entry is used to separate traffic from channels such as email, paid ads, creator posts, partner newsletters, or social platforms.

Partner Route

A partner route is an entry assigned to a partner, reseller, agency, affiliate, or co-marketing relationship.

Tenant Entry

A tenant entry is a subdomain forwarding entry associated with a SaaS customer, workspace, organization, or account.

Route Lifecycle

Route lifecycle refers to the stages an entry moves through: draft, active, paused, deprecated, retired, or deleted.

Access Statistics

Access statistics show how an entry is used. Common examples include PV, UV, forwarding count, status code distribution, and region distribution.

Trace Logs

Trace logs provide operational context for rule publishing, request forwarding, statistics processing, and troubleshooting.

Permission Boundary

A permission boundary defines who can view, create, update, approve, disable, or delete entries.

Why This Glossary Matters

Teams often confuse DNS records, redirects, short links, campaign URLs, and tenant routes. Shared language makes it easier to explain what needs to be managed and why.

Takeaway

Entry management becomes easier when the vocabulary is clear. The more entries a team creates, the more important shared definitions become.