Cloudflare's network

Cloudflare's network is the worldwide set of servers your site is served from, instead of one rented server in one place.

A visitor's request goes to Cloudflare first, then on to your site.

In the proposal “served from Cloudflare's network instead of a rented server”

HTTPS

HTTPS is the encrypted version of a web address, and the site is set to force it so every visit is encrypted.

A browser connecting to a site over an encrypted, padlocked link.

In the proposal “HTTPS forced for a year including subdomains”

subdomains

A subdomain is an address that hangs off your main domain (agreements.wiredbuilder.com is one of ours), and the HTTPS rule covers those too.

A main domain with two subdomains branching off it.

In the proposal “HTTPS forced for a year including subdomains”

framing blocked

Framing blocked means the site tells browsers it may not be embedded inside someone else's web page.

Another site's page trying to embed yours, and the embed refused.

In the proposal “framing blocked so the site cannot be embedded in someone else's page”

behind Cloudflare

A domain is behind Cloudflare when visitors reach Cloudflare first and Cloudflare passes the request on to your site.

A visitor's request goes to Cloudflare first, then on to your site.

In the proposal “All six domains sit behind Cloudflare”

traffic is filtered

Traffic is filtered means Cloudflare screens requests before they reach the site, so unwanted traffic is stopped on the way in.

Good and bad requests arriving at Cloudflare; only the good ones reach the site.

In the proposal “traffic is filtered before it reaches the site”

DNS is in your account

DNS is the record that says where your domain points, and "in your account" means it lives in a Cloudflare account you own rather than a vendor's.

Your domain and its DNS records sitting inside an account with your name on it.

In the proposal “DNS is in your account, not a vendor's”

certificates

A certificate is what lets a browser trust and encrypt its connection to your site, and on Cloudflare they renew on their own.

A certificate on a loop that renews before it expires.

In the proposal “certificates renew themselves”

Quote requests are sent through Cloudflare Email Sending

Cloudflare Email Sending is Cloudflare's own mail service, so quote-request emails go out from an address on your own domain with no third-party mail provider in the middle.

A quote form on the site, saved to your database, then emailed to your inbox through Cloudflare.

In the proposal “Quote requests are sent through Cloudflare Email Sending from an address on your own domain, so there is no third-party mail provider in the middle holding your leads”

Analytics, Google Ads

Google Analytics records what people do on the site (phone taps, form submissions, booking clicks) and feeds those leads to Google Ads, so the advertising is judged on bookings rather than clicks.

Site actions recorded by Analytics and passed to Google Ads as leads.

In the proposal “Every phone tap, form submission and booking click is recorded as a lead, and those leads feed Google Ads directly”

Zaras

Zaras (Cloudflare Zaraz) is the Cloudflare feature that loads Google Analytics from Cloudflare's side instead of through Tag Manager, so ad blockers do not quietly drop the numbers.

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In the proposal “Google Analytics runs on all three sites, loaded through Cloudflare instead of Tag Manager, so the numbers do not quietly disappear”

Assumption The word "Zaras" does not appear in any proposal. This entry assumes it means Cloudflare Zaraz, which matches the "loaded through Cloudflare instead of Tag Manager" line in the Lightning proposal.

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