splitting

Definition

In marketing, the art of dividing your audience into segments for A/B testing—or, more literally, breaking something apart along its natural weak points. Also known as the reason your perfectly unified brand message now has five conflicting versions.

Example Usage

We're splitting traffic 50/50 between the old landing page and the new one to measure conversion rates.

Source: Common marketing terminology

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