An Internet Glossary for commonly used Internet Terms

I have had some requests for an internet glossary of terms for both our site and overall, this is not conclusive if you think of more, use comment box or feel free to email me and I will be happy to add them.

Autoresponders - An autoresponder is a computer program that automatically answers e-mail sent to it. They can be from auto responding to viewers who have requested information from your site, receipts, sales information or step by step tutorials.

B2B - Business to Business.

B2C - Business to Consumer

Blog - Web log - place a series of thoughts to be accessed by viewers. Make the content relative , up to date and have something to do with your business.

Browser - displays a web page, common browsers are Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Safari, to name a few.

Cache - Browsers hold copies of recently visited web files the computer's disk memory. This memory space is called the cache. It makes for quicker loading form the same site but the disadvantage is sometimes it will show you a page an old version of a file from your disk when a newer one is available on the web.

Ezines - It is an online version of a magazine, although usually short and containing a single subject article. It would be along the lines if an article you would fine in a magazine. Can be useful resource in marketing your business.

Forums - Imagine a meeting room that has no walls! Visitors to a forum can voice opinions and read the opinions of others. Most people use forums to talk about business, personal, events or news information.

PPC - Pay Per Click. An advertising system that lets you target market customers with a specific interest. The keywords are selected by the seller and these ads show up on sites across the web, buyers searching on sites will come across these sites with these ads. The host site shows these ads because they receive revenue from every ad 'clicked' or generated from their site.

RSS - Real Simple Syndication. That allows web users to locate valued information from other sites and have it show to a specific software application (a Reader) on their computer so they do not have to look for it.

SEO - Search Engine Optimization - make you site search engine friendly to rank higher and gain traffic to your website.

Social Media - Business and Personal communities are the majority of what falls under this category. Usually set in groups that allow you friends, blogs, photos and links.

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