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Web Terms
- Blog - shortened version of "Web-log". Basically a diary, or collection of postings.
- Browser - the browser is the computer program you run that reads web pages. It might be Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Apple's Safari, or something more adventurous like Firefox or Opera.
- DNS - acronym for Domain Name System. A pretty techy part of the Internet that takes a domain name and gets the corresponding IP address for it.
- Domain - your domain is simply your website's name. The domain here is YourGoogleGuy.com.
- Domain Forwarding - you can set up something so that a person types in one name, like PeterHannah.com, and they end up at another one, like ChangingForGood.com (try it). This can also be done so that the real domain is hidden (something you might want to do if you are using free web hosting, or your home account).
- Email Forwarding - sort of like domain forwarding. You can have an email account (like peter@peterhannah.com) that forwards into another one automatically. This can be useful if you are using your home email account.
- Flash - Flash is an advanced and specialized kind of web technology. It makes cool, animated web pages.
- GIF ("pronounced Giff") - A GIF file is actually named for the file extension .gif. This is a particular kind of image file. Usually it's used for things that have large areas of the same color. My YourGoogleGuy banner is a .gif file.
- Host - another name for your ISP. This is the company who actually puts your web pages onto the Internet.
- HTML - HyperText Markup Language. It's what web pages are actually written in :-)
- IP address - underneath all these names (like CNN.com), it's all translated into numbers that look like this: 202.163.22.1. That's an IP address. No real reason for you to know this.
- ISP - Internet Service Provider, another name for your host.
- JPG "pronounced Jay-peg" A JPG (or JPEG) file is another particular kind of image file. It is mostly used for photographs, or other photo-like images, since it describes images pixel by pixel.
- Podcast - quite simply and audio or video file that has been made available for download from the web. MP3 files are a very common audio format for podcasting.
- PageRank - a Google term which is a measure of your website's relevance and popularity.
- PDF - Portable Document Format. This is a well-liked format for saving text documents, since you can make them look beautiful, but not allow users to edit them. Made with Adobe Acrobat. Read using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- PPC - acronym for Pay-Per-Click. Online ads - Google Adwords being the most popular.
- SEM - acronym for Search Engine Marketing. This encompasses PPC & SEO together.
- SEO - acronym for Search Engine Optimization. Means all activities meant to boost your rank on search engines.
- Server - a large computer used by ISPs/Hosts to house lots of web pages.
- Social Media - term used for a type of website that is built on a network of online relationships (such as Facebook and Twitter).
- URL - a web page address. Includes a domain, but can include more. www.changingforgood.com/aboutme.htm is an example of a URL.
- URL Forwarding - see Domain Forwarding (it's the same thing).
- Web 2.0 - refers to a genre of websites that is basically populated with user-generated content. Yelp.com and InsiderPages.com are examples.
Best! Peter
Copyright 2007 by Peter Hannah, MA, MS
Peter@YourGoogleGuy.com
206.799.6566
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