Dictionary
Ad Impression
Each time a banner ad is displayed on a web page, it's counted as one ad or page impression. If a banner is displayed 50 times in 1 day, 50 impressions are delivered to site visitors.
Animation
It is referred to an image that changes over time.
ASP
Short for Active Server Pages that is used for creating dynamic content of a web page. Technically said it is a server side scripting language. It is mostly used on Windows platforms.
Bandwidth
Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data that can travel a communications path in a given time, usually measured in bits-per-second. If you think of the communications path as a pipe, then bandwidth represents the width of the pipe that determines how much data can flow through it all at once.
Banner
Also referred to as a banner ad, a banner is a typically rectangular advertisement placed on a Web site either above, below or on the sides of the Web site's main content and is linked to the advertiser's own Web site.
Broadband/High Speed
Generally referred to as an internet connection faster then 128 kbps. Dial-up at best is 56 kbps, so just over twice as fast as Dial-up and you are entering broadband territory.
Browser
Very often called Web browser, a software application used to locate and display Web pages. The two most popular browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. There are many other browsers like AOL Browser, Opera, NeoPlanet and many others.
Button
Smaller than the traditional banner, buttons are usually located down the left or right side of a site.
Cable
Cable technologies use existing cable TV infrastructure (network) that your cable company uses for TV signals, to transmit data to and from the Internet. Since cable TV was designed as a broadcast system, the cable is shared amongst the users in your neighborhood and is considered high speed or broadband Internet access.
CGI
Common Gateway Interface. A programming language used within websites to automate tasks or add interactivity to a website. CGI can be any of many languages, such as Perl, PHP, ASP, C++, Python, VB, and many more (This site uses both Perl and PHP as CGI languages)
Click-Through
The number of visitors linking from a banner ad to the advertiser's website to sign up for something, make a purchase or retrieve more information.
Click-Through rate
Percentage of times users responded to an advertisment by clicking on the ad button/banner. At one time the standard in web-marketing measurements, click-through is based on the idea that online promotions that do what they're intended to do will elicit a click.
Competitive Research and Market Analysis
The process of researching the factors that make the competition and the rest of the market successful. This research and analysis is what's used to determine the success factors that must be fulfilled by a project directive.
Content Management
Sometimes called 'knowledge management'. Content management is often used to refer to the process of handling information presented in either a buy- or sell-side catalogs, including part numbers, descriptions and unit size. It also refers to the process of capturing, storing, sorting, codifying, integrating,updating and protecting any and all information.
Content Sponsorship
An area of content sponsored as a distinct entity often by a simgle advertier, as opposed to rotating banners with messages from several advertisers. Ofthen the content will reflect the nature of the sponsor; as well as the nature of the target demographic.
Cookies
Electronic ID tags sent from a Web server to a user's browser, where they remain until deleted by the user. Cookies can track web surfing patterns, such as ads clicked on, products purchased and sites visited, as well as to determine the user's origin.
Cost-per-action (CPA)
A payment model in which an advertiser pays based solely on qualifying actions by visitors such as sales or registrations.
Cost-per-click (CPC)
A payment model in which an advertiser pays onl for the number of click-throughs it derives from an ad rather than paying a flat rate to run an ad on a site.
Cost-per-lead (CPL)
An online advertising payment model in which an advertiser pays based solely on the number of qualifying leads.
Cost-per-thousand (CPM)
The letter "M" is the Roman numeral for 1,000. A Web site that charges $15,000 per banner and guarantees 600,000 impressions has a CPM of $25 ($15,000 divided by 600)
Database
A special way of organizing computer data. It looks like a table implemented columns and rows for fast accessing data from any of the cells in the table. There are many different types of databases but all of them work on the same principle. Databases are very useful for storing and organizing data for later retrieval. Very often used for managing accounts, managing user information, creating guest books and bulletin boards, even this page (dictionary) is implemented with database.
DHCP
Short for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a protocol for assigning dynamic IP addresses to devices on a network. With dynamic addressing, a device can have a different IP address every time it connects to the network. In some systems, the device's IP address can even change while it is still connected.
Dial-Up
Dial-up modems use the copper line from your home to the Central Office to transmit analog signals. Maximum speed is 56 kbps.
Discussion Group
A web page that supports interactive discussions by users. Users submit text content using a form, that is saved on the server and that way make it available to other visitors.
DNS
The Domain Name System which identifies each computer as a network point on the Internet using an internet protocol address systems to translate from domain name to IP and reverse.
Domain Name
A unique name that identifies one or more IP addresses. For example, the domain name www.TheBestMedia.com represents one IP address. Domain names are used in URLs to identify particular Web pages. Every web site that you visit is stored under domain name.
Domain Name Extension
Part after the dot in the domain name is a domain name extension. In the TheBestMedia.com domain, domain extension is .com . There are many other domain name extensions such as .ca .net .org .gov .edu .mil .info .web .us .uk .cc .it .mx .ba and many others.
Downloading
Downloading is the method by which users access and save or "pull down" software or other files to their own computers from a remote computer, usually via a modem.
DSL
Short for Digital Subscriber Line, DSL technologies use sophisticated modulation schemes to send data over the copper wire used for your phone connection and is considered high speed or broadband Internet access.
Dynamic Content
Information on web pages which changes or is changed automatically, e.g. based on database content or user information. Sometimes it's possible to spot that this technique is being used, e.g. if the URL ends with .asp, .cfm, .cgi or .shtml. It is possible to serve dynamic content using standard (normally static) .htm or .html type pages, though.
E-Commerce
E-Commerce means conducting business on the Internet. It is mostly referred to buying and selling items on line.
Encryption
A way of coding the information in a file or e-mail message so that if it is intercepted by a third party as it travels over a network it cannot be read. Only the persons sending and receiving the information have the key and this makes it unreadable to anyone except those persons (your browser does it automatically).
Firewall
A security barrier set up between a company's internal computer systems and outside systems. it keeps hostile visitors out to protect internal information. It can als be used to keep employees in to discourage game playing or visiting recreational sites. Firewalls don't usually affect access to commercial sites, except that some target consumers may only have access to pre-approved sites during work hours.
>Flash
Browser independent vector and graphic animation technology owned by Macromedia Inc.. Most browsers support Flash technology and one flash animation looks the same on all browsers.
FTP
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol which is one of the methods of transferring files over the Internet.
GIF
GIF stands for graphics interchange format, it is a bit-mapped graphics file format used by the World Wide Web. GIF supports colour and various resolutions. But it is limited to 256 colors.
Gigabit
(1) when used to describe data storage, 1,024 megabits (2) When used to describe data transfer rates, it refers to 10 to the 9th power (1,000,000,000) bits
Gigabyte
2 to the 30th power (1,073,741,824) bytes. One gigabyte is equal to 1,024 megabytes. Gigabyte is often shortened to GB
Hit
A single request from a Web browser for a single item from a web server.
Home Page
It is a first page (also called opening page) of a Web site.
Hosting
Hosting is a service provided by hosting company. That's a place (a computer available on the Internet) where web site is stored and made available to web site users to view the content of that web site.
HTML
Stands for HyperText Markup Language, the authoring and editing language used to create web pages on the World Wide Web.
Hyperlink
A word, phrase or graphic image in hypertext. It is the highlighted, underlined or "clickable" object that links to another site or page.
Internet
The largest global network connecting millions of computers. It is strictly based on TCP/IP protocol for communication between host and server.
Internet Marketing
Internet Marketing
Intranet
A private network belonging to an organization, usually a corporation, accessible only by the organization's members, employees, or others with authorization.
IP
Short for Internet Protocol
IP Address
An IP (Internet Protocol) address is a unique identifier for a point or host connection on an IP network. An IP address is a 32 bit binary number usually represented as 4 decimal values, each representing 8 bits, in the range 0 to 255 (known as octets) separated by decimal points. It is just a number like 66.46.105.9
IP Assignment
IP assignment is how your computer gets an IP address from your Internet Service Provider, DHCP, Static IP, or PPPoE are generally used.
ISDN
Short for Integrated Services Digital Network, an international communications standard for sending voice, video, and data over digital telephone lines or normal telephone wires. Each channel is 64 kbps
ISP
Short for Internet Service Provider, a company that provides access to the Internet
Java applet
A short program written in Java (not JavaScript) that is attached to a World Wide Web page and executed by the browser machine. Often used for complicated web applications.
JavaScript
JavaScript is a client-side scripting language that allows dynamic behavior to be specified within HTML documents. Most browsers support java however some browsers are disabled for JavaScript use.
JPEG (JPG)
Stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. JPEG uses compression technique for color images and therefore some details are lost in the compression yet giving relatively good quality. It is widely used on the Internet and other digital applications.
Keyword Determination and Optimization
The Process of determining which key words are most relevant to a particular website's service or product. The Optimization process is implemented onto web pages and it's contents so that the search engine will find and rank the pages highly according to those key words.
Kilobit (Kb)
1,024 bits for technical purposes, transfer rates are measured in kilobits per second, abbreviated as Kbps, and count a kilo as 1,000 bits.
Kilobyte (KB)
kilobyte is 1,024 bytes, but it is often used loosely as a synonym for 1,000 bytes. Data transfer rates are measured in kilobytes per second, abbreviated as KBps, and count a kilo as 1,000 bytes.
Link
Sometimes called hyperlink. A link is object on the web page. When visitor of a web site click with the mouse on that object then user is taken to another web page where the link is pointing to. Different types of links are: text links, graphic links, java links, form links and some other which are not very important.
Maintenance
Ongoing maintenance, keeping track of ranking, and consultation of latest search engine optimization tactics
Megabit (Mb)
(1) when used to describe data storage, 1,024 kilobits (2) When used to describe data transfer rates, it refers to one million bits. Transfer rates are often measured in megabits per second, abbreviated as Mbps
Megabyte (MB)
(1) When used to describe data storage, 1,048,576 (2 to the 20th power) bytes Megabyte is frequently abbreviated as MB. (2) When used to describe data transfer rates, as in MBps, it refers to one million bytes.
Micro-site
A page or less of content that a marketer creates as part of a special program or contest. It may be part of - but serarated from - a larger site.
Microsites
A concentrated collection of hard-working stand-alone web pages that can increase your results results. The Best Media can design, create and host these powerful marketing tools for you.
Monthly download limits
This is a limit, generally in Gigabytes to how much information you can receive from the internet. Websites, email, everything you see on your screen is part of your download limit.
MP3
MP3 is the file extension for MPEG, audio layer 3. Layer 3 is one of three coding schemes (layer 1, layer 2 and layer 3) for the compression of audio signals. MP3 files could be embedded into web site providing music while visitors are viewing the site. MP3 files are relatively small comparing to other audio files and therefore are quite suitable for transferring over the Internet.
Network
A group of two or more computer systems linked together. There are many types of computer networks, including:
Local-area networks (LANs)
The computers are geographically close together (that is, in the same building).
Wide-area networks (WANs)
The computers are farther apart and are connected by telephone lines or radio waves.
Campus-area networks (CANs)
The computers are within a limited geographic area, such as a campus or military base.
Metropolitan-area networks
(MANs) A data network designed for a town or city.
Home-area networks
(HANs) A network contained within a user's home that connects a person's digital devices.
Newsgroup
Same as forum, or on-line discussion group. On the Internet, there are literally thousands of newsgroups covering every possible interest.
Optimization
keyword phrase research and analysis; competitor research; title, meta description tag, and meta keyword tag optimization; website structure optimization; web page content optimization for your target keyword phrases
Page views
Also known as a page impression or simply an impression. It's when a page request is actually presented to a web site visitor. Home pages generally get more page views than other pages in the site, which is why more advertisers place their banners on home pages.
Personal Web space
Some Internet Service Providers allow you to host a small website from their servers. Typically this is not allowed to be commercial websites, but a website none the less.
PHP
PHP Hypertext Preprocessor is a server-side, HTML embedded scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages. Designed for Windows and Unix type platforms.
Pixel
Pixel is the unit of measurement for online advertising. It's a combination of picture and element and is the smallest element of a display that can be assigned a color. If the computer display is set to maximum resolution, it's the smallest building block on the monitor. If the display is set to lower resoution, it can be made up of several blocks to form each pixel.
Point to Point (P2P)
We use this term for any connection that is from one point to another, such as a T1, DS3, and OC3 etc. These are typically used for business connections and are generally more expensive then residential services.
PPPoE
ort for Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet, PPPoE relies on two widely accepted standards: PPP and Ethernet. PPPoE is a protocol that allows users to log on and off from their high speed or broadband internet connection.
Protocol
A formal set of conventions that allow communication between two communicating functional units. Simply said it is a language that computers use to talk to each other. Of course there are many such languages. Most popular is TCP/IP used officially on the Internet.
Registration
The act of entering vital information about yourself.
Satellite
It is possible to get Internet access via low level orbiting satellites, like those that provide TV services. You get a Satellite connection for your internet service, but you also need a dial-up modem to use the service. To view websites or send email you need to send a request to that server to send you the information and to send information you typically need to use dial-up service with a satellite Internet service and is considered high speed or broadband Internet access.
Search Engine
A program that performs searching on documents for specified terms or phrases and returns a list of the documents where those terms were found. Search Engines are lately referred to Internet Search Engines. Most popular search engines today are Google, Yahoo, MSN, AllTheWeb, Excite, Lycos, AOL, HotBot, Altavista. There are over several thousands search engines and growing every day.
Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is an act of of increasing the the number of visitors to a particular Web site by adding appropriate keywords and phrases, and such ranking high in the search results. The higher a Web site ranks in the results of a search, the greater the chance that your site will be found by a search user. For general and competitive web sites it takes a lot of professionalism to tweak the web site in order to be well optimized and search engine friendly.
Search Engine Ranking
Search Engine Ranking refers to how high or how low a website ranks in a particular search engine. The act of using Search Engine Optimization will directly affect your site's ranking within search engines.
Spam
Spam referrs to the practice of blindly sending commercial messages or advertisements to email users or posting to newsgroups.
Static Content
Information or elements on web pages which do not change or are universal throughout a site
Static IP
You are assigned one IP address that is yours for as long as you keep your service.
Submission
Proper manual submission to search engines and directories
Submission Forms
Forms are web pages "fields" for a user to fill in with information. They are an excellent way of collecting and processing information from people visiting a website, as well as allowing them to interact with web pages. Forms are written in HTML and processed by CGI programs. The output can be sent as an e-mail form, stored online, printed, and/or returned to the user as an HTML page.
Thumbnail
A small version of a bigger image on a web page. Usually containing a hyperlink to a full-size version of the image.
Turnkey e-commerce
Electronic Commerce. Buying and selling products and services on-line via the Internet. Turnkey e-commerce refers to The Best Media Corporation's ability to set you up with a site selling goods or services virtually instantly!
Turnkey e-commerce Solution
Our simple solution to get you selling and offering services on the web!
URL
It stands for Uniform Resource Locator, which is a string that supplies the Internet address of a resource on the World Wide Web, along with the protocol by which the resource is accessed. The most common URL type is "http," which gives the Internet address of a World Wide Web page. Some other URL types are gopher and ftp.
Video Clip
A short video sequence that can be embedded into a web page.
Web Application
Web Applications are web programs or real programs designed to be used on the web site using a browser. Example of web application would be e-commerce web site, web banking, stock exchange on the web, web games and many others. Web applications are becoming very popular due to wide availability of the Internet access.
Web Based E-mail
Web based e-mail is a software on a POP3 server that allows you the luxury, if desired, to access your POP accounts by simply using a web-browser. It allows users to send and receive emails via any web-browser by viewing an HTML web page.
Web Design
Web Design
Web Marketing
Encompassing email marketing, banner advertising, viral marketing, link exchanges, etc, web marketing is a broad field indeed. Web marketing can be used to promote brand awareness for brick and mortar companies, or it can be used to drive traffic to a web site.
Web Page
One of the pages one the web site including home page.
Web Site
A site presence on the World Wide Web. Each Web site contains a home page (opening page), which is the first document users see when they enter the site.
Wireless
It is possible to get Internet access via wireless options, think of a cordless phone or a cell phone. It works the same way and is considered high speed or broadband Internet access.
World Wide Web
A system of Internet servers that support specially formatted documents. The documents are formatted in a script called HTML (HyperText Markup Language) that supports links to other documents, as well as graphics, audio, and video files. This means you can jump from one document to another simply by clicking on hot spots. Not all Internet servers are part of the World Wide Web.
