Glossary of Web terms
{latin: Cacophonic Geekieus}
- Browser
- Programs such as Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer, Mosaic and other applications that let you browse the Web.
- Domain Name
- Address a user would type to go to the home page of your web site. For example: www.skinnedbanana.com is our domain name.
- Home Page
- The primary page on your web site. Generally named index.htm, default.htm, home.htm or homepage.html.
- HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
- HTML is the standard method of defining web documents for display on the World-Wide-Web.
- Indexed
- A search engine indexes your page when it add you to its database/index. Normally you get added to these indexes by specifically requesting to be added on the engines submission page.
- Keywords
- Generally refers to any word or phrase the user might search for in order to find your web site or a page on your site.
- Search Engine
- A Search Engine is a web site on the Internet that someone may use to find desired web pages and sites. A Search Engine will generally return the results to a user's search ranked by relevancy. The formula for determining what is the most relevant varies.
- Search Position
- Results from a user search on an Internet search engine are generally ranked by relevancy. Position is very important to your site's visibility. If you are not ranked near the top, most potential customers are unlikely to find you.
- Spider
- As a verb, this term refers to a search engine moving from one page to another on a single web site or multiple web sites.
- URL (Universal Resource Locator)
- A term used to refer to the complete address of a specific page on the Internet. For example: www.mysite.com/mypage.htm is a URL. Normally the portion www.mysite.com is called the domain name.
- Visibility
- Refers to how easy it is for someone to find your web site when they do a search. If people can't find you easily, you won't get many visitors
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