Glossary

Alt tags

Alt tags alternate text associated with a web page graphic that gets displayed when the Internet user hovers the mouse over the graphic. Alt tags should convey what the graphic is for or about and contain good relevant keywords. Alt tags also make web pages more accessible to the disabled. For example, a vision-impaired user [...]

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Alt Text

This is HTML attributes on images, links, forms, and other HTML tags. These are used to increase SEO by adding a description to various images, links, etc.

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Altavista

One of the most popular search engines of yesteryears. Now barely used, and owned by Yahoo.

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Anchor Text

The text that is displayed as the backlink to your site. Some search engines use anchor text as an off-page factor in determining a site’s ranking, so it is best to have your desired search terms as anchor text if possible.

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Animated Ad

An ad with movement, often an interactive Java applet or Shockwave or GIF89a file.

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announce site to search engines

“Announce” a website to the engines by adding a link to it from another site; that is, one that’s already indexed (by the search engines).

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AOL

America Online. An Internet provider and one of the most popular on-line services, offering, for example, E-mail, news wire reports, and user forums.

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Apache Web Server

The Apache web server is a very popular, open source, Linux-based, public-domain Web server.

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API

Abbreviation for Application Program Interface. An API is a set of routines, protocols and tools for building software applications; it determines how a service is invoked through the application.

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Aqueous Coating

It is used to protect and enhance the printed piece. Aqueous coating is applied to all 100lb gloss book and 100lb gloss cover.

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