- Blog
- A blog, or web log, is basically an online journal. They range from highly personal daily accounts to updates on business practices. A blog might be viewed as a conversation with readers, typically inviting comments and feedback.
- Browser
- Short for Web browser, a software application used to locate and display Web pages. Currently the three most popular browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
- CSS
- Short for Cascading Style Sheets, a feature added to HTML that gives Web site developers more control over how pages are displayed. With CSS, designers can create a single style sheet, or template, that defines the look of multiple web pages. CSS reduces the amount of code needed on each page to structure and decorate the content resulting in faster load times, easier editing and unobstructed crawling by search engines spiders.
- Domain Name
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A name that identifies one or more IP addresses. Domain names provide recognizable names, to numerically addressed Internet resources. By allowing the use of unique alphabetical addresses instead of numeric ones, domain names allow Internet users to more easily find and communicate with web sites and any other IP-based communications services. The following example illustrates the difference between a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and a domain name:
URL: http://www.yoursite.com/index.html
Domain name: www.yoursite.com
- HTML
- HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web pages. It provides a means to describe the structure of text-based information in a document — by denoting certain text as links, headings, paragraphs, lists, and so on — and to supplement that text with interactive forms, embedded images, and other objects. Web pages that are designed with HTML are referred to as "static pages" as opposed to "dynamic pages" that are authored in Flash or programmed using AJAX.
- IDX
- An Internet Data Exchange (IDX) is a real estate property search which allows the public to conduct searches of Multiple Listing Service properties from a real estate agent's website.
- Keyword
- In website design, this refers to a word or phrase that describes your specific industry. For example, Cargo Cult Web Design could not be described without using words such as "web designer, website design, website development" and so on. Relevant keywords, properly placed within the structure and content of a site, give internet users more opportunities to find your site on the web using search engines.
- Search Engine
- A program that searches web documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found. A search engine works by sending out a spider to fetch as many documents as possible. Another program, called an indexer, then reads these documents and creates an index based on the words contained in each document. Search engines use proprietary algorithms to create indices that, ideally, only return meaningful results.
- SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
- The purposeful structuring of a website to enhance your chances of being listed higher in search engine results for the top keywords in your industry. As an example, if you own a Mexican restaurant in Cedar Rapids, IA, your website should be designed in such a way to get you listed high for keywords such as "Mexican food, Mexican restaurants, Cedar Rapids, IA."
- URL
- Abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator, the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.
- Web Host
- A web host is a business that provides server space for websites controlled by individuals or companies that do not have their own web servers.