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Quirk's eMarketing Glossary

Are you just trying to grow your online business and getting swamped in a sea of buzzwords and jargon? eMarketing is full of them and although they are often used excessively, sometimes they are needed to appropriately explain something, or so the eMarketers will tell you.

Well fear not! To combat this wave of wordiness we have put together an eMarketing glossary to help you understand.

Looking for something that doesn't seem to be here? We can't do it alone Quirk Fans! Help us out by sending us your eMarketing related definitions.

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IIS

Internet Information Services from Microsoft.

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IM

Instant Messaging is a technology that allows its users to communicate in real-time. Essentially your IM system alerts you when a contact on your list is online; you can then initiate a chat session. IM is seriously the best thing since sliced bread (and you thought toast was). You can even IM us via the Quirk site to have all of your eMarketing questions answered ASAP (if we're online). Also known as IMing

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The act of deliberately generating impressions of an advert without the intention of clicking on the advert. The result is a reduction in click through rate which can affect Quality Score in PPC advertising.

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The number of times a webpage or ad is viewed.

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The searchable catalogue of documents and pages created by a search engine. Web spiders index websites with the search engines by scanning or crawling them.

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A search function specific to one site. This awesome tool allows users to find what ever they are looking for on your site. All they do is type in the search term and hey presto if you have it on your site, they’ll find it.

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A worldwide system of interconnected computer networks; the Internet connects millions of individuals from every corner of the globe. If it wasn't for the Internet we wouldn't be here - needless to say we LOVE it!

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IE – Microsoft’s web browser.

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An element of  WebPR, an internet press release is exactly the same as a traditional press release but is released online rather than in print and can be optimized to form part of an SEO strategy.

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The Internet Protocol (IP) address is a exclusive number, which is used to represent every single computer in a network.

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ISP

Internet Service Provider – this is the company that is providing you access to the Internet e.g. MWEB, AOL, Yahoo! etc).

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