Non-paid search engine results. See also Organic Results.
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.
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Like etiquette but on the net, netiquette are the social rules that govern online interactions. An example of a net no-no would be IMing someone in caps (this means you’re SHOUTING).
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A word derived from net and citizen. Unlike a newbie, a netizen is an experienced web user. Someone who has spent a significant (if not disproportionate) time on the web.
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A unique visitor who visits a website for the first time ever in the period of time being analysed.
Aka n00b. Fresh blood – someone who is new to the wonderful online world and are often unaware of netiquette. You have to start somewhere, right?
An online discussion group usually focussed around a specific topic. Articles are posted and people have discussions around them.
NoFollow is an attribute of a hyperlink, indicating that the link is not necessarily endorsed by the website and is ignored by search engine spiders.
A NoIndex page is a HTML meta tag (at page level) telling the search engine spiders visiting your site not to display the page in the SERPs.
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