PII's -
BRIEF GLOSSERY OF INTERNET
AND MARKETING TERMS
- WEB PAGE - A document (usually in HTML language) at a physical address on the internet
(this page is at myautomail.com/thesaur.htm), and is available for anyone to look at.
- HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language, a simple programming language for designing web pages
It uses standard notation to efficiently transmit complex data, such as specifying in plain
English the font type, size and color of a title rather then the complex data string required for
a graphical image of the desired text, such as our title above is:
FONT COLOR="blue" FONT SIZE=+4 PII's /FONT /FONT FONT COLOR="red"
FONT SIZE=+3 BRIEF THESAURUSES OF INTERNET AND MARKETING TERMS /FONT /FONT
(braces removed to prevent conversion to HTML image)
- FFA - Free For All links page, a web page where you can list your marketing headline and
address (link) to your web page.
- URL - Universal Resource Locator - the actual web page address. It can be expressed as a name
(http://myautomail.com) or as a number sequence, such as http://38.201.147.207. Similar
to you being addressed by your full home address or your phone number.
- OPT-IN - A person who has opted to be listed on a mail list, normally accepting email from other
members or at least from the list owner. We use only double verified member lists!
- SPAM - Unsolicited Email (electonically transmitted mail).
- REFERRER - An associate, Affiliate or commissioned sales person, but not an employee!
- LINK - An electronic connection or address linked to a site. Usually a banner link but
also a text link has now become more popular.
- BANNER - A message area bigger then a button, usually with a link
to a specific page or site people will be connected to when they click on it.
- CGI - Common Gateway Interface - A popular programming language used for most user input
on most forms, such as order forms, to pass information between programs or to a database.
- MLM - Multi Level Marketing, like a commisioned sales person but payment
is made on your sales and on some or all of those below you.
- AUTO RESPONDER - An Email address that automatically sends back a preset message when
you send an Email to it.
- MORE TO BE ADDED....any suggestions?......