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Cloaking
serving different content to search engine spiders than to human visitors. Cloaking is basically a "bait and switch" tactic, where the web server feeds visiting spiders content More…
Cold Fusion
a web scripting language with limited capabilities, mostly centered around database access. ColdFusion program files are saved on the web server with a .CFM file extension.
Content Integration
Advertising woven into editorial content or placed in a special context on the page, typically appearing on portals and large destination sites. Also known as web advertorial or sponsored More…
Conversion
the act of converting a web site visitor into a customer or at least taking that visitor a step closer to customer acquisition (such as convincing them to sign up for your e-mail More…
Conversion rate
the rate at which visitors get converted to customers or are moved a step closer to customer acquisition.
Cookie
information placed on a visitor's computer by a web server. While the web site is being accessed, data in the visitor's cookie file can be stored or retrieved. Mostly cookies are More…
Cost Per Action (CPA)
the cost incurred or price paid for a specific action, such as signing up for an email newsletter, entering a contest, registering on the site, completing a survey, downloading trial More…
Cost Per Click (CPC)
the cost incurred or price paid for a clickthrough to your landing page.
Cost Per Lead (CPL)
Pricing based on the number of new leads generated. For example, people who click from an ad and then complete an inquiry form is considered to be a lead. The advertiser would pay based More…
Cost Per Order (CPO)
Pricing based on the number of orders received as a result of your ad placement. Also known as cost-per-transaction.
Cost Per Sale (CPS)
Pricing based on the number of sales transactions your ad generates. Since users may visit your site several times before making a purchase, you can use cookies to track their visits from More…
Cost Per Thousand (CPM)
the cost incurred or price paid for a thousand impressions
Counter
a simple program which tracks the total number of webpage impressions.
Crawler
see "spider"
CSS
Cascading Style Sheet - used to control the design of website
CTR - Click Through Rate
Click Through Rate is a measure of the number of clicks received from the number of ad impressions delivered. The formula to calculate CTR is: “number of clicks” / “number of ad More…
Custom error page
You can customize the content and the look-and-feel of the default page that is displayed on your web server when a 404 File Not Found error occurs. A good 404 error page has a friendly More…
Database-driven
As in "database-driven web site." Means that the website is connected to a database and web page content is based in part on information extracted from those databases.
Database-generated
As in "database-generated web page." Means that a web page is created dynamically 'on-the-fly' from a database, in contrast with a static HTML page.
Daughter Window
An ad that runs in a separate window associated with a concurrently displayed banner. In normal practice, the content and banner are rendered first and the daughter window appears a moment More…
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