Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Glossary

Definitions to the terms used to describe actions and event in the world of Search Engine Marketing.

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Metadata
META Tags or what are officially referred to as Metadata Elements, are found within the section of your web pages.
MSN (MicroSoft Network)
Microsoft's search engine.
Mirror Sites
A mirror site is a site that exacltly duplicates another site.
Meta Search Engine
A search engine that relies on the meta data found in meta tags to determine relevancy.
Meta Description Tag
Hold the description of the content found on the page.
Meta Keywords Tag
Holds the keywords that are found on the page.
Most Wanted Response (MWR)
This is what you want your customer to do on your site.
Metajacking
The use of copyrighted names and slogans in META tags.
Mobisode
TV shows shot exclusively for mobile phones.
Mociology
The study of how people adapt and use wireless technologies.
Microchunk
To split up a product or service sold traditionally as a package, offering each piece to buyers a la carte.
Meta Tag Masking
An old trick that uses CGI codes to hide the Meta tags from browsers while allowing search engines to actually see the Meta tags.
MP3
Stands for “MPEG Third Layer.” A standard for storing and transmitting music in digital format across the Internet.
MFA (Made For AdSense)
A term that describes websites that are created entirely for the purpose of gaming Google Adsense to make money.
MoBlog
Short for "My Mobile Blog", a service from Blogger that when you send an email to go@blogger.com from your cellphone, it automatically creates a new blog.
Meta Tags
Header tags that provide information about the content of a site.
Mashups
Commonly thought of as a way of merging two different items, or scraping more than one source.
MicroFormats
Designed for humans first and machines second, microformats are a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards. Instead of throwing away what works today, microformats intend to solve simpler problems first by adapting to current behaviors and usage patterns (e.g. XHTML, blogging). - taken from (http://microformats.org/about/)
MFD
Made For Digg - Similar to MFA (Made for AdSense) sites, these sites try to get traffic from digg by having entire sites full of funny images or postings.
Mowser
Short for Mobile Browser.