Seo Abbreviations

A
    Anchor
ABMs
    Automated Bid Managers
ACS
    Access Control Server
ACSS
    Aural Cascading Style Sheets
AJ
    Ask Jeeves (a search engine)
AOL
    America Online (a search engine)
API
    Application Programming Interface
ASCII
    American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASP
    Microsoft Active Server Pages
    Application Service Provider
ASPX
    Microsoft Active Server Page Framework
ATW
    AlltheWeb (a search engine)
AV
    AltaVista (a search engine)
B2B
    Business to Business
BL
    Backlink
BO
    Backlinks Obsession
BOW
    Best of the Web
BSE
    Bulk Solicited Email
CAPTCHA
    Completely Automated Public Turing Tests to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
CGI-BIN
    Common Gateway Interface
CMS
    Content Management System
CPA
    Cost Per Acquisition
    Cost Per Action
CPC
    Cost Per Click
CPL
    Cost Per Lead
CPM
    Cost Per Thousand
CPS
    Cost Per Sale
CSS
    Cascading Style Sheets
CTR
    click thru rate
DNS
    Domain Name System
DOS
    Disk Operating System
EPC
    Earnings Per Click
EXE
    Executable
FAQ
    Frequently Asked Question
FTP
    File Transfer Protocol
G
    Google
GAP
    Google Advertising Professionals
GB - GIGABYTE
    1,000,000,000 Bytes = 1,000 Megabytes
GIF
    Graphics Interchange Format
GOOGOL
    10100 = 1 followed by 100 zeros
GUI
    Graphical User Interface
HTTP
    Hypertext Transfer Protocol   
HTTPS
    HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure   
IBL
    Inbound Link   
ICRA
    Internet Content Rating Association
ILQ
    Inbound link Quality
IM
    Instant Messaging
In-House SEO
    Any SEO working from home in their underwear or similar attire.
IP
    Internet Protocol
ISAPI
    Internet Server Application Program Interface
ISP
    Internet Service Provider
IT
    Information Technology
IYP
    Internet Yellow Pages
JPG
    Three letter file extension for Joint Photographic Experts Group
JS
    Javascript (file.js)
JSP
    Java Server Pages (file.jsp)
KB - KILOBYTE
    1,024 Bytes   
KBD
    Keyboard: Text to be entered by the user.   
KDA
    Keyword Density Analyzer
KEI
    Keyword Effectiveness Index (Wordtracker)
KW
    Keyword
LAMP
    Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl / Python
LAN
    Local Area Network   
LPO
    Landing Page Optimization
LSA
    Latent Semantic Analysis
LSI
    Latent Semantic Indexing
MB - MEGABYTE
    1,000,000 Bytes   
META
    Generic Metadata: Information about information.
Metadata
    Data about Data
MIME
    Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MMC
    Microsoft Management Console
MSP
    Managed Service Provider
MSSQL
    Microsoft Sequel Server
MySQL
    Popular Open Source Database
OBL
    Outbound Link   
ODP
    Open Directory Project (a directory)
ORM
    Online Reputation Management
OS
    Operating System
PDF
    Portable Document Format
PNG
    Portable Network Graphics
PPC
    Pay Per Click
PPV
    Pay Per Visitor
PR
    Google PageRank
PR0
    PageRank Zero
PSD
    PhotoShop Document
QWERTY (Pronounced KWER'TEE)
    English Language Keyboard
    Top Left Row of Keys
RAM
    Random Access Memory
REP
    Robots Exclusion Protocol
ROM
    Read Only Memory
RSS
    Really Simple Syndication
    Rich Site Summary
RTF
    Rich Text Format (file.rtf)
SAMP
    Sample: Program output, scripts, etc.   
SCRIPT
    Script Statements: The SCRIPT element places a script within a document.   
SE
    Search Engine
SEM
    Search Engine Marketeer
    Search Engine Marketer
    Search Engine Marketing
SEMPO
    Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization
SEO
    Search Engine Optimization
    Search Engine Optimizer
    Search Engine Overengineering
    Semantic Emotion Optimization
    Semantic Engagement Optimization
    Semantically Enhanced Optimization
    Sewage Enforcement Officer
SEP
    Search Engine Placement
    Search Engine Positioning
    Search Engine Promotion   
SERPs
    Search Engine Results Pages
SEs
    Search Engines
SES
    Search Engine Strategies (a conference)
SEU
    Search Engine Usability
SGML
    Standard Generalized Markup Language
SIT
    Stuffit Archive (file.sit) Macintosh File Compression Format
SMM
    Social Media Marketing   
SMO
    Social Media Optimization   
SMP
    Social Media Profile
    Social Media Profiling
SMTP
    Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SOAP
    Simple Object Access Protocol   
SOC
    Source Ordered Content
SPAM
    Sites Positioned Above Me
    SPAM Food Products from Hormel Foods Corporation   
SQL
    Structured Query Language
SSI
    Server Side Includes (file.shtml)
STATS
    Statistics
SWF
    Shockwave Flash (file.swf)
SYSOP
    System Operator
T&C
    Terms and Conditions   
TCP
    Transmission Control Protocol
TIF
    Three letter file extension for Tagged Image File Format (file.tif)   
TIFF
    Tagged Image File Format (file.tiff)   
TIF
    Three letter file extension for Tagged Image File Format (file.tif)   
TIFF
    Tagged Image File Format (file.tiff)   
TXT
    Text File (file.txt)
UGC
    User Generated Content
URI
    Uniform Resource Indicator   
URL
    Uniform Resource Locator   
URN
    Uniform Resource Name   
VBS
    Visual Basic Script (file.vbs)
VEO
    Visitor Engagement Optimization   
W3
    World Wide Web   
W3C
    World Wide Web Consortium
WAI
    Web Accessibility Initiative
WAIS
    Wide Area Information System
WAN
    Wide Area Network   
WAP
    Wireless Application Protocol
WCAG
    Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
WebDAV
    Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning   
WECA
    Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance   
WiFi™
    Wireless Fidelity (aka 802.11 Wireless Networking)   
WIMP
    Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointing Devices
WINDOWS NT
    Windows New Technology
WML
    Wireless Markup Language (file.wml)
WWW
    World Wide Web   
WYSINWOG
    What You See Is Not What Others Get
WYSIWYG (Pronounced Wizzy'Wig)
    What You See Is What You Get - Acronym associated with various HTML editors such as; FrontPage and Dreamweaver which are classified as WYSIWYG editors.
XAML
    Extensible Application Markup Language (Microsoft Vista)
XHTML
    Extensible Hypertext Markup Language   
XML
    Extensible Markup Language (file.xml)   
XMLP
    XML Protocol   
XMP
    Adobe Extensible Metadata Platform
XSL
    Extensible Scripting Language (file.xsl)   
XSLT
    XSL Transformations (a language for transforming XML)   
Y!
    Yahoo! (a directory)
YB - YOTTABYTE
    1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Bytes = 1,024 Zettabytes
ZB - ZETTABYTE
    1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Bytes = 1,024 Exabytes   
ZIP
    Zipped File (file.zip) Windows File Compression Format