Glossary Term B – Best Affiliate Programs

Back Links
Inbound links pointing to a page are referred to as back links, or backward links. The Google toolbar can make it easy to view what back links your site has coming in, or pointing to your site.

Banned
When pages are removed from a search engine's index specifically because the search engine has deemed them to be spamming or violating some type of guidelines.

BBS - Bulletin Board System
Bulletin Board System is an announcement and meeting system that allows users to upload and download files, make announcements and carry on discussions without the people being connected to the computer at the same time. Bulletin board cgi-scripts often come pre-installed with web hosting packages for easy set-up.

Billing Contact
When registering a domain name or for a web host, the billing contact must be provided to the registrar when completing the registration form. The billing contact is responsible for receiving the bills and paying the registrar/host any fees.

Blog
The latest and greatest online craze, Blogs, derived from Web Log, is a journal that is available on the web. Blogs are updated daily using simple software that allows users of all technical experience levels to add to, update and maintain the blog. One who uses a blog is called a blogger and the act of adding a post to the blog is called blogging. Bloggers usually arrange posts in chronological order and have the newest posts featured first.

Bounty
Payment an affiliate receives for sales, leads, or traffic to a merchant. Can be a set dollar amount, percentage of sale, price per click or other various forms of payment.

Bridge Page
Another name for a doorway page, which is a A Web page submitted to individual search engine spiders to meet specific relevancy algorithms. The doorway page presents information to the spider while obscuring it from human viewers. The purpose of doorway pages is to present the spider with the format it needs for optimum rankings while presenting a more appropriate version to human viewers. It's also a way for Webmasters to avoid publicly disclosing placement tactics. The use of doorway pages customizes submission to each individual search engine. Also known as gateway pages, entry pages, portals or portal pages.

Browser
The browser is the software your computer uses to read HTML code and present it to you so you can view it on your computer screen. The two main browsers currently used are Microsoft Explorer, Netscape Navigator and now Mozilla. They read the same information but present it in slightly different ways.

BTW - By The Way
A common abbreviation used in online forums, chat and email standing for, by the way.

Bulk Registration
When registering multiple domain names many registrars will offer bulk registration where you can register them all at once instead of individually.

Bulletin Board
A Bulletin Board is an announcement and meeting system that allows users to upload and download files, make announcements and carry on discussions without the people being connected to the computer at the same time. Bulletin board cgi-scripts often come pre-installed with web hosting packages so set up is easy.