SEO Glossary
SEO Glossary: D
Database:
Collection of data and informational tables that handles the functioning of the website.
Daughter Win:
Ads that run on separate windows offered by advertisers for publishers.
Dead Link:
A link that is No Longer Functional.
Deep Link:
A link which points to an internal page within a website.
Dedicated Server:
Server which is limited to serving one website or a small collection of websites owned by a single person.
Deep Link Ratio:
The ratio of links pointing to internal pages to overall links pointing at a website.
De-Listing:
Temporarily or permanently becoming de-indexed from a directory or search engine.
Del.icio.us:
Popular social bookmarking website.
Deep Submitting:
Submitting URLs of pages deep in your site to the search engines.
Digg:
Social news site where users vote on which stories get the most exposure and become the most popular.
Directory:
Human editors group websites into categories and provide site descriptions or edit descriptions that are submitted to them.
Description:
Directories and search engines provide a short description near each listing which aims to add context to the title.
DMOZ:
The Open Directory Project is the largest human edited directory of websites. DMOZ is owned by AOL, and is primarily ran by volunteer editors.
DNS:
Domain Name Server or Domain Name System. A naming scheme mechanism used to help resolve a domain name / host name to a specific TCP/IP Address.
Domain:
Scheme used for logical or location organization of the web. Many people also use the word domain to refer to a specific website.
Doorway page:
Web pages full of keyword-rich copy that doesn't deliver any useful information on it other than a link into the site, and whose sole purpose is to be fed to the search engines.
Dynamic Content:
Content which changes over time or uses a dynamic language such as PHP to help render the page.