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[Scottie]

Forumspeak

LOL- Laugh Out Loud
ROFL- Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO- Roll On Floor Laughing My Arse Off
LMAO- Laughing My Ass Off
WTF- What the F***
HTH- Hope This Helps
IMO- In My Opinion
IMHO- In My Humble (or Honest) Opinion
AFAIK- As Far As I Know
AKA- Also Known As
BTW- By The Way
DIY- Do It Yourself
FAQ- Frequently Asked Questions
FWIW- For What It’s Worth
FYA- For Your Amusement
FYI- For Your Information
IC- I See
MYOB- Mind Your Own Business
NOYB- None Of Your Business
O M G- Oh, My Gosh
OTOH- On The Other Hand
TA- Thanks Again
Cheers- A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy, enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc.
TIA- Thanks In Advance

[Scottie]

Basic SEO Speak

SEO- Search Engine Optimization
SEM- Search Engine Marketing
SERP- Search Engine Results Page
PPC- Pay Per Click
PFI- Pay for Inclusion
CPA- Cost Per Acquisition
CPL- Cost Per Lead
CPC- Cost per Click
CSS- Cascading Style Sheets
SSI- Server Side Includes
FFA Links- Free For All Links

[qwerty]

ITTAUTCABIEUHTTTBIEATT - I tend to avoid using those chat acronyms because I end up having to translate them back into English all the time

[torka]

GENERAL
IIRC = If I Recall Correctly
RTFM = Read The F***ing Manual

SEO-SPECIFIC
PFI = Pay For Inclusion

Oh, yeah, and SQUTHTRAQ (Slappin' Qwerty Upside The Head Then Running Away Quickly)

--Torka

[qwerty]

OK, OK... This one is real, but I don't know if I've got it right:

BCAK - Used by support people to indicate that the source of a problem is located Between the Chair And the Keyboard.

[torka]

Close...

I used to work in tech support. We used PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair). Sounded a little nicer in our problem resolutions than saying "the user is an idiot".

--Torka

[Jill]

General:

BRB - be right back
J/K - just kidding
ASL - age, sex, location (used by those on the make!)

SEM:

CTR = ClickThrough Rate

I think you guys got all the other ones!

[mcanerin]

IANAL

> I am not a lawyer

Woot!

> Yay! - I'm frequently accused of making this up, but it's common in other forums/chats.

SE

> Search Engine

G and Friends

> Major search engines in general.

Guinea pig SEO
> High rankings forum slang for keywords that anyone could get ranked in.

Ian

[torka]

Woot!

> Yay! - I'm frequently accused of making this up, but it's common in other forums/chats.

Really? I'd never heard it before. I thought it was a Canadian thing.

Guinea pig SEO
> High rankings forum slang for keywords that anyone could get ranked in.

Well, if we're going to include this, we'd better also mention:

Zebra pages
> A doorway page by any other name, would still stink just as much...

--Torka

[arlen]

Others that had/have me scratching my head:

PR > Page Ranking

KEI ?
API ?

[qwerty]

PR is actually PageRank. Ranking or rank is the position in which a particular page appears on a SERP (that's defined on this page, right?). They're two separate things. PageRank is Google's calculation of the value of a page based on the links pointing to it. It's a factor in ranking, but it's not the same thing.

API is Application Program (or Programming) Interface. You can get a good definition of it at http://searchexchang...i213778,00.html

And KEI... I don't actually know what it stands for, but it's an attempt at working out the value of a keyword phrase based on a combination of the number of searches that are done for it and the number of pages that are optimized for it. FWIW (is that one in here too?) it's not a very useful figure. I just ignore it.

[eWhisper]

AFK = Away from kyboard
BB = Bulletin board
ROTFL = Another one for ROFL
UTF = (Use the phone) Get off the IM/boards and give me a call

ATW = All the web
DR = directory
FW = Findwhat
G = Google
IYP = Internet yellow pages
LS = Looksmart
LY = Lycos
ODP = Open directory project
PDR = Paid inclusion directory
SP = Superpages
OV = Overture
Y = Yahoo
YB = Yellow book
YP = Yellow pages

ACPC = Average cost per click
MCPC = Max cost per click
MNCPC = Minimum cost per click

B2B = Business to Business
B2C = Business to Consumer
DR = Date Range
CPM = Cost per 1000 impressions
DTC = Direct to consumer
KW = Keyword
-KW = Negative Keyword
ISP = Internet service provider
PPL = Pay per lead
PL = Paid for links
ROI = Return on investment
ROAS = Return on advertiser Spending
0ed = Banned from Google (referrs to PR - however PR0 = Page Rank 0) also known as 'greyed'.

[Jill]

I believe KEI = Keyword Effectiveness Indicator

'cept it's not all that effective!

Jill

[qwerty]

ODP is also know as DMOZ, which I think is short for Directory Mozilla.

[mcanerin]

Greybarred = PR of less than zero - a blank grey bar - often indicating a penalty or ban.

FP - Front Page
DW - Dreamweaver

Ian