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[BrianR]

Thanks for re-organising those, projectphp - it makes life a lot easier.

BrianR

[Tom Philo]

Summarized sorted and listed as one page:

0ed - Banned from Google (referrs to PR - however PR0 - Page Rank 0) also known as 'greyed'
ACPC - Average cost per click
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AFK - Away from kyboard
AKA - Also Known As
ASL - age, sex, location
ATW - All the web
B2B - Business to Business
B2C - Business to Consumer
BB - Bulletin board
BBS - Bulletin board system
BCAK - Source of a problem: Between the Chair And the Keyboard.
BOGOF - Buy One Get One Free
BRB - be right back
BTW - By The Way
CPA- Cost Per Acquisition
CPC- Cost per Click
CPL- Cost Per Lead
CPM - Cost per 1000 impressions
CSS- Cascading Style Sheets
CTR - ClickThrough Rate
Cheers - A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy, enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc.
DIY - Do It Yourself
DR - Date Range
DIR - directory
DR - Date Range
DTC - Direct to consumer
DW - Dreamweaver
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FFA Links - Free For All Links
FP - Front Page
FTP - file transfer protocal
FW - Findwhat
FWIW - For what's it worth
FYA - For Your Amusement
FYI - For Your Information
G - Google
HTH - Hope This Helps
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
IBL - InBound Links
IC - I See
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMHO - In My Humble (or Honest) Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
INAC - I need a coffee
INACN - I need a coffee now
ISP - Internet service provider
IYP - Internet yellow pages
J/K - just kidding
K.I.S.S - Keep It Simple Stupid!
KW - Keyword
-KW - Negative Keyword
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
LS - Looksmart
LY - Lycos
MCPC - Max cost per click
MNCPC - Minimum cost per click
MYOB - Mind Your Own Business
NOYB - None Of Your Business
O M G - Oh, My Gosh
ODP - Open directory project- is also know as DMOZ, which I think is short for Directory Mozilla.
OKUW - OK You Win!
OTOH - On The Other Hand
OV - Overture
PDR - Paid inclusion directory
PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
PFI - Pay For Inclusion
PFI- Pay for Inclusion
PITA - pain in the butt
PL - Paid for links
PPC- Pay Per Click
PPL - Pay per lead
PR - Page Rank (Google)
ROAS - Return on advertiser Spending
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Roll On Floor Laughing My Arse Off
ROI - Return on investment
ROTFL - Another one for ROFL
RPITA - royal pain in the butt
RTFM - Read The Freaking Manual
SEM- Search Engine Marketing
SEO- Search Engine Optimization
SERP- Search Engine Results Page
SP - Superpages
SSI- Server Side Includes
STCPMTA - Stuff The Coffee Pass Me The Alcohol!
TA - Thanks Again
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TTYL - talk to you later
TTYL - talk to you later
UTF - Use the phone (Get off the IM/boards and give me a call)
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
Y - Yahoo
YB - Yellow book
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary
YP - Yellow pages
Zebra pages - A doorway page by any other name

Internet (aka Geekspeak)
SSI = Server Side Includes
API = Application Program (or Programming) Interface
ISP = Internet service provider
CSS = Cascading Style Sheets
DW = Dreamweaver
FP = Front Page
FTP = file transfer protocal

General Marketing and SEO /SEM Specific
0ed = Banned from Google (referrs to PR = however PR0 = Page Rank 0) also known as 'greyed'.
ACPC = Average cost per click
ATW = All the web
B2B = Business to Business
B2C = Business to Consumer
BOGOF - Buy One Get One Free
CPA = Cost Per Acquisition
CPC = Cost Per Click (used as a substitute for PPC, or as an aggregate of multiple PPCs)
CPL = Cost Per Lead
CPM = Cost per 1000 impressions
CTR = ClickThrough Rate
DMOZ = ODP = short for Directory Mozilla.
FFA Links = Free For All Links (aka Link Farms)
FW = Findwhat
G = Google
IYP = Internet yellow pages
KEI = Keyword Effectiveness Indicator (Wordtracker metric)
KW = Keyword
-KW = Negative Keyword
LS = Looksmart
LY = Lycos
MCPC = Max cost per click
MNCPC = Minimum cost per click
ODP = Open Directory Product
OV = Overture
PDR = Paid inclusion directory
PFI = Pay for Inclusion
PL = Paid for links
PPC = Pay Per Click
PPL = Pay per lead
PR = Page Rank
ROAS = Return On Advertiser Spending
ROI = Return On Investment (What you make {R} / what you spend {I})
SEM = Search Engine Marketing
SEO = Search Engine Optimization
SERP = Search Engine Results Page
SWOT - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (normally a report)
Y = Yahoo

[BrianR]

Oooh - another one too!

Thanks for your time on that, Tom - it makes the list more usable.

BrianR

[chrishirst]

Big list of them here

Including many of the more ahem! indelicate ones!

[send2paul]

It's old.......it's English, (I do believe), ............it's not www related....but at least it's worth a mention -:

TTFN - Ta Ta For Now

And with that............

TTFN

[Datagg]

Hmm unless I missed it, what about the one I use al the time BBL = Be Back Later

and GTG = Got To Go

[gUrLaLiEn]

This is a very helpful forum... i've been looking for this

[ewc21]

K.I.S.S - Keep It Simple Stupid!

I'd like to use Keep It Short and Sweet...

[Raphael]

Hmm unless I missed it, what about the one I use al the time BBL = Be Back Later

and GTG = Got To Go

Alas, that's community specific. In some communities, notably online gaming, GTG means 'Good to go' ... Which of course has a completely different meaning than 'got to go'... Causes all sorts of confusion

[Carolientje]

LOL this really helps a lot... got a friend whop always uses acronyms and half of the time i need to ask the translation. Still missed a few though:

TMI = Too much information
SNE ???? still don't know what this one means.... and he keeps on using it (really starting to annoy me.... )

ow yeah, and someone in this forum used FUBAR (???????)

anyone have any suggestions?

grtz (LOL and yet another one...)

[OldWelshGuy]

FUBAR - F'ed up beyond all recognition

[Kal]

Ah yes, the ole FUBAR appears in my emails quite often these days. Sad but true. Thanks everyone for this list I've only now discovered. I'm going to point my students towards it.

[MaKa]

One of the posts the other day had me scratching my head for a while:

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