New terms added:
Bait-and-Switch
Cloaking
Go.com
Keyword Domain Name
MultiCrawl
Multiple Domain Names
XML
XSL
Changes to the definitions of existing terms:
Altavista
GoTo
Infoseek
Keyword
Lycos
Query
Submission Service
New terms added:
Flash Page
IP Delivery
Open Directory Project
Page View
Site Hit
Stealth Script
Stop Word
Submission Service
Changes to the definitions of existing terms:
Agent Name Delivery
Altavista
Ask Jeeves
Direct Hit
Excite
Hidden Text
Hit
Inbound Link
Infoseek
Meta Tag
NewHoo
Northern Light
Page Popularity
Query
Unique Visitor
Yahoo
Other changes:
Added the following anchor points for specific (existing) terms:
Agent Name Delivery
Hidden Text
RealNames
Splash Page
Unique Visitor
Changed the URL of Andrea's Italian translation to:
http://www.toptrenta.com/faq1.htm
New terms added:
Ask Jeeves
Clustering
Dynamic content
Entry Page
Euroseek
GoTo
Heading
Infind
Keyword Purchasing
Log File
Mining Company
Open Text
Snap!
Stemming
Virtual Server
Changes to the definitions of existing terms:
Altavista
Direct Hit
Excite
Gateway Page
Hotbot
Meta Search Engine
Netfind
Page Popularity
Positioning
Query
Search Engine
Searchking
Yahoo
Other changes:
Split the main glossary page into five pages as follows, because the previous main page was becoming too big, and changed the design of the pages at the same time:
A-D srchad.htm E-I srchei.htm J-N srchjn.htm O-R srchor.htm S-Z srchsz.htm
Changed the URL of Oscar's Spanish translation to:
http://www.tiemposmejores.com.ar/isearch.htm
and that of Chris's French translation to:
http://www.idf.net/mdr/glossaire.html
Added an index bar after the search terms beginning with each letter, for easier navigation, as shown below:
Added the following anchor points for specific (existing) terms:
GoTo
Search Engine
Server
New terms added:
Altavista
Comment
Direct Hit
Dogpile
Excite
Hotbot
Infoseek
Inktomi
Java
Javascript
LookSmart
Lycos
Metacrawler
Metafind
Netfind
NewHoo
Northern Light
Portal Page
RealNames
Refresh Tag
Searchking
Webcrawler
Yahoo
Changes to the definitions of existing terms:
Applet (link changes only)
Directory
Gulliver (new link only)
Meta Search
Meta Search Engine
Page Popularity
Portal
Scooter (new link only)
Search Engine (link changes only)
Sidewinder (new link only)
Slurp
Other changes:
Added letter "E", "J", "N" and "Y" anchor points and "sete", "setj", "setn" and "sety" links in the alphabet list.
Added the following anchor points for specific terms:
Altavista
Applet
Dogpile
Excite
Frames
Hotbot
Infoseek
Inktomi
Java
Javascript
LookSmart
Lycos
Metacrawler
Metafind
Meta Search
Meta Search Engine
Northern Light
Portal Site
Webcrawler
Yahoo
New terms added:
Applet
Channels (the same as Channel listings)
Image Map
Misspellings
Portal Site
Search Term
Spidering
Title
Unique Visitor
Changes to the definitions of existing terms:
Agent Name Delivery
Channel listings
Mirror Sites
Query
Other changes:
Added the following anchor points: "set_hit"
immediately before the term "Hit",
"set_politeness_window" before "Politeness Window" and
"set_query" for "Query".
New terms added:
(none)
Changes to the definitions of existing terms:
Agent Name Delivery
Keyword Density (removing last sentence with a bad link)
Positioning (adding information about PositionAgent, Rank This and Webposition)
Other changes:
Updated the I-Search subscribe information.
New terms added:
ArchitextSpider
Gulliver
Inbound Link
Keyword Density
Link Popularity
Scooter
Sidewinder
Slurp
Changes to the definitions of existing terms:
Robot
Spider, Spyder
Other changes:
Added links to French and Italian translations.
Changed format of list of translations.
Added letter "L" anchor point and "setl" link in the
alphabet list.
New terms added:
Fake copy listings
Multiple Keyword Tags
Referrer
Skewing
Changes to the definitions of existing terms:
Channel Listings
Domain
Frames
Gateway Page
Positioning Technique
Spamdexing
Other changes:
Added link to German translation.
Added link to Serbian translation.
Added internal hyperlinks and anchor points for references
(as per the German translation)
Changed e-mail address for feedback to "set@cadenza.org".
New terms added:
Click through
Client
Dead Link
De-Listing
Font and Background Spoofs
Keyword Phrase
Keyword Stuffing
Meta Search
Mirror Sites
Multiple Titles
Politeness Window
Relevancy Algorithm
Re-submission
Server
Siphoning
Sniffer
Spamming
Spoofing
Traffic
URL
Changes to the definitions of existing terms:
Keyword
Meta Search Engine
Optimization
Spamdexing
Other changes:
Hyperlinked the letter T in the alphabet list near the
top of the page
to a new "sett" anchor point. (i.e. we now have a term beginning
with "T").
New terms added:
Channel listings
HTTP
Portal
Splash page
Changes to the definitions of existing terms:
Index
Meta tag
robots.txt
Other changes:
Added link to Dutch translation.
Added link to I-Search archives.
Reorganised introductory text so that index links are
visible on small screens without scrolling.
New terms added:
Crawler
Description
Hidden Text
Page Popularity
Placement
Robot
robots.txt
Other changes:
Added link to Spanish translation.
Added alphabetical link for "C" (to #setc)
Changed definition of "Index".
If you would like to translate the I-Search glossary into your mother tongue then please contact Keith Bramich at cadenza.org.