The blogger community has it’s own lingo. Before starting a Wordpress blog you need to know and to understand these terms and concepts. Here is a "small" collection with the most important terms you should know ...

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301 redirect; HTTP status code used to tell search engines that a web page has permanently moved to another URL. Will force the visitor to automatically jump to a new specified URL which might be on the same site or on a different one.

302 redirect; unlike 301 redirect, the 302 redirect is used for pages that have been moved temporarily.

404 (or “page not found” error); HTTP status code used when the server couldn’t find the web page requested by the browser.

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Above the fold; the upper section of the web page that is initially visible without scrolling.

A/B testing (or split testing); useful method to test, analyze and compare the conversion rates obtained with two different graphical, structural, etc versions of the same offer (e. g. testing two different marketing copies or two different email templates).

Affiliate ID; a unique identifier included in your affiliate link and used to track your personal performance.

Affiliate link; a special URL provided by the advertiser and associated with a given affiliate; contains a unique tracking code that can register and measure the performance of the given affiliate.

Affiliate network; an external third party who basically works as an intermediary between advertisers and publishers, providing the necessary technical platform and complete packages of management services for both sides.

Affiliate program; a performance-oriented partnership between a merchant (advertiser) and an independent individual promoter (affiliate). The advertiser agrees to share the profit with the affiliates in exchange for generating certain qualified actions, usually sales.

Anchor text; the visible and clickable text in a hyperlink.

Anonoblog (or ghostblog or faux blog); a slang term used to describe a so-called anonymous blog that is written and maintained by an anonymous author using a pseudonym or a pen name.

Autoresponder; a mailing program that automatically generates a set response – a prewritten answer – to all messages sent to a given email address.

Avatar; an icon, image or figure used to represent a given person in an online community (game, blog, forum, etc).