Website Design Glossary
Website design is a major factor in whether visitors to a website stay and look around, or click away.
It includes the internal navigation, the color schema, font selection and a myriad of other considerations.
Natural SEO SEM has compiled many of the website design terms that may be of use to our customers and to our website visitors. We hope you will find them to be of use in better understanding website design and design features.
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Website Design Glossary
301 Redirect
aka Permanent Redirect. A web server setting that redirects traffic from one URL to an updated URL address.
404 Errors
An error returned by a web server when a requested file or webpage cannot be located.
Above The Fold
A reference to the top portion of a traditional newspaper. The portion of a webpage visible to a visitor without scrolling down.
Abstract
A summary, typically one or a few paragraphs at the beginning of a white paper or investigative report.
Accessibility
Humans, regardless of disability, as well as machines ability to perceive, interact, navigate, contribute to and understand the nternet.
Accessible Web Search
A Google powered search of websites for the visually impaired. Google adjusts the SERPs results to give priority to webpages that function well without images or will be more useful to the visually impaired because of quality alternative text or other helpful features.
ActionScript
A scripting language used by Flash, similar to JavaScript specifically for website animation.
Active Content
Material on a webpage that changes on the monitor with time passage or user input.
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Natural SEO SEM hopes that you find this Website Design information useful in understanding the Internet - and your place in it.