A script is a type of program that consists of a set of instructions for another application or utility to use. See also 'CGI-Bin Directory' for more information.
Search Engine
A tool allowing users to search for information on the Internet using key words and phrases. Search engines explore the Internet and return a list of Web pages that are related to the key words or phrases entered. Popular search engines include Google®, Alta Vista®, Ask Jeeves®, Excite, Hotbot, Lycos® and Yahoo!®. Search engines are also a tool to market your Web site to potential visitors (see 'Search Engine Marketing' and 'Search Engine Optimization' for more)
Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
Use search engines to let people know about your site and drive traffic to your site. When a person searches on a term that is related to your Web site, a brief description of your site with a link to it will appear in their search results. There are a number of different ways to approach Search Engine Marketing.
You can also pay to be listed on search results (in a different area from natural, non-paid search results) when a key word you designate is searched on. This is called 'paid placement' or 'paid search results.' Yahoo!® Sponsored Search and Google AdWords™ are two programs that allow you to pay for placement.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) makes your site more appealing to search engines and gives them a better understanding of who they should send to your site. Optimizing your Web site should result in a high placement in 'natural search results,' or in the area where companies aren't paying to be listed.
Search Engine Submission
This includes the submission of your Web site to search engines and a complete analysis of your site, identifying improvement on your Web site that can help your Web site get indexed by search engines more successfully. Learn More
Secure Web Site Seal (Free Secure Site Seal)
All Secure Link SSL Certificates include a free Secure Site Seal. Secure Site Seals provide you with a visible presence on your Web site that you are a trusted and secure Web site that lets visitors know that your Web site is trusted and secure when conducting online transactions. When your customers click or mouse-over your Secure Site Seal, they will see that your SSL Certificate and organization credentials are valid in real time.
Server Side Includes (SSI)
A type of HTML comment that directs the Web server to dynamically generate data for the Web page whenever it is requested. SSIs can also be used to execute programs and insert the results.
Shared SSL
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is a protocol that provides encrypted communications on the Internet. This is used primarily for financial transactions that take place over the Internet. Shared SSL provides secure Web server access without requiring you to purchase a digital key. This means you will avoid additional cost, but you will be required to access your secure content in a form similar to the following: https://secure.networksolutions.com/username
Site Confirm Seal
Site Confirm Seals provide a visible presence on your Web site that lets visitors know that your site has been validated as a legitimate business. When your customers click or mouse-over your Site Confirm Seal, they will see that your organization's credentials are valid in real time. The Site Confirm Seal does not include an SSL Certificate or encryption. Please select from the SiteSafe SSL Certificates if you require SSL encryption.
SMTP
Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) is a protocol used in sending and receiving e-mail. However, since it is limited in its ability to queue messages at the receiving end, it is usually used with one of two other protocols, POP3 or IMAP, which let the user save messages in a server mailbox and download them periodically from the server. In other words, users typically use a program that uses SMTP for sending e-mail and either POP3 or IMAP for receiving e-mail.
Spam/Spam Filter
While originally used to refer to e-mail that was sent without explicit permission from the recipient, now it's used more broadly to refer to any unwanted e-mail. Spam filters attempt to identify spam e-mail and prevent it from being delivered to your inbox.
Sponsored Results / Sponsored Advertising
Listings on search engines such as Google® and Yahoo!® which are paid for by the sponsoring Web site. Also known as paid search advertising.
Spoofing
Spoofing is a general term for several different activities that involve disguising the source of a communication or the identity of a user. For example, spammers often attempt to cover their tracks through e-mail spoofing, in which the spam e-mail appears to originate from one source when in fact it was sent from another. Another type of spoofing can result from a PC hijacking, in which the attacker assumes the identity of the victim to gain access to privileged information and/or Web sites storing valuable data, such as online banking sites.
Spyware
Software unknowingly installed on a PC that secretly monitors the user's actions. Spyware can range from the benign, such as a cookie tracking a user's Internet habits, to the malicious, such as a PC hijacker.
SSL Certificate
SSL stands for "Secure Sockets Layer", which is the standard security technology for creating an encrypted link between a Web server and a Web browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the server and browser remains private and secure.
SSL Certificates serve two purposes:
They assure customers that a website is legitimate and that the online business running the site is a real licensed business.
They encrypt data transferred between a customer's Web browser and the online business to help prevent theft of sensitive information such as credit-card numbers, account numbers, and passwords.
The certificates are issued and validation assured by third-party companies called Certificate Authorities (CA). When a properly issued SSL Certificate is present on a website, the visitor's Web browser shows an image of a closed padlock and an "https" in front of the Web address.
SSL Certificate Replacement (Unlimited Reissues)
If at any time during the term of your SSL Certificate you need a certificate reissued due to a change with your Web hosting provider, Web server change, or other technical reason, Network Solutions will reissue your certificate for free. Please contact us at: E-mail: support@netsolssl.com or Phone: 1-877-228-1023 for assistance in reissuing your SSL Certificate.
Streaming Media
Streaming data refers to multimedia files, such as video clips and audio, that begins playing seconds after it is received by your computer from the World Wide Web. The media is delivered in a "stream" from the server so that you don't have to wait several minutes or longer to download multimedia files.
Sub-Domain/Directory Pointer
A directory pointer (or sub-domain) allows you to point that sub-domain to a particular page (or directory) of a Web site. For example, if you registered the domain name janesbagels.com, an example of a sub-domain would be specialpromotions.janesbagels.com. In this case the customer will go straight to the special promotions page instead of going to the main page of janesbagels.com.