Archive for the ‘Word of the Week’ Category
Word of the Week – Geosocial Networking
This week’s word is all about location and social. Geosocial Networking, location-based social or geolocation…regardless of your eccentric term of choice, the fundamentals behind the idea remain the same. As defined by the human-powered encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Geosocial Networking is: Social networking in which geographic services and capabilities such as geocoding and geotagging are used to [...]
Word of the Week – Cuil
Pronounced “cool”, Cuil is a new search engine built by Anna Patterson, a search engine wiz who used to work at Google. While there was a lot of hype and excitement about the launch of the site, those seeking an alternative search engine might have to temper their enthusiasm a bit. While there are some [...]
Word of the Week – Google PageRank
Google PageRank is an algorithm used by Google to determine the weight of a set of linked (or hyperlinked) web pages. It is one of the (assumed to be) primary pieces of the larger Google Search algorithm which determines order of appearance in a keyword search. A larger number of quality links from high PageRank [...]
Word of the Week – Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs are a form of website navigation that displays information to the user as to the depth that they have navigated to within a website, or section of a website. For example, a common breadcrumb could look like: Home > News > Local > Phoenix Which would show the user that they have navigated through [...]
