.htaccess file

A file with one or more configuration directives placed in a web site document directory. The directives apply to that directory and all subdirectories.

Google Local Business Results

Special Onebox search engine results for local businesses displayed for some queries.

Block Level Link Analysis

An algorithm for ranking pages and link weights based on visual segmentation of the page.

Allegra Update

- Google Update of February 2005.

Aggregator

A Website that gathers feeds from RSS syndication. It may display them to subscribers in a Desktop popup device or popularize them in other ways. Examples include Technorati.com, Weblog.com, RSS Userland…

Absolute Path

A path that specifies the full URL of a file rather than its location relative to the current page or domain (Relative Path) . For example: – http://seo.yu.hu.com/seo_glossary.htm

as opposed to:

seo_glossary.htm.

950 Penalty

A penalty of precisely 950 positions in search engine results for a given keyword that is reputedly given by Google for Black Hat (unfair) SEO practices.

302 Google Jacking

A technique for falsely showing a high Google PageRankä by redirection.

30 Penalty

A penalty of precisely 30 positions in search engine results for a given keyword that is reputedly given by Google for Black Hat (unfair) SEO practices.

AV

AltaVista (a search engine).