Also:  "addon"

Consists of a small software program that interacts with a host application (a web browser or an email client, for example) to provide a certain, usually very specific, function "on demand". Applications support plugins so any programmer can add useful functions to them.

The best known for coining the phrase "add ons" is Firefox.  Here is their add ons page.

Wordpress uses the term "plugin" for their blog software for which there are hundreds of plugins available.

Revenue sharing between online advertisers and online publishers whereby compensation is based on performance measures, typically in the form of sales, clicks, registrations, or a hybrid model.

See Affiliate Marketing in our Monetization section for more info.

Alexa is one of the many smaller Internet search engines. It’s importance for Internet marketers lies in the fact that it provides information about the traffic of websites and a website ranking list based on amount of traffic.

You can learn more about Alexa here and even grab their toolbar to see Alexa rankings for every site you visit.

Writing articles is a powerful way to promote your site or business. You create articles about topics which tie in with your business (blatant sales pitches do not work), and then submit them to relevant ezines which are looking for articles.

Articles to refer to: Liz Pabon, Article Directories, Authority Black Book.

ASC stands for "Authority Site Center."

You might see references to ASC throughout this site.  ASC was the membership that served as the basis for building Blog Success.  Though the site has been merged into Blog Success, many members of Blog Success come from ASC.

Some of our materials from ASC were so good that they didn't need to be updated or edited, so we left them as-is.

A program that sends an automatic form response to incoming emails.  A stand-alone program we recommend for managing your autoresponders and mailing lists is AWEBER.