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Banner Ad N. Any Of The Annoying Graphical Advertisements That Span The Tops Of Way Too Many Web Pages.
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banner ad n.
Any of the annoying graphical
advertisements that span the tops of way too many Web
pages.
Related:
Too many pages make a tome.
webmaster n. [WWW: from postmaster] The person at a site providing World Wide Web information who is responsible for maintaining the public pages and keeping the Web server running and properly configured.
pider food n. Keywords embedded (usually invisibly) into a web page to attract search engines (spiders).
The intended result of including spider food in one's web page is to insure that the page appears high on the list of matching entries to a search engine query....
Evil Empire n. [from Ronald Reagan's famous characterization of the communist Soviet Union] Formerly IBM, now Microsoft.
Functionally, the company most hackers love to hate at any given time....
The purpose of many advertisements is to make consumers want to buy a product so that they will 'be like' the person in the ad.
This practice is effective because it not only sells products but also helps people feel better about themselves....
Many pages make a thick book.
Many pages make a crowded castle.