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In Terms Of Meaning



T


he world of online                                                
marketing may often seem to     Mousetrapping                     
be speaking en entirely                                           
different language. Let’s work at     A rather intense and often        
demystifying some of the              frustrating means of keeping a    
terminology.                          visitor on a site is through      
                                      ‘mousetrapping’. This technique   
Disintermediation                     disables the use of a back button 
                                      and keeps you locked into the     
Have you ever heard of the term       site until you simply close the   
‘disintermediation’? In online        page. This technique is often     
marketing this is a term that is      adopted by website owners who     
an indication that the company        believe they will not have a      
providing the product for sale is     significant amount of return      
doing so in a factory direct          customers. By keeping the visitor 
fashion. The elimination of a         locked into the sight the website 
middleman allows for reduced          owner feels they have the best    
costs and effective distribution.     chance of making a sale. Most     
                                      legitimate online marketers       
First-mover Advantage                 generally frown upon the tactic   
                                      described above.                  
The term ‘first-mover advantage’                                        
is an indicator that the first        Surround Session                  
brick and mortar company that                                           
moves into a new area of online       Businesses that use a ‘surround   
marketing will have an advantage      session’ seek to connect with a   
over other similar companies          visitor based with an intense     
through the adoption of a             site-wide advertising blitz. In   
substantial ‘first-move’ into         effect one advertiser purchases   
ecommerce.                            the lions-share of advertising on 



a given site and allows altered       you will have increased traffic   
ads throughout the site to make a     on your site it is highly likely  
significant impression on your        that you will not see any change  
visitor. Some ‘surround session’      in overall sales. Those who agree 
are entertaining because the          to visit sites as a part of       
visitor can follow a storyboard       incentivized traffic generally    
throughout your site as a series      follow links to your site and     
of ads reveal a full story            then move along. Their visit      
unavailable in other advertising      registers, but it is rare that    
structures.                           they have any real interest in    
                                      your site.                        
Incentivized Traffic                                                    
                                      The above terms are just a        
When a visitor is paid to visit       sampling of the dozens of online  
your site it is called                marketing terms that are in       
Incentivized Traffic. Some            common use today. As you can see  
companies promise increased           there are some good ideas and     
traffic and they do so by             others that really don’t pack the 
providing a group of willing          punch most online marketers are   
visitors with a certain amount of     looking for.                      
money to visit your site. While       

                              




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Scott Lindsay is a web developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder of HighPowerSites and many other web projects. HighPowerSites is the easiest do-it-yourself website builder on the web. Get your own website online in just 5 minutes with http://HighPowerSites.com at: http://www.highpowersites.com


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