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Glossary of Google Products, Services, and Terms
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CPA - Cost Per Action
CPA is an Internet marketing model where advertisers pay for each time a user takes a specific action. Usually this means every time someone clicks on an ad and buys something.
CPA is an Internet marketing model where advertisers pay for each time a user takes a specific action. Usually this means every time someone clicks on an ad and buys something.
Chubby Lock Service for Loosely-Coupled Distributed Systems
Chubby Lock Service for Loosely-Coupled Distributed Systems
Chubby Lock Service for Loosely-Coupled Distributed Systems
The Cloud
"The cloud" is a term that network professionals often use for the Internet. Network diagrams often depict the Internet as a cloud shape, which may be the origin of the term.
"The cloud" is a term that network professionals often use for the Internet. Network diagrams often depict the Internet as a cloud shape, which may be the origin of the term.
Calendar
Google Calendar is a free online calendar that allows you to share calendars with multiple users. Google Calendar can import and export data to Outlook, iCal, and Yahoo! Calendar. It is also integrated with Gmail and Personal Home Page
Google Calendar is a free online calendar that allows you to share calendars with multiple users. Google Calendar can import and export data to Outlook, iCal, and Yahoo! Calendar. It is also integrated with Gmail and Personal Home Page
CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA is a trademarked term from Carnegie Mellon University and stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart"
CAPTCHA is a trademarked term from Carnegie Mellon University and stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart"
Catalogs
Google Catalogs is a search engine that searches through a massive database of print catalogs. The catalogs can be searched by key words or browsed by subject.
Google Catalogs is a search engine that searches through a massive database of print catalogs. The catalogs can be searched by key words or browsed by subject.
Click Fraud
Click fraud occurs when someone artificially elevates the number of clicks or impressions that register with their Web page in order to get more money for their AdSense or other Internet advertising.
Click fraud occurs when someone artificially elevates the number of clicks or impressions that register with their Web page in order to get more money for their AdSense or other Internet advertising.
Click-to-Call
This is a service still in testing that will allow you to contact a Google advertiser at Google’s expense. You type in your phone number, and Google will phone you and connect you to the advertiser.
This is a service still in testing that will allow you to contact a Google advertiser at Google’s expense. You type in your phone number, and Google will phone you and connect you to the advertiser.
Cloaking
Cloaking in Google terms means designing a Web site so that search engines see one thing and visitors see another. This provides for a poor user experience, and it's a practice that can get a site removed from Google's search engine index.
Cloaking in Google terms means designing a Web site so that search engines see one thing and visitors see another. This provides for a poor user experience, and it's a practice that can get a site removed from Google's search engine index.
Co-op
Google Co-op is currently in beta. It’s a service that allows people to contribute expertise by suggesting ways Google searches can be grouped, labeled and annotated for refined results. Users subscribe to a topic, and the topic’s labels and annotations will appear with the search results.
Google Co-op is currently in beta. It’s a service that allows people to contribute expertise by suggesting ways Google searches can be grouped, labeled and annotated for refined results. Users subscribe to a topic, and the topic’s labels and annotations will appear with the search results.
Code
Code is Google’s site for external developers interested in developing Google related code. This is where Google publishes free source code and related information.
Code is Google’s site for external developers interested in developing Google related code. This is where Google publishes free source code and related information.
Comment Spam
Comment spam is the unethical practice of leaving links in unrelated blogs and guestbooks with the intent of boosting a site's search engine ranking. Many comment spam postings are left automatically by programs that seek out blogs and guestbooks.
Comment spam is the unethical practice of leaving links in unrelated blogs and guestbooks with the intent of boosting a site's search engine ranking. Many comment spam postings are left automatically by programs that seek out blogs and guestbooks.
Compute
Google Compute is a feature of Google Toolbar that allows you to “donate” your computer’s idle time to do calculations for scientific research. Compute should not affect any of your regular computer usag
Google Compute is a feature of Google Toolbar that allows you to “donate” your computer’s idle time to do calculations for scientific research. Compute should not affect any of your regular computer usag
Cookin' With Google
Cookin' With Google is a search engine that uses Google to find recipes based on the ingredients you specify. The idea is to find recipes for foods that you have in your refrigerator, rather than finding recipes and checking to see that you have those ingredients on hand.
Cookin' With Google is a search engine that uses Google to find recipes based on the ingredients you specify. The idea is to find recipes for foods that you have in your refrigerator, rather than finding recipes and checking to see that you have those ingredients on hand.
Copernicus Center
As a joke, Google posted a fake job listing for a lunar hosting and research center, “The Google Copernicus Hosting Environment and Experiment in Search Engineering (G.C.H.E.E.S.E.)“ supposedly opening in 2007.
As a joke, Google posted a fake job listing for a lunar hosting and research center, “The Google Copernicus Hosting Environment and Experiment in Search Engineering (G.C.H.E.E.S.E.)“ supposedly opening in 2007.
CPC - Cost Per Click
Cost Per Click, or CPC is one method of payment for AdSense Ads. In the CPC system, webmasters hosting the AdSense ads are paid a price for every person who clicks on an ad.
Cost Per Click, or CPC is one method of payment for AdSense Ads. In the CPC system, webmasters hosting the AdSense ads are paid a price for every person who clicks on an ad.
CPM - Cost Per Thousand Impressions
CPM or cost per thousand impressions is an AdSense pricing scheme where webmasters are paid for every thousand times an ad is displayed on a page.
CPM or cost per thousand impressions is an AdSense pricing scheme where webmasters are paid for every thousand times an ad is displayed on a page.
Google Checkout
Google Checkout is a Google service that processes credit card payments. Business owners can offer Google Checkout as a payment method for customers.
Google Checkout is a Google service that processes credit card payments. Business owners can offer Google Checkout as a payment method for customers.