Dynamic and Dynamic Rotation || SEO Glossary: D

Dynamic:- generated 'on-the-fly' from a database. Also see "database-driven."


Dynamic Rotation:- Delivery of ads on a rotating, random basis. Dynamic rotation allows ads to be served on different pages of the site and exposes users to a variety of ads.

Doorway page || SEO Glossary: D

Also known as a "bridge page" or a "gateway page". A doorway page is a web page full of keyword-rich copy that doesn't deliver any useful information on it other than a link into the site, and whose sole purpose is to be fed to the search engines.

Directory || SEO Glossary: D

Human editors group websites into categories and provide site descriptions or edit descriptions that are submitted to them. With a directory, picking the right category and composing a description rich in key phrases will ensure maximum visibility. Contrast this with a search engine, which is unedited and concerned primarily with the HTML of a site's constituent pages.

Deep submitting || SEO Glossary: D

Submitting URLs of pages deep in your site to the search engines. For example, if a webmaster of 200-page website submits each of those 200 pages. This tactic is frowned upon by some search engines because it unnecessarily clogs up their submission database when the search engine spider could find those pages on its own by exploring links starting at the home page.

Daughter Window || SEO Glossary: D

An ad that runs in a separate window associated with a concurrently displayed banner. In normal practice, the content and banner are rendered first and the daughter window appears a moment later.

Database-generated || SEO Glossary: D

As in "database-generated web page." Means that a web page is created dynamically 'on-the-fly' from a database, in contrast with a static HTML page.

Database-driven || SEO Glossary: D

As in "database-driven web site." Means that the website is connected to a database and web page content is based in part on information extracted from those databases.