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Glossary
Sometimes it is hard to follow exactly what is meant on web sites today. In order
to help ease that confusion we have created a quick glossary for you so that when
we say something... you know what we mean...
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Definition
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Feed
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A set of predefined keywords and phrases coupled with your own words and phrases
the will be used to search the interent.
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Article
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A summarized piece of information found on the Internet, returned to you with a
title, summary and hyperlink to view the source file.
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Widget
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A Research Hound program that you can use to view your feed. Small desktop programs,
web site controls and utilities that we have created for your use.
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Workflow
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A step by step approval process for your content. If you choose, you can use the
workflow in Research Hound to "approve" content before it shows up in your feed.
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Domain
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We define a domain as one of the following:
A web site URL, like www.researchhound.com
A network domain that passes through a Proxy Server or router so that your business
is uniquely identifiable on the Internet.
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RSS
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RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such
as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.
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Content Editor
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A Research Hound Control that lets you create a full page article of your own that
you can use on your web site.
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Category
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A top level grouping subject area. Research Hound uses this to supply a base set
of keyword(s) to narrow your subject matter search. Every Feed must have a category,
even if General.
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SubCategory
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A related grouping subject area to a category, that further defines more precise
keyword(s) to improve result quality.
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Keyword
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A single word or phrase that is submitted as a portion of your search string. You
can place more than one word in the text box, like "Research Hound", and it will
be treated as a single phrase in your search.
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Alternate Keyword
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These words or phrases are used to create iterative searches one at a time with
slightly different words submitted one after another to improve results and more
returned data.
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Subscription
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A monthly or annual account with Reseearch Hound, that provides you access to your
feeds.
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Smartphone
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An intelligent mobile device that can view a web page or have client software installed.
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Our Most Popular Keywords
Science & Technology Feeds