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Hosting and infrastructure #

Name server

Name server answering DNS queries for a zone and indicating where its services can be found.

Also searched as : nameserver dns
SEO, search and visibility #

NAP

Name, Address and Phone: consistency of a business’s name, address and phone across local listings.

Also searched as : seo local coordonnées
Marketing and acquisition #

Native advertising

Advertising whose form and presentation blend into the content or interface of the publishing platform.

Also searched as : publicité native
Artificial intelligence #

Natural language processing

Automatic processing of natural language allowing systems to analyze, understand or generate text and speech.

Also searched as : nlp tal
SEO, search and visibility #

Negative SEO

Malicious actions intended to reduce another website’s visibility, though many anomalies blamed on negative SEO have other causes.

Also searched as : seo négatif attaque
Hosting and infrastructure #

Network latency

Delay required for data to travel across a network between origin and destination.

Also searched as : latence réseau ping
Artificial intelligence #

Neural network

Computational model made of layers of units learning relationships from data.

Also searched as : réseau neurones deep learning
Content and communication #

Newsletter

Publication regularly emailed to subscribers to share information, advice or offers.

Also searched as : lettre information email
Hosting and infrastructure #

Nginx

Web server and reverse proxy commonly used to serve content, distribute requests and terminate TLS.

Also searched as : web server reverse proxy
Development and code #

No-code

Approach for building interfaces or automations with visual components without writing most of the code.

Also searched as : sans code builder
Development and code #

Node.js

Server-side JavaScript runtime also used by many development tools.

Also searched as : node javascript runtime
SEO, search and visibility #

nofollow

Link attribute value signaling that the publisher does not wish to normally endorse or pass signals through that link.

Also searched as : rel nofollow
SEO, search and visibility #

noindex

Directive asking compatible search engines not to retain a resource in search results.

Also searched as : meta robots x robots
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