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UGC (User-Generated Content)

UGC (User-Generated Content)

Content created by the public at large, generally not professionally edited, and directly uploaded to a site by a user (e.g. blogs, videos on YouTube, etc.)

Unique Visitors

Unique Visitors

Unique individual or browser which has accessed a site or application and has been served unique content and/or ads such as e-mail, newsletters, interstitials or pop-under ads. Unique visitors can be identified by user registration, cookies, or third-party measurement like ComScore, Nielsen or Gemius. Reported unique visitors should filter out bots.

URL tagging

URL tagging

The process of embedding unique identifiers into URLs contained in HTML content. These identifiers are recognized by Web servers on subsequent browser requests. Identifying visitors through information in the URLs should also allow for an acceptable calculation of visits, if caching is avoided.

This glossary is based on the IAB Wiki and IAB UK’s Jargon Buster. The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) is the trade association for online and mobile advertising. It promotes growth and best practice for advertisers, agencies and media owners.
For more information visit www.iab.net and www.iabuk.net.