Business Abbreviations & Acronyms particularly in relation to website buying and selling

[Clinton]

I've got a more detailed glossary of terms used in the buying / selling of websites, but this sticky is for the abbreviations people are likely to come across in our threads. Please add your suggestions

API = Advanced Programming Interface (normally a gateway between your website and another websites tool)
AS = Adsense
AW = AdWords
BE = Break Even
BH = Black Hat (SEO method that's not necessarily approved by the SEs)
BHW = Black Hat World, a forum for discussing black hat techniques
BL = Backlink/s
BW = BandWidth (the amount of bandwidth used)
CB = ClickBank Affiliate Network
CJ = Commission Junction Affiliate Network
CMS = Content Management System
CPM = Cost Per Mille (Latin for thousand)
CR = Conversion Rate
CTR = Click-Through Rate
DP = Digital Point Forums
DD = Due Diligence
EBITDA = Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
eCPM = effective cost per mille
EFT = Electronic Funds Transfer
EMD = Exact (keyword) Match Domain
EP = Experienced People (this site and/or the sister site)
EPC = Earning Per Click
FTR = Free To Register (i.e. available domain)
FP = FlippingPlanet.com - this was an independent forum that merged with us in April 2012
G = Google
GA = Google Analytics
GAKT = Google Adwords Keyword Tool
GATE = Google Adwords Traffic Estimator
Gorg = Google as in Google + Borg (of the "resistance is futile" fame)
GWT = Google Webmaster Tools
Hits = Sometimes confused with UV's but a hit consists of an image loaded, a file loaded etc.
IAB = Interactive Advertising Bureau (also used to refer to the standard sizes of ads on the 'net)
IB = Interest Based (ads in Adsense that are based on what Google thinks the visitor is interested in)
IBL = Incoming Backlink/s
IP = Intellectual Property or Internet Protocol (the unique number that identifies your connection to the net)
IM = Internet Marketing
JS = JavaScript
JV= Joint Venture
JVP= Joint Venture Partner
LoI = Letter of Intent
LSL = Long Sales Letter
MFA = Made for Adsense
MLR = Master Label Rights
MMO = Make Money Online
MRR = Master Resale Rights
MO = modus operandi (not strictly a website buying term but it does crop up on these boards)
NPB = Non Paying Bidder (someone who wins an auction at somewhere like Flippa and then absconds)
OP = Original Post / Original Poster
OS = Operating System (as in Windows, Linux etc)
PLR = Private Label Rights
PPC = Pay Per Click (also used to mean "Pills, Porn and Casino" i.e pharma, porn and gambling - legal sectors that aren't universally approved or liked)
PPV = Pay Per View
PR = Google's Page Rank (Also Public Relations)
PV = Page Views (how many pages are viewed on your website)
ROI = Return on Investment
RPM = Revenue Per Mille (thousand)
SE = Search Engine/s
SP= Sitepoint Forums
SEM = Search Engine Marketing
SEO = Search Engine Optimization
SERP = Search Engine Result Page
ToTW = Threads of The Week, a bulletin we send out to all members who haven't opted out of receiving admin emails: more here
TTM = Trailing Twelve Months (revenue)
UGC = User Generated Content
USP = Unique Selling Proposition
UV = Unique Visitors (the unique number of ip's to your site)
WH = WhiteHat (SEO method approved by the SEs)
WP = Wordpress
WSO = Warrior Special Offer (products offered by members of the Warrior Forum to other members )
YOY = Year on Year

Others
WHOIS = (used to mean) Domain Ownership Details more
Pr0n = Porn
Slippa = Sitepoint (SP) + Flippa

Came here for an answer and didn't find it above? Post your abbreviation related question below if it's on-topic for this forum.

[Melissa]

SF= Site Flipping?

[tke71709]

MFA = Made for Adsense
SEO = Search Engine Optimization
SERP = Search Engine Result Page

[benitez17]

UGC = User Generated Content
GA = Google Analytics

[Clinton]

EBITDA = Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Other accounting abbreviations

[3Six]

Slippa = Sitepoint (SP) + Flippa
As Sitepoint and Flippa are owned by the same people, work from the same offices and share common goals, I thought it would be convenient to have a single word to represent them.

[Clinton]

Added NPD = non paying bidder

[petertdavis]

Added NPD = non paying bidder

That reminds me..... I noticed your glossary doesn't have 'Shill Bidder' in it. There must be at least as many shills in Flippa as NPBs.

[tke71709]

Added NPD = non paying bidder

NPD? Why not NPB?

[Clinton]

Oops!

OK, I've corrected it, thanks.

Peter, shill bidding is a term not unique to website auctions. But if you want to coin one for shill bidding on Flippa - like 3Six's efforts on Slippa - be my guest. And may it eventually reach the OED.