Online Marketing Jargon: What Are You On About?

There are 10 types of people. 

Those who understand binary and those who don't.

Geeky jokes generally have a lot of jargon! This one in particular will only be understood by those who know binary, and those people are usually programmers. 

The Matrix (2000 film) was made up of
binary 1s and 0s because it was a simulated
world!

Joke Explanation: Binary is completely made up of just 1's and 0's, and in binary, the number 2 is written as '10'. 

So the first sentence essentially says 'There are two types of people..." Funny, eh?!

Jargon can creep into your everyday language without you even realising it. It doesn't just crop up in the office!

Loosely defined, jargon refers to any words used by a group of people that are difficult for others to understand. 

So if you bamboozle your granny when you talk about SEO and coding, then congratulations, you're a jargon-user! 

The Biggest Change We've Seen in 2014

As we hurtle towards Christmas, the T.V. guide will inevitably start to fill up with such delectable treats as ‘Most Shocking Celeb Moments of 2014’, ‘Richest People of 2014’, and ‘Top Cars of 2014’. Notice the theme?  

Now whilst these shows may not be everyone’s cup of tea, they certainly do provide a little perspective for us all.

So with "end-of-year-perspective" in mind, the whole team at Vital Hike have been discussing the biggest changes we've seen for websites in 2014. But don’t worry; we’re not going to count down the list from 100... because there was actually one major game-changer in 2014.

And the winner is...