web surfer

collocation in English

meaningsofwebandsurfer

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web
noun[C]
uk
/web/us
/web/
a net used to catch insects, made by a spider from the sticky thread that its ...
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surfer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɜː.fər/us
/ˈsɝː.fɚ/
a person who rides on a wave on a ...
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(Definition ofwebandsurferfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofweb surfer

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Once a news site is up and running with stories, the marginal cost of anotherwebsurferlogging onto the site is effectively zero.
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Travel agent websites allow anywebsurferto retrieve multiple airlines' schedules and up-to-the-minute airfares, but search results invariably display a wide dispersion of fares for similar itineraries.
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The major difference is that in typosquatting the perpetrator relies on natural human typos, while in homograph spoofing the perpetrator intentionally deceives thewebsurferwith visually indistinguishable names.
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At first sight, this would appear to be an endangered species or something of that sort, whereas it actually refers to pirate web surfers.
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The project grew to considerable size since web surfers were invited to submit translations.
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Affiliates promote these galleries to web surfers in order to drive web traffic to the paysite; every subscription sold generates a commission for the affiliate.
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When web surfers click on this result, they are redirected to the competing website.
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Stealth disco, particularly the subgenre which involves posting the resulting videos online, was promoted by enthusiastic bloggers and other web surfers.
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However, it includes a special redirection script that redirects regular web surfers to the competitor's site.
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Many web surfers regard these advertisements as highly annoying because they distract from a web page's actual content or waste bandwidth.
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