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Dana Eagles
Dana Eagles of the Orlando Sentinel defines common Web terms to create an online journalism glossary.



Stickiness
Stickiness is the degree to which a Web site keeps visitors coming back and gets them to stick around for a while every time. Sticky Web sites offer new and compelling information, entertainment and social contact that engage people time after time. Some of them also store personal data in accounts, making it more convenient to return to that site than to try a competitive site where data would have to be re-entered.
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