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microsite

British  
/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌsaɪt /

noun

  1. a website that is intended for a specific limited purpose and is often temporary

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In an early episode, protagonist Sophie finds a tip her missing sister scrawled on a container of Golden Pear body scrub that viewers can conveniently buy on the show’s microsite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Small businesses used a microsite to generate versions of the ads featuring their own store that could be posted on social media and other platforms.

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2023

For its part, Ethos set up a microsite that details its plans, including expanding registry services to “implement privacy regulations,” and to “clamp down on spam and DNS abuse.”

From The Verge • Dec. 17, 2019

It was uploaded onto a microsite for a training conference in 2004, which was then not secured or closed down.

From BBC • May 21, 2018

The global campaign, which also includes print and online ads, and a microsite, AxePeace.com, is by the London office of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, with Rupert Sanders directing the commercial.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2014