Search Engine Optimization: March 2008 Archives

Deciding what keywords will be used is really difficult, as difficult as searching a piece of gold among rocks. So, I would say that link builders are figuratively gold diggers. Why are we making things difficult by being choosy for words? Of course, we became choosy of keywords because search engines are also choosy, particularly Mr. Spider.

Keywords must have a higher value which is the basis for ranking in the search engine results page (SERP). The value of keywords is determined in their relevance to your article and texts in your website. Google has ADWords that determines your keywords' value, and as a result, it will gain more attention by the web crawler. The more it gets attention, the higher the possibility that it will be ranked or will rank higher than its present and previous ranking.

Generally, keywords are words or phrases that are typed in by the internet users in searching something that would give them information they need. In this case, link builders must have a researcher's mind to anticipate what possible words or phrases will internet users most likely to type in the search bar. Some SEO experts say, in which I also agree, that keywords must be descriptive of the whole content of your web page or site to be searchable. Here's one tip; to avoid keyword stuffing, get the keyword density of your web content. Keyword stuffing is defined as unnecessary excessive use of a keywords or keyword phrases in order to get a presumed higher ranking on SERP. This is a black hat SEO strategy that should be avoided. Keyword density is the percentage of total number of particular words or phrases used in the whole article. It must not exceed to 9% every web page; though ideally it is 5% per web page. Before, getting a higher ranking is as easy as a number game. Recently, it is no longer the case because the basis is quality of keywords over quantity. What will tons of rocks worth compared to a fist of gold?

            This is really just a program that links all over the internet, grabbing a information  from any sites, and then add it to the search engine indexes. The most important part of the spider is to follow a link from one page to another, and from one site to another. Google specially relies on their spiders to create an enormous vast index of listing. Because, the more times they can find a link to a website, the more times they will view and visit a website.

             The terms "spider," robots," and "crawler" are just the same. They are used interchangeably for years to explain the applications that is gathering valuable information for the internet. When a spider is searching for information, they artificially inflate traffic statistics. A web server cannot tell the difference if it is a spider or a person who is requesting for the information. Spiders, robots, and crawlers are used by many companies just to retrieve any information regarding a website. Spiders, robots, and crawlers are often present and are programmed to follow a hyperlink all throughout the internet. The most well-known users of spiders is Search Engine. It makes up a large number of visits to a well-established website.

             The Google robot, also known as the Googlebot, is the most active. It visits a website several times a day just to check for any updates. Googlebot is twice as active as the Yahoo! crawler and six times more active than the new MSNBot.         

             Some companies also use crawlers, robots, and spiders, especially companies that offer link checking or validation services, and by companies which gather company information and email addresses for sale. Don't be misled by their names, because spiders don't visit multiple sites simultaneously from one site to another. The spider only visits one site then gathers information and links then moves to this new sites.

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