Tag: Part Of A Search Engine
A Way for Search Engines to Improve
Posted on Jul.09, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments
Wouldn’t it be nice if the search engines could comprehend our impressions of search results and adjust their databases accordingly? Properly optimized web pages would show up well in contextual searches and be rewarded with favorable reviews and listings. Pages which were spam or which had content that did not properly match the query would get negative responses and be pushed down in the search results.
Well, this reality is much closer than you might think.
To date, most webmasters and search [...]
Search Engine Basics
Posted on Dec.27, 2008, under Web Design No Comments
Just about every major search engine has basically 3 parts. The
first is the spider, otherwise called a robot. The spider visits
a web page, reads it, and then follows links to other pages
within the site. This is what it means when someone refers to a
site being “spidered” or “crawled.” The spider returns to the
site on a regular basis, such as every month or two, to look for
changes and updates. (If a site is updated often and is well
marketed, this will [...]
Search Engine Basics
Posted on Nov.23, 2008, under Web Design No Comments
Just about every major search engine has basically 3 parts. The
first is the spider, otherwise called a robot. The spider visits
a web page, reads it, and then follows links to other pages
within the site. This is what it means when someone refers to a
site being “spidered” or “crawled.” The spider returns to the
site on a regular basis, such as every month or two, to look for
changes and updates. (If a site is updated often and is well
marketed, this will [...]
