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Web site search engine optimization help techniques

This web site is mainly aimed at web site search engine optimization, and the problems that you can encounter within web site design. The techniques that are used are briefly touched on here, and there is a glossary of web site search engine optimization techniques at the bottom of the page. If there is something that you think needs to be on here, please feel free to email me (bottom of the page).

Below are the links to the pages that I have made up to demonstrate different web site search engine optimization techniques that webmasters have used to try and fool the search engines. This is known as spamdexing (see search engine glossary for more information). These techniques have once worked but are now a big hindrence to search engine spiders. Below are some examples of what not to do when thinking about web site search engine optimization.

Examples of web site search engine optimization techniques - help

1. Hidden text example - Now you see it, now you don't
2. Printer friendly page - I didn't print this page??
3. Redirection (meta refresh) and the search engines - Where am I now??
4. Redirection (javascript) and the search engines - Where am I now??
5. Javascript and Remote Java files - Am I not understanding something??
6. Frames - Which window is bigger??
7. Tiny fonts - Bad things can sometimes come from small packages.
8. Comments - What text?
9. Flash - Too technical for spiders
10. Doorway pages - Getting people in the door

Explainations of web site search engine optimization techniques - help

If you would like to know how all this works, follow the links below for an explaination on the theory behind these outdated search engine optimization techniques:

1. Hidden text help - Why it doesn't work for search engines
2. Printer friendly - How you can use it on your pages
3 and 4. Redirection (meta refresh and javascript) and the search engines help - Search engines don't like being forced to go somewhere else
5. Javascript and Remote Java files - Spiders having a communication issue
6. Frames - "Which window should I look at?" spiders just don't know where to look
7. Tiny fonts - I can see straight through you
8. Comments - What text?
9. Flash - What text?
10. Doorway pages - word weightings?
11. Robots.txt and robots meta tags (revisit-after included) - Robots have rules to go by?
12. Small amount of content - Robots have a need, a need to read
13. Small image links - Now you see it, now you don't. Spiders have eagle eyes.

That's it for the moment. Please check back for updates as I might add some more pages here soon.

I have just added a new glossary page and search engine links page for all the search engine optimization terms and jargon that I use on these pages. This may be able to help you out with some of the terms used on the website. Also you'll be able to find the major search engines here.

Related web site search engine optimization help pages

Here are pages and web sites that are related to this sort of information. If you think your site needs to be here, click here for the link to us page.

Web site search engine optimization related links

Below is the directory listing in Yahoo and Dmoz that has sites related to this one. You may be able to find more information there.

Yahoo search engine optimization directory
Dmoz search engine submitting and positioning

If you would like to see a web site here that you think should be here, let me know or send me a message here.

Advanced web site search engine optimization help

In future there will be more comprehensive information on the search engines. I will most likely start with search engine spider information. This information is good mainly for people that want to use the search engine optimization technique called cloaking (see search engine glossary for more information). Cloaking makes use of the search engine spider's IP addresses and also User Agent names. Cloaking is for the more serious search engine optimization enthusiast. You will generally need access to your own webserver with the capability of setting up such software.

Stay tuned though, there will be more information regarding allround search engine optimization help. This information is going to be published in the web site search engine optimization variables page. This section will mainly deal in design issues that every webmaster can use for free. Cloaking tends to be more aimed at companies and businesses rather than the everyday person.

Web site search engine optimization variables - help
Web site search engine optimization glossary of help terms
Search engine links page
Free web site search engine submission
Search engine spider/agent names
Web site search engine optimization help sitemap


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