Search Engine Spiders and Your Web Site

<h1>Search Engine Spiders and Your Web Site</h1>Author: <a title="Gary Neame" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/gary-neame/33669.htm">Gary Neame</a> Axandra Search Engine University A web page that looks great to the human eye can be totally meaningless to search engines. For example, search engines cannot read the text on the images of your web site, and many don't understand web languages such as JavaScript or CSS. If you have a great looking web site that is meaningless to search engines, you won't be able to achieve high search engine rankings with that web site - no matter how good and interesting your web site content is. In general, search engines cannot see content that is presented in the following file formats: <ul> <li>images (GIF, JPEG, PNG, etc.) </li> <li>Flash movies, flash banners, etc. </li> <li>JavaScript and other script languages </li> <li>other multimedia file formats </li> </ul> Some search engines can index some of these file formats but in general, it's very difficult to obtain high search engine rankings if your main web site content is presented only in these formats. Search engines need text to index your web site. They cannot know what's written on your GIF or JPEG images or in your Flash movies. If you use a lot of images on your web site, you should also create some web pages that contain a lot of text. If you want to find out how search engines see your web site, you have to use a search engine spider simulator tool. A search engine spider simulator tool emulates the software programs search engines use to index your web site. They show you what elements of your web site are visible to search engines. <a href="http://www.Axandra.com/go.to/onefreekiwi/2">IBP's search engine spider simulator</a> helps you to find out how search engines see your web site. IBP's spider simulator even allows you to emulate special search engines spider names so that you can find out if your competitors send different pages to search engine spiders. Just enter the URL of your web site and IBP will tell you what text and which links search engines can find on your site. That allows you to quickly find out whether your web site lacks information that search engines need to properly index your web site. <a href="http://www.Axandra.com/go.to/onefreekiwi/7" target="_blank">More information can be found in our free weekly Search Engine Facts newsletter</a> About the Author: ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Internet marketer Gary Neame specializes in teaching real people how to successfully start, build, and grow their own profitable online businesses on small budgets. To get instant access to the step-by-step strategies, tools, and resources. visit:<a href="http://allaboutinternetmarketingtips.com">All About Internet Marketing Tips</a>Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/sem-articles/search-engine-spiders-and-your-web-site-692436.html" title="Search Engine Spiders and Your Web Site">Search Engine Spiders and Your Web Site</a>

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A web page that looks great to the human eye can be totally meaningless to search engines. For example, search engines cannot read the text on the images of your web site, and many don't understand web languages such as JavaScript or CSS.

If you have a great looking web site that is meaningless to search engines, you won't be able to achieve high search engine rankings with that web site - no matter how good and interesting your web site content is.

In general, search engines cannot see content that is presented in the following file formats:

images (GIF, JPEG, PNG, etc.)

Flash movies, flash banners, etc.

JavaScript and other script languages

other multimedia file formats

Some search engines can index some of these file formats but in general, it's very difficult to obtain high search engine rankings if your main web site content is presented only in these formats.

Search engines need text to index your web site. They cannot know what's written on your GIF or JPEG images or in your Flash movies. If you use a lot of images on your web site, you should also create some web pages that contain a lot of text.

If you want to find out how search engines see your web site, you have to use a search engine spider simulator tool. A search engine spider simulator tool emulates the software programs search engines use to index your web site. They show you what elements of your web site are visible to search engines.

IBP's search engine spider simulator helps you to find out how search engines see your web site. IBP's spider simulator even allows you to emulate special search engines spider names so that you can find out if your competitors send different pages to search engine spiders.

Just enter the URL of your web site and IBP will tell you what text and which links search engines can find on your site.

That allows you to quickly find out whether your web site lacks information that search engines need to properly index your web site.

More information can be found in our free weekly Search Engine Facts newsletter

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Internet marketer Gary Neame specializes in teaching real people how to successfully start, build, and grow their own profitable online businesses on small budgets. To get instant access to the step-by-step strategies, tools, and resources. visit:All About Internet Marketing Tips

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