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Search engines: Spiders & Robots
People visit your website and read, view, download and play with the interactive content.
But equally important is that unseen, non-human visitor that wanders through your website files. Search engines use spiders (robots) to walk the web and gather information. The longer they stay on your site, the more they gather, the better.
As you build your web pages, you need to build with both the VISUAL and NON-VISUAL in mind!
![]() So to please both humans and computers, here are some simple techniques to follow to prepare for best results with search engines:
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![]() For more information about robot.txt files, take a look at this page.
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Note that there are some companies that try to take advantage of people by hanging out a shingle claiming to be SEO companies. Read this warning posted by GOOGLE about what to look for before choosing an SEO company to assist you in preparing for search engines.
![]() I do not recommend the use of FRAMES. Best to design without FRAMES.
But using CSB or Trellix and frames (Static borders usually at top or side not to be confused with IFRAMES) actually has better results than many other programs that produce framed pages. The science behind the reason is explained below.
The following are taken directly from Microsoft's SEO web page:
"The problem: A frame is exactly what the name conveys - they are an HTML page that "frames" other HTML pages. Now, the problem arises when you go to submit. In most cases a framed site will only have one page you can submit, the home page. Since your site uses frames the home page actually has nothing that the search engine can use (i.e. page copy) to determine how to list your site. Why? Because your home page is actually a frameset which does not have any real content... Here's an example that should help you see what we mean. Keep in mind this code is what the search engines see:
![]() "... you should easily be able to see in the above example that their is no real content for the search engine to use to determine how to list your site. All that is there is HTML code. The result is a framed site will often not get listed at all, and if it does it will usually be listed very poorly.
"...the best thing you can do to improve your results is to use the <noframes> tag within your frameset. This tag was originally used for displaying content to people using older web browsers that did not support viewing frames. While just about all web browsers now support frames the <noframes> tag can still be used for content that will help your framed site get listed. In addition, you should also implement the best title tag, and meta tags that you can."
![]() HOWEVER, users of CSB/Trellix should take note:
![]() ![]() ![]() Prove it to yourself! Visit this page, choose VIEW SOURCE from the toolbar at the top of the page and look at the FULL CONTENT of the page, including everything from the TOP border and the page body. I pasted the code for the empty frameset AND the final webpage at the bottom of this page for quick reference. Scroll down to see.
NOTE: Even though framed pages can and do well in the modern search engines, they are not your best choice for most site navigation. They are however excellent for galleries and indexes and some subdirectories. Read more about frames here.
I also recommend you test search engine results for yourself! Try the following three items in the google search engine and see what results you get.
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