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What Is NOT Spider Food For Search Engine While its important to recognize the kinds of items the search spiders enjoy, it is equally important to acknowledge what sorts of things do not assist search engine spiders. Each of the following items have their place in web design, but they will not help a website perform well in organic searches. In fact, at this point in time, search engines do not spider any of the following... Images A graphical image can not be interpreted by a search engine. While it's true that search engine spiders may use the image "name" and its "alt tag" in an attempt to understand what the graphic relates to, the image itself is not visible to search engine spiders. Frames Frames create roadblocks for search engine spiders. Search engines are unable to spider content contained in a frame, regardless of its format. As such, you should avoid using frames on any pages that contain important content. Flash Flash images and animations cannot be...

Search Engine Spider Food What kind of food do search engine spiders like? Similar to the traditional arachnophobia, search engine spiders like regular meals, with fresh new content added on a regular basis. In order to feed the search engines, you want to provide them with tasty websites that are easy to consume. If you satisfy their hunger, your website may perform better in organic searches. Here are some helpful tips... Link Depth All important pages on a website should be accessible with 3 clicks or less. Deep links, or links that require multiple clicks in order to access, are often ignored by search engine spiders. The most important pages of a website should not be buried. Be sure that critical webpages are only one or two levels deep within a website. Site Map A site map is a good meal for search engines spiders. That said, site maps should not be used as a solution to poor navigation. Attention should be paid to both solid navigation and a functional site map, for the benefit...