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How Search Engines Work

Dec 04, 2014

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Basics about crawling, ranking and SEO
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Page 1: How Search Engines Work

ORGANIC SEARCH

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CRAWL

INDEX

RANK

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CRAWLING

KnownWeb

pages

KnownWeb

pages

Index ServersIndex

Servers

CrawlerMachinesCrawler

Machines

GooglebotGooglebot

Doc ServersDoc Servers

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DEVELOPING THE LIST OF KNOWN WEB PAGES

KnownWeb

pages

KnownWeb

pages

Prior CrawlsPrior

Crawls

/addurl/addurl

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PEREMECH

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CRAWLING FOR PEREMECH

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CRAWLERS IDENTIFY THEMSELVES

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ROBOTS.TXT – EXCLUDES SITES FROM CRAWLING

whitehouse.gov/robots.txtwhitehouse.gov/robots.txt

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CRAWLERS SHOULD NOT HOG RESOURCES

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CRAWLING PROBLEM: THE WEB IS VAST

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CRAWLING PROBLEM: THE HIDDEN WEB

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INDEXING

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RANKING

Closely guarded, proprietary algorithm

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RANKING

Organic Search Results

Keyword Phrase

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RANKING – THINGS THAT MATTER

Can you find the word Lobster?

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WHY IS RED LOBSTER RANKED HIGHER?

Can you find the word Lobster?

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HOW CAN I IMPROVE MY RANK?

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BASIC SEO CONCEPTS –TEXT

KEYWORD PROXIMITY

We sell live Maine lobster

Home of Maine’s best lobster

All of our lobsters come from Maine

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BASIC SEO CONCEPTS –TEXT

KEYWORD DENSITY

What percentage of the words on this page are lobster.

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BASIC SEO CONCEPTS –TEXT

KEYWORD FREQUENCY

The keyword lobster is visible 32 times and occurs 182 times on the page

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BASIC SEO CONCEPTS –TEXT

KEYWORD PROMINENCE

LobsterLobster

Lobster

Lobster

Lobster

Lobster

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BASIC SEO CONCEPTS – LINKING

LINK EXCHANGE AND PAID PLACEMENT

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BASIC SEO CONCEPTS – LINKING

An article written at thefreelibrary.com

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BASIC SEO CONCEPTS – LINKING

PAID PLACEMENT

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BASIC SEO CONCEPTS – LINKING

LINK EXCHANGE - RELEVANT

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BASIC SEO CONCEPTS – LINKING

LINK EXCHANGE – NON RELEVANT

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BASIC SEO CONCEPTS – LINKING

LINK SPAM

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BASIC SEO CONCEPTS – LINKING

COMMENT/ FORUM SPAM

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BASIC SEO CONCEPTS – LINKING

COMMENT/ FORUM SPAM

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LINK EXCHANGE IS CONTROVERSIAL

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USER RELEVANCE

LOCATION

USER ID

130.111.115.24

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USER EXPERTISE VARIES

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PHOTO ATTRIBUTIONS

Slide 10: 'OINK! OINK!’ www.flickr.com/photos/49968232@N00/51679641

Slide 11: ‘The Vast Web’ wikicommons.com

Slide 13: 'Royal Guards’ www.flickr.com/photos/23697065@N05/2356109302

Slide 17: 'Yoda (IMG_3308)‘ www.flickr.com/photos/73531322@N00/194828922

Slide 30: ‘Vera Cruz’ BAM/Photofest