FAQ's
1. What is a Search Engine?
A program that indexes a large
portion of pages on the World Wide Web and then attempts to match
documents relevant to a user's search requests.
2. How many types of search
engines are there?
There are two types of search
engines; individual search engines and Meta search engines. Individual
search engines compile their own searchable databases on the web.
Meta search engines do not compile databases. Instead, they search
the databases of multiple sets of individual engines simultaneously.
3. When should I use a search
engine?
Search engines are best at finding
unique keywords, phrases, quotes, and information buried in the
full-text of web pages. Because they index word by word, search
engines are also useful in retrieving tons of documents. If you
want a wide range of responses to specific queries, use a search
engine.
4. What are keywords?
Keywords are words and phrases (also known as:
key-phrase or keyword phrase) in which a web surfer enters into
various searching tools in order to find information relating to
such word(s) or phrases. In terms of SEO, keywords are also a portion
of coding that exists behind the scenes of every web page, indicated
what keywords are relevant to the subject matter and content of
that particular page.
5. What are META Tags?
Meta tags are part of HTML coding; the coding
that is behind every web page and document that can be viewed in
an Internet or web browser. Meta tags are part of the web documents
header, indicating valuable resources to the formatting of the document
including keyword declarations, a detailed page description.
6. What is the difference between a Search
engine and a Web directory?
A Search engine is a program, which searches the
entire web indexing any web page into its database. A directory
on the other hand is not a program but is manually controlled by
humans who judge a web page and then include into the directory
database. Unlike search engines, directories have categories.
7. What are the different types of Search engines
and directories available?
There are many search engines
on the web, the popular search engines being Google,
AltaVista,
MSN, Lycos
and Northern
light. The popular directories are Yahoo,
Open directory (DMOZ)
and Looksmart.
8. What and how many pages should I submit
to the search engines?
It is recommended to submit only the home page
as the search engines automatically navigate to other pages and
index. You can also submit an average of five web pages to a search
engine.
9. Should I resubmit the pages that have been
changed?
There is no need to submit the pages again that
have been changed as the search engine spiders and crawlers automatically
check for any changes and index the page at regular intervals.
10. Does my web site get listed as soon as
I submit?
No web site gets instantly displayed as soon as
it is submitted. Each search engine takes its own time for indexing
a page. The average time taken by a search engine is 2 to 4 weeks.
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