| Weekly SEO news: 27 November 2007 |
| Welcome
to the latest issue of the Search
Engine Facts newsletter.
This week, we're taking a look at the new robots.txt commands that are supported by Google. Make sure that Google can parse your robots.txt file. In the news: Google confirms that hosting a website on a shared IP address is not bad for high rankings, Google doesn't like paid links and more. Table of contents: |
| 1. New robots.txt commands: make sure that Google can index your site |
It seems that Google is currently experimenting with new robots.txt commands. If your robots.txt file accidentally contains one of the new commands, it might be that your robots.txt file tells Google to go away. What is a robots.txt file?
Which new commands is Google testing?
How does this affect your rankings on Google?
How to check your robots.txt file
What happens if you don't have a robots.txt file?
Checking your robots.txt file is important if you want search engines to index your web pages. However, indexing alone is not enough. You must also make sure that search engines find what they're looking for when they index your pages. You can make sure that Google indexes your web pages for the right keywords by optimizing your website. If search engine spiders index unoptimized pages, chances are that you won't get high rankings. |
| 2. Search engine news of the week |
Google confirms that shared IP address aren't bad for high rankings
Creative Aussies bane of Google
Search engine newslets
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| 3. Articles of the week |
Is Google spinning out of control?
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| 4. Recommended resources |
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| 5. Previous articles |
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