Website visibility : the theory and practice of improving rankings

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Where to find it

Information & Library Science Library

Call Number
TK5105.884 .W45 2009
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Available

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Summary

This title marries academic research results to the world of the informatics practitioner in the quest to achieve high website rankings in search engine results. It contains a focused look at the elements which contribute to website visibility.

Contents

The trilogy: users, webpages and search engines. Relationships; Users; Webpages; Search engines; Recommendations on the use of SEO -- Elements of website visibility and research. Models; Model result comparison -- The good ones. Inlinks; Body keywords; Hypertext / anchor text; Metatags; TITLE tag; H1 tag; Outlinks; Age of site; Domain names; Search engine submission; Age of document; HTML naming conventions; Age of link; Other categories -- The bad ones. Link spamdexing; Keyword spamdexing; Server accessibility to bots; Similar / duplicate content; Flash; External links to low-quality / spamdexing sites; Frames; Duplicate title / metatags; Graphics; A word from the search engines -- The ugly ones. A fight, or a partnership?; The hats; Search engine policies and penalties; From bad to ugly: the top two -- Case studies. SA-Cycling; Louw & Coetzee; Grapetek, Uvasys; Xi Crypt -- Recommendations and the future. Management vs the technical guys; Search engine developments; future trends.

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