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Today’s #ThreadThursday will cover the basics of #Indexing 1/0
Today’s #ThreadThursday will cover the basics of #Indexing 1/0
What is #Indexing?
Basically, search engines will look for all pages on the internet, storing the information it finds. The process of storing this information is called indexing.
Think of it like creating a list of books in a library.
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Basically, search engines will look for all pages on the internet, storing the information it finds. The process of storing this information is called indexing.
Think of it like creating a list of books in a library.
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Once a page is indexed, the search engines can provide the best pages back on the results page when
The most relevant pages will be the first results.
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The most relevant pages will be the first results.
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To get indexed, you need other sites to link to yours.
It’s like a transport network. You need something to connect to your station to be a part of the map.
The more lines link to your website, the more important Google deems your site to be.
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It’s like a transport network. You need something to connect to your station to be a part of the map.
The more lines link to your website, the more important Google deems your site to be.
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As well as links from other sites, you need to make sure that your own site navigation is clear.
This is helpful for making sure search engines index your site correctly but also helps your own visitors find what they need easily. Win-Win. 6/9
This is helpful for making sure search engines index your site correctly but also helps your own visitors find what they need easily. Win-Win. 6/9
Don’t want a page to be indexed?
No problem. You can stop search engines from indexing certain pages by using meta directives. These are instructions you including in <head> of your HTML pages you can use to search engines NOT to index your pages.
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No problem. You can stop search engines from indexing certain pages by using meta directives. These are instructions you including in <head> of your HTML pages you can use to search engines NOT to index your pages.
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If a page of yours isn’t being indexed, it might be because of the common problems above. If you want more in-depth advice, this article by @moz is a great place to start.
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And that's indexing in a nutshell!
Any other tips/comments? Leave them in this thread!
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Any other tips/comments? Leave them in this thread!
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