Search_engine_basics

Search_engine_basics

1.      Internet

Internet is basically a collection of networks like LAN, WAN, MAN.

LAN means Locally area network.

WAN Means Wide area network

MAN Means Metro area network

When these networks are connected through world wide web it becomes internet      means International Network. (internet)

  Read from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet

2.      Website

A website is a collection of web pages, these pages are then joined to one another through ftp (file transfer protocol).

Static –is a site such as seo baba, it can not be changed, added to and has a extension such as .html

Dynamic – such as Facebook and sites. Changes can be made, accounts can be created etc.

Read from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website

3.      Portals

A portal is a website which provides diverse information in a unified way.

A site which provides information from many sources on one page is called a portal.

Yahoo.com is a portal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_portal

4.      Search Engines

Search engines are run by softwares having there own databases. They provide us information when we enter any keyword for searching. Search engines are designed to provide knowledge and information to the people and when any one enters keyword related to his search he gets the pages displayed in search results, this is the how search engines work. There are many search engines. But some are popular and some are not.

Google, Yahoo, Bing are popular search engines.

Read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine

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5.      Directories

Directories are divided in to categories and are human edited. Directories are different from sites because sites may not be divided into categories but directories are always divided into categories.

Read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_directory

6.      Search Engines V/S directory

Search engines are run by softwares having there own databases. They provide us information when we enter any keyword for searching.

Directories are sites divided in to categories like health, sports, education and we submit our site in these categories are human edited.

Read this http://www.haystackinaneedle.com/faq/faq_directories.htm

7.      Major search engines and directories

Major means google, yahoo, bing etc.

http://searchenginewatch.com/2156221

http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/resources/list_of_search_engines_directories.php3

8.      Page Rank

Page rank is the points given by google to every site depending on its popularity. Popularity means more high pagerank baclinks and clicks and good designing. The points are given from 10 like 7/10.

You can check pagerank from http://prchecker.info

You can download google toolbar also type download google toolbar.

Read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank

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Alexa.com   

You can check page rank from here also. It shows ranking in lakhs

and thousands which is not considered good. When ranking is less that is good in alexa, like if it is less than 100 means site is very good.

9.      Google Sandbox effect

     

Any site banned or blocked by google comes in google sandbox. That site will not        come in search results from 6-8 months. Any person using black hat techniques will get his site banned from google.  What this means is if you have done some black hat bad things and you have been caught out by google they throw you in the sandbox, this means that your site will not appear in the SERPs for 6-8 months.  You loose all your ranking and hard work and must start from scratch again.

Read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_effect

10.  Website Architecture

Website architecture is an approach to the design and planning of websites which, like architecture itself, involves technical, aesthetic and functional criteria.  This is the job of the designer.  Not much is required on a seo perspective.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website_architecture

11. Website designing Basics

Now actual designing starts. Great website design is the result of careful thought and planning..

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing-tutorials/9-essential-principles-for-good-web-design/

Type in google Essentials of good website designing and you can read more stuff.

12. Domain

Domain is the name of the site or address of the site like

http://www.seotraininginstitute.co.in

http://www.domaintools.com/ to check domain details.

You need to register (buy) it from any domain company. It should be easy to write and search engine friendly like avoid –(hyphens), /(slash) in your domain names. Domain names are of many types like .net, .com, in etc.

Read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name

13. Hosting

A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their own website accessible via the World Wide Web.

Hosting companies provide us space on the web for running our site on the net and charges annual fees for that. Fee depends on your sites size. After buying domain you need to go for hosting service only then you will see your site on the net. Hosting servers are of 2 types:

Dedicated server (works only for you, it is costly)

Shared server (works on sharing basis with other users)

Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_hosting_service

14. How the Search Engine works

Search engines works through softwares and algorithms. You enter keyword and it displays information according to that keyword from its database. Search engines are created for providing information to the users on various topics.