Fundamental Differences Between Search Engines And Web Directories - Engines
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Now that we have a better overall understanding of the common differences between search engines and Web directories, we will discuss the details about search engines and how they work. Search engines all have their own confidential algorithms that determine which Web pages are to be shown first. The algorithms assign weights to certain components or variables that it finds within a page.
For example, many search engines consider the text within the title of the page to be deemed very important. The title of a page is considered important to search engines and is given higher weight because (1) it is displayed on the top of the menu bar in your browser, (2) the title is displayed in the search engine results page and (3) the title is displayed in your browser bookmarks when you add that page to your "favorites" or bookmarks.
These weights provide the search engine's algorithms with a method to show one Web page over another. The specific variables and the suggested weights assigned to those variables are for a separate article. If you want users to find your site, you need to make sure that a search engine spider can access your site and read your code. Then you must ensure that the content is written well and contains targeted keyword specific language.
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