Posts tagged sitemap
Increase the pages being indexed by Google
Jul 7th
Getting your page indexed by Google is the foundation to get traffic to your site. The site map is a easy way how Google can crawl the pages on your site as all your page links are contained within the site map. However, providing Google with the links does not necessarily mean all your website pages being indexed.
Providing pages in the sitemap is not necessarily enough for it to be listed in Google. Google intends only to index quality pages and this is usually determined by sites being linked to the website or page. As more websites get linked to the page or website, it suggests it is quality, thus getting indexed.
In general, the more quality links that are linked (especially authority links) to the website or page, the higher chances other pages on the site will be crawled by Google and benefiting your SEO.
A good example on how Google crawls for new pages can be seen bellow.
Other Factors that Define Your Site Ranking
Apr 10th
Aside from web content, web design, internal and external links, and Meta tags, there are also other factors that affect your site ranking in the search engine results page. SEO professionals have already explained these things but only few understand because the presentation of their ideas is complicated. Let me present the concept in layman’s term. This would somehow help you understand the basic concepts involved in internet marketing.
Keywords are important in search engine ranking. They must be visible in the content throughout the web page. However, you should be careful of the keyword density. Keyword density is the frequency of repetition of your keywords in content. It can be derived by dividing the number of times the keyword is repeated over the number of words in your content. The ideal keyword density is 5% while some agrees that 7% or 9% is the standard. Once your keyword density exceeds from the limit by repeating your keywords unnecessarily, search engines would identify it as spam. Of course, you would likely get erased from their index or your site would be banned. This is the punishment that SEO professionals and other rest of internet marketing experts are avoiding. That is why, everyone is cautious on their strategies. Abiding the rules of search engines is the best way to get the desired results such as ranking higher in SERP of major search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN.
If a jungle explorer has a paper map with him to avoid getting lost while on the journey, site visitors deserves a sitemap. The sitemap serves as the guide for visitors of your site in order to navigate all the pages of your site smoothly. Sitemap is also a factor in having all your site pages getting indexed because it helps the search engines find all of your pages. If you want search engines to crawl deeper through your site, create a sitemap and that’s it.