| Search engines have robots that come to
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| | your beloved Internet Explorer, Firefox,
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| your site and grab everything there is to
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| | Opera or whatever browser you are
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| grab. But because competition is so
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| | attached to, you go dig on the internet
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| fierce, there is no way to get in the
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| | and download a version of the venerable
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| search engines, unless you pay for ads or
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| | Lynx browser?I'll tell you what would
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| hire a SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
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| | happen, and some will probably accuse me
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| consultant, right? Wrong!Even if you pay
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| | of giving away one of the secrets the SEO
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| big money, if your site is not properly
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| | corporate community does not want you to
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| seen by the robots used by search engines
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| | know:You will be able to see your site
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| for indexing, chances are many of your
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| | very close to the way a robot sees it.
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| pages will never make it.In this article
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| | You will be able to look for errors in
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| I will discuss the importance of having
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| | your pages and track down navigation
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| your website structured properly, the
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| | errors that might block a robot from
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| importance of using the old fashioned
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| | seeing portions of your site.In plain
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| hyperlinks versus the modern Flash menus,
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| | English, let's say you built a great
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| scripts and extensions and provide you
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| | looking site. There is an index page, the
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| with a very simple and free tool that
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| | first page one sees when entering your
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| will allow you to see your site in a
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| | site. On that page you have the most
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| similar fashion most indexing robots do.
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| | incredible Flash navigation system, with
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| But first, let's define some of the
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| | a huge button pointing to your products
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| concepts.What is a www robot?A robot is a
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| | and services and the rest of the site. If
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| computer program that automatically reads
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| | Lynx goes to your index page and will not
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| web pages and goes through every link
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| | see a standard link, it will not be able
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| that it finds.The first robot was
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| | to see the rest of your site. There are
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| developed by MIT and launched in 1993. It
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| | extremely high chances that a lot of
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| was named the World Wide Web Wander and
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| | indexing robots will not see your site
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| its initial purpose was of a purely
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| | either.You will then understand why your
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| scientific nature, its mission was to
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| | very large site, that has one of the most
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| measure the growth of the web. The index
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| | intricate and functional Flash based
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| generated from the experiment's results
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| | navigation systems on the planet never
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| proved to be an awesome tool and
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| | makes it high into the search engines,
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| effectively became the first search
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| | even after all your efforts of manually
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| engine. Most of the online stuff we can't
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| | submitting it everywhere. It's simply
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| live without today was born as a side
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| | because you forgot to add basic
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| effect of some scientific experiment.What
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| | hyperlinks. It's because when you submit
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| is a search engine?Generically, a search
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| | a site - even manually - all that really
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| engine is a program that searches through
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| | happens is you telling the search engine
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| a database. In the popular sense, as
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| | "hey, Mr. Search Engine, whenever you
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| referred to the web, a search engine is
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| | think you can find some time, please send
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| considered to be a system that has a user
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| | your trusty robot to my site".Folks,
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| search form, which can search through a
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| | robots can't usually use a navigation
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| repository of web pages gathered by a
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| | menu made in Flash, Java script, PHP,
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| robot.What is a bot? What is a spider?
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| | etc. and will not be able to get to your
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| What is a crawler?Bot is just a shorter,
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| | pages, it's as simple as that.How do I
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| cooler (for some) version of the word
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| | get Lynx?Lynx first started life as a
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| robot. Spiders and crawlers are robots,
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| | UNIX application, written by the
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| only the names sound more interesting in
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| | University of Kansas as part of their
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| the press and within metro-geek circles.
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| | campus-wide information system. It then
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| For reasons of consistency, I will use
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| | became a gopher application (a pre-web
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| the term robot throughout this article,
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| | search tool), then a web browser. The
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| when referring to spiders, crawlers and
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| | official page for Lynx is however, if
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| bots.Are there other... things that crawl
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| | you are not a Linux geek, used to play
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| out there?Oh yeah, but these things are
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| | with binary distribution files and used
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| way beyond the scope of this article.
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| | to compiling your own apps (don't worry
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| Well, for the conspiracy theory
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| | about what I just said), you might want
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| aficionados, let's see... we have worms -
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| | to find a version that someone else
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| self-replicating programs, webants (or
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| | already made usable for your computer.
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| ants) - distributed cooperating robots,
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| | For example, if you are a PC user running
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| autonomous agents, intelligent agents and
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| | Windows, you might want to check links to
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| many other bots and beasties.How do
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| | "Win32 compiled versions". At the time of
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| robots work?As with all other things
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| | writing, one such site is (called a
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| technical, I believe that the only way
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| | distribution site) where you can download
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| you will utilize a technology to its full
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| | a version that will install onto Windows
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| potential and to your best advantage is
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| | machines in a fashion that will be
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| if and when you understand how that
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| | familiar to non-geeks. After you install
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| technology works. When I say how it
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| | the browser, you might want to read the
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| works, I don't mean intricate technical
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| | documentation. To get you going and to
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| details, but fundamental processes, big
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| | alleviate your beginner frustrations,
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| picture stuff.Generally, robots are
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| | I'll tell you that you must press the G
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| nothing but stripped down versions of web
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| | key (as in "go"), then type the complete
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| browsers, programmed to automatically
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| | URL of the site you want to browse
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| browse and record information about web
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| | (starting with " then hit Enter. Use the
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| pages. There are some very specialized
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| | arrows to navigate.Bottom line, use Lynx
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| robots out there, some that look only for
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| | to verify that every page of site is
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| blogs, some that index nothing but
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| | accessible and let the robots do all the
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| images. Many (such as Google's GoogleBot)
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| | work for you. You'll save yourself a lot
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| are based on one of the first popular
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| | of aggravation and maybe some money that
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| browsers, called Lynx. Lynx was initially
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| | you would waste on advertising your
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| a pure text browser, therefore, in
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| | otherwise non-indexable site.---
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| today's internet Lynx would be extremely
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| | Andrei co-owns Bsleek - a company that
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| robust and fast. Basically, if you can
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| | specializes in web design, hosting,
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| program, you can take Lynx, modify it and
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| | promotional items, printing, tradeshow
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| make a robot.So how do these things
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| | displays, logos, CD presentations, SEO
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| actually work? They get a list of
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| | and more. Andrei has amassed an extensive
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| websites, and literally start "browsing"
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| | technical knowledge and experience
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| them. They come to your site and then
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| | through his career as the CIO for a major
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| start reading the pages and following
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| | travel management company and through his
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| every link, while storing different
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| | past careers in military research, data
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| information, such as page titles, the
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| | acquisition and airspace engineering. He
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| actual text of the page, etc.Based on the
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| | also consults for Trinity Investigations,
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| above, what would happen if instead of
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| | a New York based PI firm.
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