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(Continued) The Rank for $ales Weekly Newsletter, Aug. 18, 2007. Page 18
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Did you ever stop and wonder how exactly do search engines find that information? If you are like me, you are curious in finding out more, hoping to learn additional techniques or ways that can be used in order to have your site get better visibility and popularity on the Internet. Please click here to continue reading the article. 
Is Google's FreshBot dead? Where did it go?Forum member Claire_V started an interesting thread late Thursday night. Claire has been increasingly noticing that Google's FreshBot isn't coming much anymore to her site. Then she also noticed that FreshBot isn't coming to bigger news sites such as CNN and a few more either. I think she might be on to someting there... I must agree that I didn't see it myself since about 10 days ago. You can read Claire's Forum Thread Here.  For those of you that don't know what Fresh Bot is, it's simply a date stamp that Google places in its search results pages. That date represents the last time it visited your homepage. I say the homepage since that's the first page that GoogleBot looks at when it visits a site. There can also be other pages of a site that it visits more than once a day, but the FreshBot 'date stamp' is usually on the root of the domain, ie the homepage. For an example of what it looks like, simply view the window below.  FreshBot has been around for many years and, personally, I'd sure like to see it around more. However, I agree with many of the forum members that have suggested a good alternative would be to look at your server log files, or, better still use Google's Analytics. They are free and they do a great job at drilling down all your traffic stats. You should regularly check your stats often anyway, Freshbot or not... From what I can see, Google might be doing some changes to its search algorithm or is simply in the process of tweaking it a bit, and the best way for them is to temporarily remove Freshbot from the equation while it is revamping its algo. My 2 cents. Well, that's it for this week. Have a pleasant and relaxing weekend, I will see you all next Saturday! Serge Thibodeau, Please note that I am available for SEO consultative work or to help you optimize your website for the major search engines. Feel free to contact me for an honest and fair assessment. Disclaimer: The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the various authors on this newsletter do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of the companies mentioned on any of these pages.  All logos, trade marks and service marks on this newsletter are the exclusive property of their respective owners. Note: Although I always try my best to answer each individual question that I receive, there are times when it's just impossible for me to answer every one I get, as the amount of emails sent to me keeps increasing all the time. Also, please note that, for confidentiality reasons, the names of people writing to us are never disclosed. Please send all your questions, comments or general enquiries to: questions@rankforsales.com Subscribe to the free Rank for Sales Weekly Newsletter <<< Previous page Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18  Bookmark the RFS Newsletter by simply clicking here. Search engine industry news corner: About Rank for $ales Rank for $ales can be reached via email at info@rankforsales.com or you can call from anywhere in the US or Canada, via our toll free number at 1-800-631-3221. Our offices are located near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Visit our web site at www.rankforsales.com About Serge Thibodeau Pagina+™ is offered by Rank for $ale's parent company: GCIS Inc. Besides serving as editor and CEO of Rank for $ales, Serge Thibodeau currently writes professional search engine optimization articles in some of the following publications:
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