Search
engines that are populated by spiders or by submissions result
in large databases that web surfers query to find web sites.
When you visit Lycos, Yahoo!, AltaVista or another search
engine and type in a keyword, you're actually performing a
database query.
To determine which document or web site to return for a particular
keyword search, each search engine must have its own method
of ranking documents, the web sites, within its directory.
Most use a "probable relevance" scoring method.
Important Note: From time to time, search engines change
their scoring systems and stop rewarding certain techniques
that gave you an advantage just days before.
This report contains the best tips and techniques at time
of publication. Some techniques will stop working if a search
engine changes its relevancy scoring system, which is bound
to happen. Updates will be made to this report as we become
aware of changes. |