Search engines try their best to stop evil web sites from offer a 'special' version of their page to search engines that is so highly search engine optimised that it is almost useless to a human on a browser, but ranks amazingly high on specific keyword searches, yet when a human goes to the page gets a fairly standard, or even worse yet, a completely unrelated, page. The search engines are known to do such tricks as hit your site with a 'known' spider, then hit your page with one from a random seeming adress, with none of the tell tale spider bot indications, and seeing if the content is markedly different. They really don't like this kind of behaviour, as they want to know that what they spidered and offer in their search lists is the same thing that the users link to when they click on a search result. They will penalise you severely (and discretely) if they notice you doing it.
Now that you have been warned, look for such things like 'search engine wars' or 'search engine optimisation'. You won't get this information out of a search engine company, but many 3rd parties will offer you this info, often for a moderate subscription price. Regards Darren Tracey Systems Analyst HR Systems and FastTrack Wealth and Corporate Systems Suncorp p: + 61 7 3232 4091 (x64091) f: + 61 7 3232 4744 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] l: Lvl 3, 388 Queen St Brisbane QLD 4000 m: Suncorp IPC IT048, GPO Box 1453, Brisbane QLD 4000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Brett Payne-Rhodes > Sent: Wednesday, 13 July 2005 11:49 AM > To: CFAussie Mailing List > Subject: [cfaussie] RE: Search Engines > > How would they know? > > B) > > TRACEY, Darren wrote: > > However noble your intentions may be, search engines take a _very_ dim > view > > of this type of behaviour. > > > > Regards > > > > Darren Tracey > > Systems Analyst > > HR Systems and FastTrack > > Wealth and Corporate Systems > > Suncorp > > p: + 61 7 3232 4091 (x64091) > > f: + 61 7 3232 4744 > > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > l: Lvl 3, 388 Queen St Brisbane QLD 4000 > > m: Suncorp IPC IT048, GPO Box 1453, Brisbane QLD 4000 > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Andrew Scott > >>Sent: Wednesday, 13 July 2005 11:27 AM > >>To: CFAussie Mailing List > >>Subject: [cfaussie] Search Engines > >> > >> > >>Does anyone have a link that I could browse to get a list of known > search > >>engines, spiders and bots that could crawl through a web site? > >> > >>I am looking at identifying these and pushing them to another part of a > >>website. Any help would be appreciated, I have done a quick search > through > >>Google but not come up with anything concrete yet. > >> > >> > >>Regards > >>Andrew Scott > >>Analyst Programmer > >> > >>CMS Transport Systems > >>Level 2/33 Bank Street > >>South Melbourne, Victoria, 3205 > >> > >>Phone: 03 9699 7988 - Fax: 03 9699 7976 > >> > >> > >> > >>--- > >>You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To unsubscribe send a blank email to > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > This e-mail is sent by Suncorp-Metway Limited ABN 66 010 831 722 or one > of its related entities "Suncorp". > > > > Suncorp may be contacted at Level 18, 36 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane or on > 13 11 55 or at suncorp.com.au. > > > > The content of this e-mail is the view of the sender or stated author > and does not necessarily reflect the view of Suncorp. The content, > including attachments, is a confidential communication between Suncorp and > the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, > interference with, disclosure or copying of this e-mail, including > attachments, is unauthorised and expressly prohibited. If you have > received this e-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and > delete the e-mail and any attachments from your system. > > > > If this e-mail constitutes a commercial message of a type that you no > longer wish to receive please reply to this e-mail by typing Unsubscribe > in the subject line. > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail is sent by Suncorp-Metway Limited ABN 66 010 831 722 or one of its related entities "Suncorp". Suncorp may be contacted at Level 18, 36 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane or on 13 11 55 or at suncorp.com.au. The content of this e-mail is the view of the sender or stated author and does not necessarily reflect the view of Suncorp. The content, including attachments, is a confidential communication between Suncorp and the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this e-mail, including attachments, is unauthorised and expressly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and delete the e-mail and any attachments from your system. If this e-mail constitutes a commercial message of a type that you no longer wish to receive please reply to this e-mail by typing Unsubscribe in the subject line. --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
