Your Site Map: Spider Food or Just A Light Snack?
Your Site Map: Spider Food or Just A Light Snack?: "If you really want to fill the spiders' bellies, you'll want to take your site map page to the max with a descriptive site map (as I like to call them). Descriptive site maps go beyond the simple list of links to pages. These special versions of the traditional maps also include a short, keyword-rich description of each page. The text only needs to be a sentence or two in length...Descriptive site maps work well in attracting and satisfying spiders because they include naturally occurring keywords. They also place keywords in the vicinity of a link that points to the associated page. Add these advantages to those that already exist, including:
having links in the body copy of the page
overcoming complex navigation such as DHTML or Java
lending quick access to pages located several layers deep within the site
assisting with usability for visitors (especially disabled visitors)
and others
and you have prepared a huge feast for the search engine spiders that is almost guaranteed to entice those hungry little critters to crawl through every available page of your site."
posted by Jen @ 6:17 AM
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