Getting Spidered With Your Pants Down

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By: Lee Odden
2006-07-27

Here's an example of what happens when your site or blog gets indexed by a search engine when things aren't working quite right. A search on Yahoo for "SEO Blog"...

...shows Google's Matt Cutts at number one. Great, but take a look at the title and snippet of text.

Link: SEO Blog

The same search on Google shows Matt's blog at number one as well, with the title and snippet as it should be:

After comparing search results between Yahoo and Google, I wish Yahoo would add the date a site was last indexed and I wish Google would add the "Also try" search phrases at the top like Yahoo does.

Would I be posting this if it wasn't Matt Cutts' blog? Maybe, maybe not. It is a good example though, of what can happen if your site has hosting issues or if your web site/blog software is having issues and a search engine spider comes to visit.

Have a bookmark! -

About the Author:
Lee Odden is President and Founder of TopRank Online Marketing , specializing in organic SEO, blog marketing and online public relations. He's been cited as a search marketing expert by publications including U.S. News & World Report and The Economist and has implemented successful search marketing programs with top BtoB companies of all sizes. Odden shares his marketing expertise at Online Marketing Blog offering daily news, interviews and best practices.