Over the past 5 months, Google Page Rank or PR has been on my mind. I was finally blessed recently with a PR for my site and blog. The following article is relevant to PR and how Google visits your site. I hope you will find it useful for your websites too:

Copyright © Kim Roach

Google currently indexes over 8 billion web pages. However, before these pages were placed in the index, they were each crawled by a special spider known as the GoogleBot. Unfortunately, many web masters do not know about the internal workings of this virtual robot. In fact, Google actually uses a number of spiders to crawl the Web. You can catch these spiders by examining your log files.

This article will attempt to reveal some of the most important Google spiders, their function, and how they affect you as a web master. We'll start with the well-known GoogleBot.

GoogleBot

Googlebot, as you probably know, is the search bot used by Google to scour the web for new pages. Googlebot has two versions, deepbot and freshbot. Deepbot is a deep crawler that tries to folow every link on the web and download as many pages as it can for the Google index. It also examines the internal structure of a site, giving a complete picture for the index.

Freshbot, on the other hand, is a newer bot that crawls the web looking for fresh content. The Google freshbot was implemented to take some of the pressure off of the GoogleBot. The freshbot recalls pages already in the index and then crawls them for new, modified, or updated pages. In this way, Google is better equipped to keep up with the ever-changing Web.

This means that the more you update your web site with new, quality content, the more the Googlebot will come by to check you out.

If you'd like to see the Googlebot crawling around your web property more often, you need to obtain quality inbound links. However, there is also one more step that you should take. If you haven't already done so, you should create a Google Sitemap for your site.

Creating a Google sitemap allows you to communicate with Google, telling them about your most important pages, new pages, and updated pages. In return, Google will provide you with some valuable information as well. Google Sitemaps will tell you about pages it was unable to crawl and links it was unable to follow. This allows you to pinpoint problems and fix them so that you can gain increased exposure in the search results.

The next Google bot in our lineup is known as the MediaBot.

MediaBot - used to analyze Adsense pages useragent: Mediapartners-Google

MediaBot is the Google crawler for Adsense Publishers. Mediabot is used to determine wich ads Google should display on Adsense pages.

Google recommends that webmasters specifically add a command in their robots.txt file that grants Mediabot access to their entire site. To do this, simply enter the following code into your robots.txt file:

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google*
Disallow:

This will ensure that the MediaBot is able to place relevant Adsense ads on your site.

Keep in mind that ads can still be shown on a page if the MediaBot has not yet visited. If that is the case, the ads chosen will be based on the overall theme of the other pages on the site. If no ads can be chosen, the dreaded public service announcements are displayed instead.

There is a strong debate over whether or not the MediaBot is giving websites with Adsense an advantage in the search engines.

Even Matt Cutts has confirmed that the Adsense Mediabot has indexed webpages for Google's main index.

He states, "Pages with AdSense will not be indexed more frequently. It's literally just a crawl cache, so if e.g. our news crawl fetched a page and then Googlebot wanted the same page, we'd retrieve the page from the crawl cache. But there's no boost at all in rankings if you're in AdSense or Google News. You don't get any more pages crawled either."

Matt Cutts claims that your website does not get any advantage by using Adsense. However, in my mind, simply getting your site updated in and of itself is an advantage.

This is very similar to Google Analytics, which also promotes a slightly higher degree of spider activity.

Those who run Google Analytics on their site can expect additional spider activity.

However, you certainly shouldn't depend on any of these tools for getting your site indexed. The key to frequent spidering is having quality inbound links, quality content, and frequent updates.

Have images on your site? If so, you have likely been visited by our next Google spider, the ImageBot.

ImageBot - used to crawl for the Image Search
useragent: GoogleBot-Image

The Imagebot prowls the Web for images to place in Google's image search. Images are ranked based upon their filename, surrounding text, alt text, and page title.

If you have a website that is primarily image based, then you would definitely want to optimize your images to receive some extra Google traffic.

On the other hand, some web sites may not benefit from Google image search. In most cases, the traffic from the Image search engine is very low quality and rarely converts into buyers. Many people are often just looking for images that they can swipe. So, if you want to save some bandwidth, use your robots.txt file to block ImageBot from accessing your image directory.

One of the few exceptions I would make is if you have a site dedicated to downloadable images.

Our final bot is completely dedicated to the Google Adwords program.

AdsBot - Checks Adwords landing pages for quality
useragent: AdsBot-Google

AdsBot is one of Google's newest spiders. This new crawler is being used to analyze the content of advertising landing pages, which helps determine the Quality score that Google assigns to your ads.

Google uses this Quality score in combination with the amount you are willing to bid to determine the position of your ads. Therefore, ads with a high quality score can rank higher even if other advertisers are paying more than you.

This is one of Google's many efforts to ensure that they are delivering the best results to their users.

Can you still block being spidered? Of course, but it will lower your overall Adwords quality score, which could end up lowering the positioning of your ads. If possible, it is best to give AdsBot complete access to your site.

Today's Google bots are becoming more advanced all the time. However, nothing beats relevant, quality, updated content. Deliver that and the search engines will eat it up.

About The Author
Kim Roach is a staff writer and editor for the SiteProNews and SEO-News newsletters. You can contact Kim at: kim@seo-news.com

Copyright © Liane Bate
http://www.HonestMoneyMaking.com



You've heard about all the money circulating around the internet today, and about the big and easy bucks all the gurus are bringing in from their online businesses. Now you can't wait to find that single perfect online business opportunity for you that will help you rake in the same amount of cash, if not more. All you have to do is plug in a search term into Google, click on the first listed and probably best business opportunity, and you're on the road to riches, right? Unfortunately, it's not that easy! When you search for profitable home based business opportunities, you first have a few big things to consider.

One of the major things to think about is whether or not an online business is really for you. Are you the type of person that is always on the go, can't sit still for any length of time, needs to be outside and active all the time, and are not an office person? If so, an online business may not be right for you. Sure there is new technology being developed all the time that allows you to be more mobile with your business, but you have to consider the fact that an online business takes time, energy, and effort over the long term, and that it requires spending hours in front of the computer, whether it's a desktop or a notebook. You also have to be the kind of person who is willing to put those hours in, and who has the time to spend on it. If you are super busy and have a million things going on in your life, you can still have an online business, but you have to be organized enough to plan your time, and expect that if you only have so much time that your business will take longer to flourish.

The next big thing to consider is money. Every online business, whether you like it or not, is going to involve some start-up costs as well as long term maintenance and advertising costs. Sure there is fair warning all over the internet that you shouldn't have to pay a cent to start a business and if you do, then it's probably a scam. This is not necessarily true. If someone offers an online business for free, there are surely going to be other costs down the road to help build and maintain your business. If you think about starting a traditional offline business, you are looking at start-up costs around $2000-$5000, so why would you think an online business is any different? An online business may be cheaper to start than that, but eventually you will run into other expenses. When you are looking for profitable home based business opportunities, be aware that there are membership fees, advertising, and marketing costs involved and that you will have to make an investment. The way you can manage and maintain this is by being prepared. Set a budget for yourself that you can maintain over the long term and realize that you don't have to buy everything that is suggested to you.

Next, you want to ask yourself what you want to sell on the internet. Do you want to sell a product or service, and how? If you sell products, do you want to handle them, ship them, and deal with credit cards and customers yourself? Or would you rather join a company as an affiliate and have them do all the work and deal with all the transactions for you? If you sell a service, such as website development, or an online dating service, how will you deal with your customers, and will you have to do some offline prospecting as a network marketer?

Once you've decided what you are going to sell on the internet and how, you venture online to search for profitable home based business opportunities that appeal to you. The best internet business is not necessarily the one in the number one position in Google. That website has just taken search engine optimization measures to ensure that their site is number one, or on the first few pages in Google. There are billions of sites out there that have to do with online business opportunities, so how do you find that perfect opportunity for you? One way is to get specific and find a smaller niche. For example, if you are a work-at-home mom, you can search for business opportunities specifically for moms. If you are a newbie to online business, you can search for businesses specifically for newbies.

Of course you always have to be on the lookout for scams, and there are many out there. Usually scams are filled with insane promises of instant wealth. You want to avoid these programs, and search for ones that don't sound too good to be true. How do you know if a business is a scam? You can search the Better Business Bureau to find out a particular program's reputation, or you can join discussion forums and ask questions about the business. Even better yet, you should find out how long the business has been in operation, and make sure there is someone you can contact in the business to ask questions directly. There should also be proof of income provided, and valid testimonials with contact information available. If you do your research, you will find out soon enough how reputable a company is.

Finally, you should make sure that lifetime support for your profitable home based business opportunity is provided. There should be mentoring and training available, as well as tools and resources that are provided to you for free as a bonus for being a member. Not everything is going to be free, but you should have a good look at what you will get for free, and make sure the support network is there, in terms of real people, and forum groups where you can get your questions answered.



About the Author:
To find out more about profitable home based business opportunities and ideas, visit http://www.HonestMoneyMaking.com, Plugin Profit Site, and Success University

Copyright © Liane Bate
http://www.HonestMoneyMaking.com



Well, on this 5-month anniversary of HonestMoneyMaking.com, I have to admit that the hot, sunshiney weather has affected my business progress this past month. I continue to work at it and do at least something to help my business every single day, but I am definitely out taking in the beauty of nature and staying active in the outdoors, which is not a bad thing! I have had some positive progress, but it has been slow, and I take full responsibility for this. It goes to show that you do have to work at this business every single day if you expect to see results.

Other challenges have been buying credits in traffic exchanges, but running out too fast, and not wanting to limit my number of ad displays because I want the traffic, and then not having the time to surf for enough credits. Will I buy more, or let my traffic numbers fluctuate?

My greatest achievements this month are finally getting onto the Google PR map, which has motivated me to make my site and blog better. I have also managed to get more subscribers this month, and if I buy credits regularly, my unique website visitors are up in the 200s. My number of articles and link pop continue to climb!

I don't suspect that August will be a better month, unless it snows, but I will definitely be here, and working a little each day to make my site and blog better!

Here are my stats for June 17/06-July 17/06:

SFI: Personally sponsored affiliates = 8, EA status = 0, Prospects = 0

IMC: Personally sponsored affiliates = 4

Empowerism signups: Paid members = 2

Host4Profit signups = 0

Traffic Swarm downline = 7, 0 upgraded to PRO, 1 inactive

Newsletter Subscribers = 35 (up 17 from previous month)

Website Traffic daily average = 187-282 unique visitors

Original Articles written = 51, Original article submissions = 1-2 articles/week

Triple Your List opt-in subscribers: 6 new subscribers (up 2 from previous month)

Full PIPS signups = 0 (2 partial signups)

Success University: strong leg active Premium members = 347, 1 active personally enrolled student, 31 leads (up 3 from previous month)

Blog submissions = at least 2x per week
(Blogsrater and blog commenting in progress on fairly regular basis)

Warrior forum posts = 900 (Advanced Warrior - up 113 from previous month)
Associate Programs Forum posts = 85
(Have started posting to WAHM Forum, Powerlinking Forum, Success University Forum)

Link Popularity = 1232 (up 144 from previous month)

Ezine solo ads sent = 8 (up 3 from previous month)
Free classified ads sent = 1

Google PR website = 4
Google PR blog = 3

Total Earnings (all time): $83.41 + $14/month



Liane Bate owns a Plugin Profit Site web business, and is a member of Success University and the IAHBE. To have your own website built for you in 24 hours, visit:
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Copyright © Liane Bate
http://www.HonestMoneyMaking.com

When you join Success University, you are getting into a business and an education for the long-term. It is not a 5-day e-course, and it is not a 30-day program leading you to wealth and riches. When you enroll in any post-secondary institution, you know that it will take some time, energy, commitment, learning, examinations, grades, and eventually graduation. Success University is really no different from today's e-learning opportunities that are popping up in most post-secondary institutions as an option for learning and getting a degree from the comfort of your own home. The difference is that Success University is also a booming business, and allows you to earn as you learn. This discussion will focus on the courses you can take at Success University, and how they will help you become a business and personal success if you make a commitment to learn over the long-term.

When you enroll in Success University, you are paying a monthly tuition of $49.95. So what do you get in return for shelling out your hard-earned dollars? You can take a variety of courses that are either achievement or elective courses. The achievement courses usually give you one lesson per day, up to about 20 lessons, while the elective courses are usually audio and/or video presentations that last roughly up to one hour. Each course, when completed, will give you a certain number of credits. Half of the credits earned must be from the achievement courses. Once you have accumulated a certain number of credits, you advance to the next ranking. For example, you start as a "student", but after 75 points, you advance to "scholar". After you have completed each course, there is a multiple choice/true-false exam. You must achieve a score of 80% to pass the course. If you don't score 80%, you can take the test over again. You also get a certificate of achievement that you can print out afterwards!

Success University, as the name suggests, teaches you how to be a personal and professional leader in business, sales, network marketing, and personal development. The achievement and elective courses that you can select are focused on just that. I have currently completed 13 Success University courses that have helped me begin to build a solid knowledge base for this business. The courses I have taken include topics like how to double your sales this year, the secrets of a superstar salesman, how to communicate effectively, network marketing skills, attracting success, prospecting, time management, pay-per-click advertising, and increasing your website traffic. What I have learned from these courses will definitely help me build my business, and makes the $49.95/month tuition worth it. Remember that when you join this business, you are not just in it for the money. You join because you want to learn how to be successful in business and in your personal life, so you are not putting dollars in and getting nothing back.

Not only do you learn from the available courses at Success University, but when you join, you get free bonus materials worth hundreds, even thousands of dollars, such as informative CDs on building your network marketing business and selling strategies you can use. There are motivational CDs on how to excel and what you can do to stay healthy and wealthy. You get a training pack on how to deal with prospects, and understanding the compensation plan. You have access to the Success University website back office, which provides additional bonuses, resources, banners, ebooks, and training that will help get you going with your business. There is a bookstore, a document library with all the forms you need, a help-desk, frequently asked questions, brochures, business cards, account management, lead manager, boot camp training. The learning and resources never end! There is even a new Success University forum for support and first-steps training to get your advertising off the ground.

As you can see, what you learn from Success University if you take advantage of what's there for you far exceeds the $49.95/month tuition cost. I have enjoyed the courses and learned a lot from most of them. Some of the shorter courses could be longer and more detailed, but all-in-all, I feel that I am getting something spectacular for my money, and I feel that I am on my way to success! You can be too!

About the Author:
Liane Bate owns a Plugin Profit Site web business, is a member of Success University, and the IAHBE. Find out more about what you can learn at Success University here!