The Mechanics of the Search Engine Optimization

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The mechanics and the technology involved in Search Engine Optimization(SEO) has evolved from a simple request form to a complex combination of computer programming, data bases and networking. This evolution demands that even a lay man (someone who is just surfing the internet and has nothing to do with the development part) should understand the basics of this process. Most recent advances in the SEO filed have offered the internet user quality of web sites both in terms of the text and the image content.

The process has two dimensions. One revolves around the content of the website and the other deals with virtual linkages and network nodes of the website. Most websites employ professional authors to provide with the required text for the website. The content is the major part of the business for which the user makes the search on the search engine. The content is formatted and written in such a way that the reference word search would make the website appear in the top most results. This does not involve stuffing the site with important words as the entire search engines have mechanism to deal with these kinds of fake exercises.

The other part revolves around the web development of a website and the program that is included in the back end and the data base. Usually the web programmers write the code in such a way that the link to the site from the search engine is the fastest to be accessed and to appear on the search page. Different codes use various kinds of ranking algorithms in their code in order to match with the search engine's sorting techniques. These algorithms are not revealed for unbiased monitoring and quality purposes.

Theoretical and practical developments are taking place every day in this field. The next time you search for anything on the internet, you will have a fair idea that why a site appears above the others in the listings.