Comments on: Thinking Like a Search Engine

By: Derek Kean

Derek Kean — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:24:00 +0000

Scott, hopefully you still are having trouble getting over being a genius? When you speak about the mathematics involved in search engine algorithms, it would be surprising to know that I was the one in calculus that vowed never to touch math again, but in web math, it clicks.

One thing I do to help analyze a site for potential clients is using keyword density as related to the top5 results on specific keywords. Using the cached text only makes a good visual reference, and can benefit us SEOs in showing the math, instead of just talking about it. Ctrl+F your keywords.

Cheers,

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:24:20 +0000

Thank you. I really appreciate your advice.I had no idea I could do a check like that.Now I need to get back to work on SEO. Thanks again.

By: Agent SEO

Agent SEO — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:23:14 +0000

Yes, it is very important to try to think like search engines, and therefore teaching clients just how literal search engines can be?

In addition, another good practice would be to think as both searchers and competitors.