History And Evolution Of SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the art science of improving the ranks of websites on search engines such as Google. High ranking in search engines result page ( SERP )can lead to an increase in traffic to a website. History of Google
The Google company was officially launched on September 4,1998, by larry page and Sergey Brin to market Google Search, which has become the most widely used web-based search engine. Larry Page and Sergey Brin students at Stanford University in California developed a search algorithm first known as '' BackRub''in 1996.
Google Process
- Crawling: It involves groups of robots (crawling or spiders) discovering new and update content on the internet.
- Indexing: The search engine will disappear from the search result if the website is not indexed
- Ranking: The ranking algorithm displays the search result most likely to satisfy each searcher's query.
Initially, Google was content-specific or niche-specific. if we use the focused keyword more on the web site more chance to get a better ranking in Google search results.it ultimately results in keyword stuffing. Three types of SEO
1.Black hat SEO: This is a practice against search engine guidelines, used to get a site ranking higher in search results. Example :(keyword stuffing, link farming,)
Pass the juice
when you set the link to a website the website moves some of your SEO result to that link. this is called ''Linkjuice.'' the ''nofollow'' attribute of external links instructs search engines follow those links.
Pogo Sticking
Bounce Rate
Google analyses track the number of people who visit your page and learn without viewing other pages on your website.