What exactly is a spider?



What exactly is a spider?..

Answer / Madan Kumar

A spider in the context of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) refers to a web crawler or bot, used by search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo, to scan pages on the internet. The purpose of these spiders is to collect information about websites to help determine their relevance and ranking for specific keywords.

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 0 No

Post New Answer

More Search Engine Optimization SEO Interview Questions

What is mobile geddon?

1 Answers  


If you only had an hour (in one shot) to spend on WSO [web site optimization] for a given site each year, what would you do for that hour, and why?

1 Answers  


What is SEO in marketing?

1 Answers  


What is the usage of an anchor tag in seo?

1 Answers  


What is user experience (UX) in SEO?

1 Answers  


How are the words in a url separated?

1 Answers  


Does precompilation of loop limits in Web programming languages like ColdFusion, Java, and JavaScript help?

1 Answers  


How does a search engine work?

1 Answers  


Which SEO tools do you regularly use?

1 Answers  


How to remove toxic links to a site?

1 Answers  


Google looks down upon paid links for enhancing page rank. If a website sells links, what actions does Google recommend to avoid being penalized? ► a. The text of the paid links should state the words "paid text link" for Google to identify it as a paid link ► b. Only Paid text links to non-profit websites should be accepted ► c. Paid links should be disclosed through the "rel=nofollow" attribute in the hyperlink ► d. Paid links should be disclosed through the "index=nofollow" attribute in the hyperlink

1 Answers  


Does bounce rate affect the SEO of a website?

1 Answers  


Categories