Top "Search-engine" questions

A search engine is program that searches documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found.

Why do search engine crawlers not run javascript?

I have been working with some advanced javascript applications using a lot of ajax requests to render my page. To …

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inline SVG - best alternative to "alt" tag normally used for < img > SEO?

Say I were to swap out an <img> within my main site header to use SVG instead. Normally …

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how to prevent staging to be indexed in search engines

I would like my staging web sites to no being indexed by search engines (Google as first). I have heard …

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How does a full text search server like Sphinx work?

Can anyone explain in simple words how a full text server like Sphinx works? In plain SQL, one would use …

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How to maintain SEO while using JQuery to show hidden divs

Im working with jquery ui on many of my websites and I am concerned that any content that is in …

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Ruby on Rails, How to determine if a request was made by a robot or search engine spider?

I've Rails apps, that record an IP-address from every request to specific URL, but in my IP database i've found …

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How to show more images from Duckduckgo/Bing using the http url?

The default image search on DuckduckGo/Bing returns 35 images. E.g. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Temple+of+the+Golden+Pavilion&…

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Sitemap for dynamic content?

I am developing a webapp using codeigniter (mvc) and php. I was wondering how do I create a sitemap for …

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how to migrate mysql data to ElasticSearch realtime

I have a mysql database with couple tables, I wanna migrate the mysql data to ElasticSearch. It's easy to migrate …

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How to evaluate a search engine?

I am a student carrying out a study to enhance a search engine's existing algorithm. I want to know how …

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