Before we start I would like to recommend some sources of information which I find invaluable. The first is that marvellous on line encyclopedia – wikipedia and the second is a site with tutorials on all aspects of creating a web site called W3c schools. I do try to keep these articles simple but if there are any terms that I use that you do not understand please refer to the resources above.

Some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s)

What is a website ? – it is a collection of ‘pages’ written in a language that allows it to be viewed by most people with a PC and Internet access.

The various pages typically will contain hyperlink’s to other pages within the web site or to other websites.
Websites can be created for information purposes for individuals or businesses or they can be e-Commerce, allowing them to sell products via the internet to customers like you and I.
[Note - Although the Internet is now much more secure in terms of trading, caution must still be used if emails are requesting personal or banking details. ]You can now buy just about anything or get information on any subject by using the Internet.

What are Search Engines ? - “The number 1 way people find out about websites”.
Research consistently shows that over 85% of people find new web sites by using search engines. Other surveys show that, after email, search engines are the most popular activity on the web.
After you have created your web site you then need people to find it. That is why people use search engines such as Google & Yahoo. If your web site sold Widgets and people were using Google to look for Widgets then all sites selling Widgets would be shown to the potential customer.

What is Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) ? - This is a dark art performed by SEO experts. Using the current thinking from the search engines the web site will be structured in such a way such that the Spiders (see next para) can find the appropriate content and (hopefully) get your page found within the search engines.

What are Spiders ? – a spider is also know as a crawler or a robot. This is a program/software devised by the various search engines to spider or crawl thru your site to determine where you will be found in the listings pages. They check for items such as keyword (next week) relevance, appropriate content of your site, links to other web sites and also links back from other web sites. As previously mentioned this is where the SEO expert comes in because they will set the site up in such a way as to ‘please’ these spiders.

That’s all for today – I did say I was using the ‘KISS’ principle
ie ‘Keep It Simple – Stupid’ but I hope it is not to simple and you gain some good info from this.

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Peter e