Search Engine Watch provides tips and information about searching the web, analysis of the search engine industry and help to site owners trying to improve their ability to be found in search engines.

I undertook a study to get the answers I wanted. I made changes to one of the sites I maintained and tracked how it performed over the course of three months in the major search engines. By the end, I'd learned a lot. I learned more than just things to do to help a web page. I'd come to understand that not all the search engines worked the same. In fact, I discovered that for many reasons, they might not index web pages at all.   More detail...