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Understand search engine optimization (SEO)
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Create a Sitemap file Create a robots.txt file Preview and finalize your site Submit your site
Table N-1 outlines guidelines for increasing effectiveness of elements for SEO
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Incorporating Microdata
Vocabularies: define keyword values for specific types of information
Serve as common language for referencing data Anyone can define and use custom vocabulary Reference in code using URI Data-vocabulary.org contains popular, widely used vocabularies
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Sitemap: file in a specific format that lists all the pages in a Web site
May include information about content
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Web site can be simply published to make it available to potential users and bots
Other measures can be taken to increase page popularity
Submit page directly to search engines
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Summary
SEO tailors your Web site with search engines in mind to increase site popularity and give applications useful information about your site
Algorithms and microdata are SEO tools
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Summary (continued)
Vocabularies define keyword values for specific information groupings
Creation of Sitemap file contains list of information in all pages of a Web site
Bots are used by search engines to target indexable information View site in bot point of view to finalize
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