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1) robots.txt file
The robots.txt is a simple text file that is placed on our root directory. Search Bots, crawl each URL and the first thing they search on an URL root is the robots.txt file. A simple robots.txt looks like:

        User-agent: *

 

        Disallow:

“User-agent: *” means this section applies to all robots, the wildcard “*” means all bots. The “Disallow: ” tells the robots that they can go anywhere they want.

To exclude all robots from the server:

        User-agent: *

 

        Disallow: /

robots.txt should have the same place where you put your web site’s main “index.html”.Also remember to use all lower case for the filename: “robots.txt”, not “Robots.TXT.


2) Google Webmaster guidelines :

    Design and content guidelines

  • Every page should be reachable from at least one static text link.
  • Offer a site map to your users with links that point to the parts of your site.
  • Think about the words users would type to find your pages, and make sure that your site actually includes those words within it.
  • Try to use text instead of images to display important names, content, or links. The Google crawler doesn’t recognize text contained in images. Using the “ALT” attribute to include a few words of descriptive text.
    Technical guidelines

  • Use a text browser such as Lynx to examine your site, because most search engine spiders see your site much as Lynx would.
  • If your company buys a content management system, make sure that the system creates pages and links that search engines can crawl.
  • Test your site to make sure that it appears correctly in different browsers.

3) Add your website on Google Webmaster which gives you following information:

  • Site configuration: Sitemaps, Crawler access, Sitelinks, Change of address, Settings
  • Your site on the web: Top search queries, Links to your site, Keywords, Internal links, Subscriber stats
  • Diagnostics: Crawl errors, Crawl stats, HTML suggestions

4) Google Analytics

    Google Analytics is the enterprise-class web analytics solution that gives you rich insights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness. You can check the following information:

  • Dashboard
  • Visitors
  • Traffic Sources
  • Content
  • Goals

5) Bing Webmaster:

    Bing Webmaster Tools is to troubleshoot the crawling and indexing of your site, submit sitemaps and view statistics about your sites.

  • Robots.txt validator
  • HTTP verifier
  • Keyword research tool
  • Webmaster resources