When it comes to discussing search engine spiders, this is no time to succumb to feelings of terror. These are not the eight legged variety.

A chance camera phone photo of a spider taken by a man after being bitten may have saved his life.

Some web pages on your website may not be listed in the search engines, even when you have submitted your website for inclusion. This is because dynamic pages cause the spiders give up and go home.

Reader question: I think my site has been banned in Google. It used to have all of these top positions for the past three years, and it suddenly disappeared. Can you help?

On any given day, WebProNews content is discussed in the blogoshphere. What content are they linking to.

Following our overview of current paid search engine inclusion (PFI) programs, we will now take a closer look at the technical procedures involved, spidering activity, quality of service, etc. This first instalment deals with Inktomi and AltaVista, more will follow in a later article.

Some people believe that they should create different pages for different search engines, each page optimized for one keyword and for one search engine. Now, while I don’t recommend that people create different pages for different search engines, if you do decide to create such pages, there is one issue that you need to be aware of.

Robin will answer any questions related to the search engine marketing industry. If the question is highly technical, or if she doesn’t know the answer, she’ll contact experts in the industry or search engine representatives for the answers.