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According to
log file,
visitor went to
web site www.mamma.com and did a search. What was he searching for? If you can't read
text beyond www.mamma.com, then try this trick:
Open your Internet browser and paste this line
www.mamma.com/Mamma?p1=1&timeout=4&query= photos+seniors&qtype=0&x=1&y=11
in
location bar. Press "Enter". Ta-da! Now you should be able to see that
user typed in "photos seniors" into
search box, because it is in
box right now. Right at
top of
web site.
My customer's web site is number 9 on
first results page. It is a success! Now, it would not be a success if
user typed in "jeep photos" and my customer's site would come up number 9. Because
user is not looking for a photographer, which is what my customer is.
That is why you always want to know what is in your log files. If you go beyond 20 visitors a day, you should probably get a software that analyzes your log files and comes up with a report. But to get a feel for how your visitors get to your site -
above technique is recommended. If this site was found by someone looking for photos of a jeep, I would think "there is something seriously wrong with
site" and immediately improve
keywords, title and META tags.

Milana Nastetskaya is a full time web developer and the author of two books: "Create Your First Business Web Site in 10 days", and "65 Instant Web Design Answers". http://www.firstbusinesswebsite.com http://www.instantwebanswers.com