What Google Sees

Find out how Google sees your website

Many people think that SEO is just about peppering your content with a few cleverly placed keywords, but the way in which search engines such as Google view your website is very different to how you see it on your screen. Therefore, to implement an effective SEO strategy and achieve a high page ranking you need to know what the search engines are looking for when they index sites.

Of course to really succeed with your SEO it’s a good idea to let the experts, who know what they’re doing, take care of your strategy, but we’re bound to say that as professional SEO providers. However, with our free ‘what Google sees’ tool you can take a look for yourself and see if there are any areas of your site that may be adversely affecting your Google ranking.

How does it work?

This fantastic tool works just like the Google bot that indexes all web pages. Simply type your URL into the ‘What Google sees’ tool and your web page will appear as it does when Google’s spider crawls your site — where it looks for keywords, links, meta tags, etc., in the html code.

It enables you to see just what Google is looking at, and judging you on, when it comes to indexing your site and will also show if there are any aspects that could be holding your website back in reaching its true potential in the search engine page listings.

If you’re not an html expert it may look daunting at first but, if you read through the text, all the information you need and can understand is there for you to view in the ‘What Google sees’ tool.

How to use the information to improve your website

The main aspects to look at when you use the ‘What Google sees’ tool is not only anything that is missing but also things that are there that shouldn’t be. For example if there are keywords that don’t relate to your site, this could seriously affect how Google evaluates and ranks your pages in its listings.

Do you have another sub domain that is connected to your site but which has very different content and keywords, or do you have links with other sites that have been blacklisted? All of these elements can have a negative effect on your listing. There could also be content in your site index that you didn’t even know was there! With the ’What Google sees’ tool you can know exactly what your site is telling the biggest search engine and then correct any problems.

Is it really free?

Absolutely! Simply type in your URL and you can view the results within a matter of seconds.

The ‘What Google sees’ tool is a great way to see how the world’s largest search engine views your site and will allow you to see any areas in which it could be improved with a comprehensive Search Engine Optimization campaign.