Spider Simulator

[coscooper]

Anyone know of a good Spider simulator? It'd be cool to have an idea about what the spiders see and if desc/keywords are being seen at all. Looking to see if my site is being viewed properly by sites. Google rank isn't showing up.
Thanks-in-Advance

[guybrush]

i sometimes use this simple spider simulator:
http://www.webconfs.com/search-engine-spider-simulator.php

disclaimer: no.. it aint my site or any of my pals'. :-)

[jocelyn]

[QUOTE=guybrush]disclaimer: no.. it aint my site or any of my pals'. :-)[/QUOTE]
No problem, the question was asked and you answered, it's not like if you are doing promotion, just answering an other member question... even if it was your site... if it's a good answer to a question, no need for a disclaimer...

Sorry buddy I have the best site to answer your question but can't post it cause it's mine... lol

Not picking on you... just thinking of the answers I'd post if I'd get edited for answering a good question... lol

[Paz]

[QUOTE=guybrush]i sometimes use this simple spider simulator:
http://www.webconfs.com/search-engine-spider-simulator.php

disclaimer: no.. it aint my site or any of my pals'. :-)[/QUOTE]

Yeah, we're always happy when members post useful links, don't worry, and that's one of the better simulators out there. Thanks for sharing!

@Cos - Using a spider simulator is always good practice. Don't forget though, real spiders probably cost 6-figure sums to develop, partly because of problems reading broken HTML code. You should al least validate your home page as best you can, and then run the simulator IMHO.

I think MSN make the best "spider simulator"...

Cheers,
Paz.

[coscooper]

Hey... Guybrush... great link. Even if it was your best buddy or personal site, it was a great link. I also appreciated the other tools available.

Best regards :cool:

[cyberryo]

I used this spider simulator when I was trying to see what`s wrong with my pages initially.

http://www.spannerworks.com/spidersimulator.0.html

Hope it helps.