Getting Familiar with Search Engine Visibility
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January 24, 2012 1:38 PM
Search Engine Visibility is your window optimizing your site's content for top search engine rankings. It takes the guesswork out of increasing visibility with an all-inclusive search engine optimization tool.
Setting up Your Search Engine Visibility Account
To Set up Your Search Engine Visibility Account
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Search Engine Visibility.
- In the Search Engine Visibility account list, click Setup Account for the new account you want to set up.
- In the Website Address field, enter the website address to be associated with this account. The address must be in this format: www.coolexample.com.
- From the Region menu, select your country.
- If applicable, select an additional region of that country.
- Select if the website contains adult content.
- Click Continue.
- Confirm that you have entered the correct website address, and then click Continue.
- View the associated website addresses, and then click Continue.
- To begin configuration of your Search Engine Visibility account, click Go To Search Engine Visibility.
Accessing your Search Engine Visibility Account
To Access Your Search Engine Visibility Account
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Search Engine Visibility.
- Click Launch for the account you want to use.
The Search Engine Visibility Manager opens.
Using Search Engine Visibility Tools
Search Engine Visibility provides seven tools for managing your website's search engine optimization. The tools are:
- Generate Keywords — Search engine crawlers use keywords to determine a site's relevance to searches by Internet users. This tool analyzes your website's pages and, based on the content, generates a list of possible keywords. You can then select words and phrases from the list or define additional keywords. For more information see, What are keywords? and Using the Search Engine Visibility Generate Keywords Tool.
- Analyze Content — This option provides an additional analysis of your website's content. Search Engine Visibility looks at your site content to further determine the best keywords and their compatibility with your website's content. For more information, see Using the Search Engine Visibility Analyze Content Option.
- Optimize Tags — This tool lets you see any current tags applied to your website and lets you create new tags for optimizing your search engine rankings. For each type of tag, Title, Description, and Keywords, you can enter words or phrases that describe your site and its content. For more information, see Optimizing your Search Engine Tags.
- Control Crawling — You can have a little more control over the areas of your site that search engines might crawl. This tool lets you set preferences for your site's pages and the way search engines crawl them. For more information, see Controlling website Crawling Using Search Engine Visibility and Why would I block specific Web pages and/or search engines?
- Create Site Map — Use this tool to customize and create a site map to aid search engines in crawling your site. Your site map provides a URL directory for your site. For more information, see Making Sense of Site Maps.
- Submit — The submit tool is your one-stop shop for submitting your site's URL(s) directly to popular search engines and directories. For more information, see How many search engines and directories does Search Engine Visibility submit my URL to? and Does Search Engine Visibility submit my URL to search engines internationally?
- Reports — Search Engine Visibility provides extensive reporting tools for checking your search engine optimization. Each report performs a health check of your website and makes recommendations for repairs. The reports include Top 10 SEO Checklist , Submissions, Search Engine Listing Status, Inbound Links, Page Rank, Keyword Ranking, Competitors, and Traffic.
In addition to the information provided here, you can check out our full list of frequently asked questions.

