Andrew wrote: >I have been looking a little deeper into this too (although not how many times >google hits my site a month), more about how the spiders work and what is best. > >I was recently sent this link I hope it help :) >http://www.stargeek.com/crawler_sim.php > all this is is a script that gets the url output and strips the tags from the page. I seriously doubt it is helpful for SEO or gives any real idea about how a search engine 'sees' your page. To me this article http://www7.scu.edu.au/programme/fullpapers/1921/com1921.htm helped me understand a little of how Google works, as well as articles from sites like http://searchenginewatch.com/ good luck :) -- ------------------------------ Paul Bennett Internet Developer Teltest Electronic Design ------------------------------ Email: paul at teltest.com Phone: 64 4 237 4557 Web: http://www.teltest.com Wap: http://wap.teltest.com