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Therefore, I wanted to ask if 1. anybody knows how these little web maps are made -- and -- 2. Might these web maps be useful in coming up with keyword phrases?
P.S. I think that this is the correct category to post this question...If not, I hope that somebody will move this posting to the correct category.
Looks a bit like I was trying to do with the 'theme' engine.
I am really hoping that somebody could elaborate on how to use the "Keyword Families" that you mentioned in SEO (specifically in keyword research; and maybe in taking advantage of how the web is already connected to insert a site into a "sweet keyword spot" [if such a thing exists]).
As to browser, I found no problem viewing the site in Netscape 4.7 using [kartoo.com...] as a link.
Also, is there anything similar to this as far as viewing a "web map" around a search done on a keyword phrase?
I found it interesting that the engine draws from many sources.
I saw results from Fast, AV, Google, Yahoo etc.
Who would ever have thought to use Flash in an application like that, and have it work so well?
See, Flash is good for something :)
Oh cool, the Advanced Search lets you do a "host:" search so you can analyse your own site, or a client site wrt a given keyword/phrase
If only I could fugure out somehow to take advatage of all of the great information provided through the cool keyword based "web maps;" combined with the Advanced Search refinement capabilities, and then use this information in a useful SEO way that would help me to modify either the page keyword content, or linking relationships of my sites for better serps.
Any ideas?!
You have given us a new toy (ah, tool) to play with. I know for my keywords I found some interesting combinations to play with (ah, figure out). I find the relationships connecting sites interesting. Once I have some feedback that borders on intelligence I'll be happy to post.
Thanks for the link.
Excellant find JT.
Tried the Flash version in Opera, nope, Brett was right, prob for IE, maybe NN though i can't test it as i ditched NN for opera.
There are actually tons of cool articles written about this engine in French; however, I haven't found any written in the English. Yet, never fear, thanks to Google's [Translate this page] feature I now can do some serious reading up on all of the how's and why's relating to this cool meta SE.
I'm really glad that I stumbled across this jewel on somebody's links page yesterday; before then I had never even heard of this cool (and VERY addicting) toy, I mean tool.
These just might ALSO be of some value in doing keyword or linking SEO research -- I'm not quite sure just how yet, but it certainly should be lots of fun playing with them until somebody finds a "useful" use for the fascinating results.
Good find!
First, a little background info. KartOO was developed by two engineers in France with their own funding in an attempt to make "a tool of research intended for the general public.(L. Baleydier - creator of KartOO)"
The objective of the site is to make web research easy and fun for students, lawyers, or anyone for that matter (no boolean knowledge neccessary). This presentation of "fun and easy" research is accomplished through the use of Macromedia Flash "charts" that display balls, words, and colored lines in a simple manner that relates how sites and their themes relate to each other. [a nice way of discovering topical neighborhoods, and for finding "keyword related" linking partners]
The results are arrived at by querying different search engines based on the type of search. For example, Google is used for short and concise requests; AltaVista is used for complicated mixing of Boolean operators; Yahoo! is used for bringing in quality; MSN is used for natural language queries (why they don't use AskJeeves, I have no idea).
The results are then displayed as follows:
~ The bigger the balls, the more rich in related content the site should be.
~ The closer the ball is to the center, the more accurately that site corresponds to the search.
~ The web sites are connected to each other by colored "semantic Bonds" (for example, the semantic bond connecting daewoo.com and renault.fr is the shared theme of "car manufacturer").
~ At the top left there are all of the terms that appear in the "semantic bonds"; if several of the words shouldn't be included, simple check the - sign for each of the offending words, then hit "Go" again to get a more "pure" search. In this way, KartOO is very good at finding the sites that are the most "on target" for any particular theme. [this could certainly be useful in doing both competitor and keyword research]
~ Above the list of words are the options "Sites" "Topics" and "Searches" -- The list of words listed to the left are the "Topics," and they are shown as the default. -- "Sites" allows you to find sites that are similar to any of the sites returned in the results, or you can use the other option to search within any of the returned sites. -- "Searches" is just a list of whatever searches you have performed during your current browser session.
~ At the top of the page, and to the right are several more options called: "Help" "Options" "View" "Send" and "KartOO" -- I'll only cover "Options" since the rest are very straight forward. "Options" allows you to customize your searches in an amazing way. Under "Options," there are the following choices: "Search Engines," which gives you the opportunity to choose which SEs to use, "Sites on each map," which lets you determine how many search results you view on the Flash "Chart/Map;" "Clustering," is one that I'm not too clear on yet, and then there is the "Advanced Search" option.
The "Advanced Search" option is in my opinion one of the Crown Jewels of KartOO. You can conduct searches on Meta Titles, URL text, within an individual site, visible text ONLY, words near each other in visible text, Hyperlink text [great for SE research], an "expression," and last but not least Images. Keep in mind that all of these saerch are done without a user having to learn Boolean operators, or any other advanced searching methods!
This has only scratched the surface as to what can be done from a practical standpoint in realtion to SEO. I'm hoping that this little exposition will inspire some of you to come up with ways to really take advantage of this tool for SEO research purposes, and then post your ideas [or at least sticky mail them to me ;) )
Well, I'm going to go play some more in the land of KartOO. If I come up with any more info on how to make full use of this tool for SEO, I'll certainly pass that info on.
Jason
Jason
>>Has anybody taken a second to think of how this (or any other similar meta engines) might be useful to SEO?<<
I started a thread [webmasterworld.com] back in June of last year about categories in WiseNut and Vivisimo (which I observed are groupings of commonly associated search terms) and how these might relate to themes. Got a few interesting replies, but I'd hoped for more discussion. Some of the comments I made about using them as a targeting tool would also apply to KartOO.
Jason
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