There are many good reasons to stop the search engines from indexing certain directories on a Web site and allowing others for SEO purposes. In today's organic SEO column, "Proper SEO and the Robots.txt File," Mark Jackson shows that by taking a good look at your Web site's robots.txt file and making sure that the syntax is set up correctly, you can avoid some search engine ranking problems.

Introducing SES Online
Want to view one of the sessions you missed or listen to an especially informative presenter a second time? SES New York sessions are available for purchase on ClickZ Academy's new e-Learning site. SES is now Online!

