Goal:
Search
Engines hate Dynamic pages and RoSEE
solves that problem by converting your Dynamic Web Pages to
Search-Engine-Friendly Static HTML pages. Search engines give
much higher rankings to Static HTML
Pages.
RoSEE General Info:
RoSEE
- Short for Robots SEE
(pronounced Row-See); the software
package that makes dynamic web pages
visible to the Search Engines.
RoSEE
creates static HTML pages, which Search
Engines can easily index and use, from
dynamic pages like shopping carts, or ANY link-navigated web pages created from a
database.
RoSEE uses a two-step process; first creating a static page from
a dynamic page, then changing the URL address of that page to
one the search engines will visit.
Search Engines do not give dynamic web pages much import and
they seldom appear in Search Engine top listings, if at all.
Until RoSEE, there has only been a partial solution; using
complex server-installed modules beyond the range of 99.9% of
web masters, which offer nothing to help the readability of the
resulting URL. Unlike these previous so-called "fixes",
RoSEE is
simple-to-use, quick-to-setup, easy-to-understand and the
program installs on any web master's personal computer that runs
Windows.
Cyber-Robotics' RoSEE has changed the face of the Internet by
turning wasted content into visible pages for the search
engines.
Trial Version:
Allows you to try it before you buy.
Please take advantage of this offer and try
it.
3 pages or less are
FREE!
4+ pages - paid version only
You can
use RoSEE over the Maximum Number of
Pages but the pages over that limit,
will have a message at the top and
bottom of the page that says "over the
maximum number of pages" and the pages will be truncated by 20%.
This allows you to try out all the
features of RoSEE before purchasing.
What happens when your DYNAMIC PAGES are
converted to STATIC PAGES?
RoSEE creates Static pages that are a shell over
the dynamic pages. The Dynamic pages are still there and still
used for 'actions' to take place.
RoSEE will provide a seamless transition
from Static to Dynamic, thus making it
difficult to realize, you clicked to Dynamic content.( Add to
Cart, View Cart, Check-out, etc) If this is the case, then
RoSEE
has done her job!
RoSEE's purpose is to provide a smooth
transition into the dynamic part of the
shopping cart from the
RoSEE created
HTML pages. Once a user has traveled into the dynamic areas,
they
should stay there. If one travels back to the Static pages from
the Dynamic and the Dynamic had totals or Dynamic information,
those totals will not be reflected in the Static pages (though
if the user clicks back into the dynamic page, the totals ARE
reflected).
While the Link in your web site's NavBar should point to the
Static pages so they can easily be found by the search engines,
once in the Dynamic content, the dynamic NavBar should always
point to the Dynamic content.
The search engine bots will follow the HTML links only. They
will not follow a Form's buttons and they won't trust the
Dynamic links or pages.
SUPPORT
-
Click Here!
QUICK
START:
GET
PAGES TAB:
Enter Starting
Dynamic URL Address
Enter the starting URL of the
dynamic site you want
RoSEE to walk. You MUST
enter a starting address with a
filename and extension (http://www.yoursitename.com/catalogue.php).
Click the Start button.
CONVERT PAGES TAB:
Enter the
'Ending Address'
The URL of the directory you
have created on your site to
install the Static HTML pages
RoSEE created.
http://www.YourShoppingCart.com/ShopHTML/ )
Click the
'List Pages' button to
see a listing of
Pages to
Include
Uncheck any of the dynamic pages
that you do NOT want to convert
(View Cart, Check out, etc.)
Plus any other pages that HAVE
to use the DYNAMIC script to
work.
Click the
'START" button -
RoSEE
will convert all those DYNAMIC pages
to SEARCH-ENGINE-FRIENDLY HTML
pages.
SEND PAGES TAB:
Fill in the FTP settings text-boxes.
Click
"CONNECT"
When your FTP upload is
complete, click the link that
appears to the left of the
'Connect' button. This will load
your new Static HTML Pages in
your default browser.
SETTINGS
TAB:
The first thing to do is click
the settings Tab and decide on a few settings before converting your pages
from Dynamic to Static.
GLOBAL SETTINGS:
Number of Tries
for Each Page - How many times
RoSEE
to try to get a page before pausing. 5 is good, but if RoSEE
pauses with a Message Box stating that
she had trouble getting some of your web
pages and to try again later, increase
this amount to 10
New Entrance
Static Page Title - Enter the title of your new
Static entry page. This will be used as the Anchor Text in
the links RoSEE creates to your new main
static page.
New Entrance
Static Page File Name - File name
of your new main static page.
Use Anchor Text to
Page as Title - Allows
RoSEE to use the anchor text of your links as the
titles of your new HTML pages. This feature adds Search Engine
friendly Titles inside the <HEAD> tags
of each HTML page she creates.
FILE NAME SETTINGS:
RoSEE
creates search engine friendly URL
addresses using the Anchor Text in the
links she finds when she gets your
dynamic pages. The following settings
allow you to customize the look of those
URL addresses.
File Name
Delimiter Between Words -
The character to use
between file name words in the new HTML URLs - Example:
Using
'-'
(hyphen)
http://www.yoursite.com/my-catalogue-from-RoSEE.htm
or
using '.'
(period)
http://www.yoursite.com/my.catalogue.from.RoSEE.htm
File Extension
- .htm, .html, .asp, etc. This is added
to the end of the new Static HTML pages.
These settings allow the capitalization
of letters in the file names to be
customized.
Case Options
- There are 4 case options that should
be self-explanatory.
MISC SETTINGS:
Reset Elapsed
Timer Upon Every Start - Reset elapsed timer upon every start
button click.
Delete HTML pages
after FTP Upload - After each
page is FTP uploaded,
RoSEE
will delete that page from the HTML
folder used to create the HTML pages. If
you have a large number of pages, and
lose the FTP connection during an
upload, RoSEE will not
have to upload pages again that were
already uploaded, before the lost
connection.
Try to Walk Numeric
Anchor Text - Dynamic pages that
link multiple pages of the same category
with numeric Anchor Text may be able to
be walked with a loss of processing
time. The success of this questionable
and depends upon the process that is
used when your Dynamic pages are
created. Example:
< Prev 1, 2,
3, 4 Next >
These
pages will be name using the Anchor
Text from the page they were found
in. Parent 1, Parent 2, Parent 3,
etc. The
Prev
<
Next
and >
will be left dynamic.
Proxy Settings for
Internet Connection - Uses the settings in your Windows
Registry for Proxy Settings. If Internet Explorer works,
then RoSEE will too.
GET PAGES TAB:
WHAT'S GOING ON:
Having
a program walk a set of Dynamic pages,
then creating organized structure from
it has never been done before
RoSEE.
A Dynamic page that is buried under
session IDs is hard to pin point. You
can't just use the Dynamic URL to travel
to a web page because these session IDs
are expecting the viewer to come from
one page and one page only. The
positions of these pages must be
triangulated. This process is very time
consuming and requires a huge amount of
your computers CPU resources to build a
structured database. The average time
for getting and processing a page is 15
to 45 seconds per page. (The deeper
levels a page is embedded, the longer it takes).
RoSEE is
NOT slow getting these Dynamic pages; it
is actually extremely fast. 90% of the
conversion process from Dynamic to
Static is going on during this stage of
the program.
Enter Starting Dynamic
URL Address to Get Pages
Enter the
starting URL of the dynamic site you
want RoSEE to walk. You MUST enter a
starting address with a filename and extension (http://www.yoursitename.com/catalogue.php).
If you
don't know the file name or file
extension, Clicking on Home while in
your Dynamic pages will give you your
entry page with a file name and
extension
Or click
into your Dynamic pages a page or two
and look for the word in the URL address
between a '.' and '?'. This gives you
your file extension.
http://cyber-robotics.ashopcart.com/catalogue.php?exp=27|&cat=27
Then
try adding it to your Dynamic entry
page with an 'index' or 'Index'
thrown in.
http://cyber-robotics.ashopcart.com/index.php
Click
the
Start button.
RoSEE will start getting the pages
and begin the conversion.
Within a
few seconds the Total Page to Get
indicator should increment. If not,
check your Starting Address.
Comments Specific to
This Project - A
useful area to make personal notes about your session, the date
you last ran RoSEE, the area of your website you last ran, etc.
Not seen on your pages.
Maximum number of pages allowed
- Indicates how many pages you are allowed to convert with the version
you are using. RoSEE will walk ALL your pages, but it will
convert the ones that are over the number of your maximum number
of allowed pages with a warning and a truncated page. That is
why it is important to make sure you purchase the correct
version for your web site size.
CONVERT PAGES TAB:
Most of the
conversion is
already finished, so this area won't take much time.
This is the area where you
will be converting the pages that RoSEE found,
to Static HTML pages.
Enter the 'Ending Address'
- The URL of
the directory you have created on your site to install the
Static HTML pages
RoSEE created.
Example:
http://www.YourShoppingCart.com/ShopHTML/ )
You must
create a folder in your web site for
your new Static HTML pages to reside in.
In the example above that folder's name
is ShopHTML.
Click the 'List Pages'
button to see a listing of
Pages to Include
Uncheck any of the dynamic pages that
you do NOT want to convert (View Cart, Check out, etc.) Plus any
other pages that HAVE to use the DYNAMIC script to work.
If you are in doubt, uncheck the page and do not include it in
the conversion. Your goal is to NOT convert every page, but just
the ones with content in them like a
shopping cart's product pages.
Pages to Include
- This listing will give you a great
idea on how RoSEE did Getting your
pages. If the listing looks nicely
organized, then all is well.
Click the 'START" button
- In just a few
minutes, RoSEE will convert all those DYNAMIC pages to
SEARCH-ENGINE-FRIENDLY HTML pages.
The new
HTML pages are built in the HTML folder,
in the RoSEE area of your computer's
Application Data (Varies with
version of Windows).
Override URL - will only be activate if you
UNCHECK a page. You use this box, only if you want to send your
users to a different URL than the one which shows in the
text-box. Replacing this URL will replace ALL the links, in the
Pages selected, to with this URL.
Update -
Saves the new Override URL Address
View in Browser -
To view the page listed in the Override URL
****RoSEE will convert ONLY the maximum number
of pages allowed. The overflow will be truncated with a warning.
'HTML Folder'
Button - Click to open the folder
in your computer's Windows Explorer, where
the HTML web pages are created. This gives
you access to the HTML files created by
RoSEE.
SEND PAGES TAB:
Fill in the text-boxes with your FTP settings. (only
necessary the first time you use RoSEE)
What are FTP settings and how do I get them?
Contact your
web hosting company and ask them for your
FTP Settings. This was sent to you when your
web site was initially set up and was
included on your Welcome email from your
web hosting company. This includes:
-
FTP Hostname
-
FTP username
-
FTP password
You must
get these from your web hosting service. If
these settings are correct, then FTP
will work.
You will need
to create a directory/folder named
ShopHTML
or whatever you want to call it, manually on
your website server, and set the "Remote
Path On Server" option to it in
RoSEE
FTP options.
NORMAL FTP SETTINGS:
FTP Hostname
- Your web site FTP server name.
Example:
ftp.YourWebsite.com
128.10.23.258
Login User name
- The username given to you by your web
hosting company
Login Password
- The password given to you by your web
hosting company
Remote Path On
Server - This is the Folder path
that starts from your web site's folder,
that FTP logs into to, and ends with the
new folder you created.
If you
log into FTP using a FTP client, the
initial login folder is always a
'/'.
If you
have to click through 'httpdocs'
folder to get to your normal HTML
pages, add that to the initial '/'
to get /httpdocs.
If the
folder you created to install your
new Static HTML pages into was
'ShopHTML', add that to the path
also.
Your
Remote Path On
Server setting is
/httpdocs/ShopHTML/. This is the
folder path you have to travel from
the initial FTP login folder to get
to the new folder.
We can
furnish you with this setting if you
provide us with your FTP Hostname,
FTP Username and FTP Password.
Click Here
ADVANCED FTP SETTINGS:
FTP Protocol
- This setting allows for most FTP
secure or non-secure settings required
by some FTP servers.
storesonlinepro
customers use FTPSimplicit
Port
- The standard
port for FTP is 21. If your hosting company
requires another, enter
that here.
Timeout
- This is the
number of Seconds
RoSEE will wait for
communication between the servers.
Resume
- Having this box checked will force
RoSEE to RESUME
from where it left off during a previous file transfer. (Such as
if you lose your Internet connection)
Keep Alive
- Having this box checked will send
a command to keep the connection alive during transfer.
Passive Mode
- Leave this unchecked unless you
know what you are doing.
Click "CONNECT"
When
the gears stop turning, you will have your new STATIC HTML
pages on your site!
When your
FTP upload is complete, click the link
that appears to the left of the
'Connect' button. This will load your
new Static HTML Pages in your default
browser.
File Menu:
Open
- Opens a current Project.
Click
'File > Open' and the dialog window
will appear. Select a file ending in
'.mdb', then click 'Open'.
All settings
in RoSEE are saved Project specific.
Each Project saves its own Addresses,
File, FTP and Global settings.
New
- Creates
a new Project.
Click
'File > New' and the dialog window
will ask you to save '*.mdb'. Change
the '*' to a name describing your
new project. Click the 'Save' button
and RoSEE creates the database and
all folders needed, in your
Application Data folder on your hard
drive.
Projects can be saved
anywhere on your computer's file system
but we suggest you save them in the
default folder.
Recent File List
- A list
of the last 16 most recent Projects
Clear File List
- Clears
the File List except for the current
project.
Misc:
After converting your web pages and
uploading them to your web site:
1. Unlink your Dynamic pages from your web sites
Nav Bar.
2. Link your new HTML pages from your web
site's Nav Bar to the new Entrance
Static HTML Page.
FAQs:
OK, it
changes a database page into an HTML one
that the search engines can spider.
Yes
What
happens when the search engine puts that
link up and people click on it? Let's
say it is a catalogue page like in your
example. Will people then be able to
order from that page?
Yes,
everything works EXACTLY as before
except its a new Static HTML page in
a new directory. All the links are
adjusted to make everything work
exactly as before.
Does it
mean that a webmaster will have to have
2 pages of the same page on their
site.... I guess I just need to see it
in action.
Yes,
You will have dynamic pages which
don't really exist and are located
in a directory the cart script is
running from and then you will have
another directory named 'Cart' (or
anything you want) where the Static
HTML pages will reside. In most
instances, you should replace the
link in the web sites navigational
system that is to the dynamic
shopping cart or pages and point it
to the new Static HTML pages just so
you don't have duplicate content
available through your web sites
linking structure. The dynamic
script remains the same as before
for adding and editing products,
administration, etc., it just won't
be linked to, from the web site
anymore (your option).
OK, so in
fact it could replace a complete website
that is generated from a database
(Dynamic content) to one that the search
engines can index. Right?
That
is correct. The only limitation is
that the existing individual dynamic
pages must already be linked
together. A visitor to a web site
with dynamic pages must be able to
click from one dynamic page to
another, like in Shopping Carts or
Forums or 100s of other dynamic
content. RoSee uses these links to
search out and find all the dynamic
content in a folder and sub-folders,
or the entire web site. No search
engine, robot or spider, including
RoSee can access pages that are
hidden by a form that has to be
filled in.
Is it true
that the search engines can't spider
sites created from a database or use
dynamic content then?
They
can spider them but they have to be
careful since the content is being
generated by a program on the
server, it easy to fool the SE to
think a website has millions of
pages. These pages cannot be trusted
and are given a very low trust
factor by the SEs.
Do you
have any example site URLs that use
dynamic content that I can check for a
Google listing?
No,
but you can type any keyword or
phrase, into Google or one of the
other SE's search box and see what
page or listing dynamic URLs start
appearing.
Compatibility With DYNAMIC Pages
RoSEE has been tested on hundreds of different
Dynamic scripts and works well with the following requirements:
Requirements:
The anchor text (the clickable, blue, underlined text) in the
links on your Dynamic pages must be Unique
RoSEE does not walk Framed pages
Your Dynamic Pages must have an Extension, I.E. - .php, .pl,
.asp, .cgi, etc. (Not counting the entry page as often it will
not show).
RoSEE does not walk the following type links to other pages in
your dynamic script. (This are normally not a problem as these
target pages need to stay dynamic so the script continues to
work correctly).
Inside <SCRIPT> Tags - works fine for hrefs, image src, script
src and style-sheet src regardless of where those are. Internet Explorer does not take care of base for URLs inside of
javascript Functions. RoSEE will convert these to Absolute links, but it is
impossible to allow for all situations. Normally the only problem is if javascript calls different
script types (different file extensions) inside the <Script>
tags.
ERROR MESSAGES
"RoSEE HAD A PROBLEM GETTING
SOME PAGES. PLEASE CONTINUE LATER"
1. Go to "Set Up" tab.
2. Increase the number in "Number Of Tries For Each Page" to 10.
3.Go back to "Get Pages"
4. Click "Start".
5. When screen appears to ask you if you want to start over,
click "NO".
RoSEE will then continue on where it left off before the
error.
Note ****
If your Dynamic pages are not being walked or
converted correctly, please contact our Support Department and
we will see what we can do to make it convert correctly.
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