What is ZaldamoSearchBot?
ZaldamoSearchBot is Zaldamo’s automated crawler. It is software that visits web sites for analysis and inclusion in the Zaldamo search engine’s results.
What IP Addresses Does ZaldamoBot Use?
Be sure to whitelist or allow ZaldamoBot’s IP addresses so that your site’s content can be found on Zaldamo. ZaldamoBot IP addresses:
- 204.111.206.104
- 204.111.206.105
How Does ZaldamoBot Work?
ZaldamoBot attempts to visit all sites on the Internet with a valid SSL certificate. In order to be analyzed and included in Zaldamo’s search results, sites must be using the https protocol.
Zaldamo’s first visit to a website will look for the host’s ‘robots.txt’ file. If the ‘robots.txt’ file’s rules allow it, ZaldamoBot will look for the site’s ‘sitemap.xml’ file and home page.
Sites that do not have a valid SSL certificate, ‘robots.txt’ file, and ‘sitemap.xml’ file will be flagged by Zaldamo as unsecure, and additional crawling and indexing of the site will not occur.
Why is my Site Content not Showing in Zaldamo Search Results?
There are several reasons one or more of your pages is not showing in Zaldamo’s search results.
- ZaldamoBot has not yet found or explored your site: The Internet is a big place, and perhaps ZaldamoBot has not yet visited your site. This could be because your site is new to the Internet. This could also occur because ZaldamoBot is in its alpha testing phase, and it has not learned about your site yet.
- Invalid security settings: If your site does not meet the minimum security requirements listed above, your site will not be included in Zaldamo’s search results. Sites that
- Your site’s content was missing essential information: Zaldamo uses the content of several tags to understand how to process, organize, and classify data. Ensure that your web pages contain key information that Zaldamo needs, and that they are well-crafted.
What Does Zaldamo Consider a Well-Crafted Site?
Zaldamo’s users are looking for useful information that is provided in a safe and secure manner by legitimate content providers. Site owners should adhere to best practices with regard to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript use, accessibility, etc.
A non-exhaustive list of examples that Zaldamo considers best practices is:
- Including important tags – html, body, head, title, etc.
- Including a language attribute (Zaldamo alpha can only process pages with “en” or en-related attributes. i.e., en-us, en-gb, etc.).
- Making sure that web page file size and load time is reasonable.
- Ensuring pages are free of gimmicks.
- Making good use of header tags and alt attributes.
- Linking only to content hosted on https sites.
- Ensuring that the labels for links clearly describe to the user the content to which they lead.