GRKda Frequently Asked Questions

1. What does the "Search Mode" option I find in the Compare dialog mean?

2. What does the Key icon in the Statistic dialog indicate?

3. Can be the program be used with files that are not html?

4. Can you tell me exactly what Keyword Density Mix the major search engines are looking for?

5. Can the program verify my web page positioning on the search engines?

6. How does "Keyword Analyzer" count words?

7. Are there different ways to select the Menu items to work with the program?

8. Can I make a record and report of my findings?

9. Can I copy to my clipboard?

10. How can I change the dialog column lengths?

11. How do I learn what all the Option items are and what they do?

1. What does the "Search Mode" option I find in the Compare dialog mean?

This option lets you mimic the search engine search mode differently from the way they do. Instead of writing your search phrase in "" you can just type your words and then select the Whole phrase (logical AND) mode. If you, instead, want to consider each word separately then you have to select the Sum occurences (logical OR) mode. The Find space or '_' or '-' separated keywords mode lets you check for the occurrence of words that are separated by the specified characters while you are searching for the whole word. An example in this case is needed to fully understand how this option works. Suppose you were to do a search for the word "Bulkmailer" and that the documents returned as 1-10 in the ratings all score zero with keyword "Bulkmailer" with other search modes. The problem is that there is no such word in any of these rated documents. Why they are scored so high ? The explanation is that the word "Bulkmailer" does exist but it is disguised as in the following alternates: "Bulk mailer" , "Bulk_mailer" or "Bulk-mailer". This search mode allows you to find these words and solve the problem.

2. What does the Key icon in the Statistic dialog indicate?

This icon simply indicates that this word is listed in your META keywords tag as a keyword. If GRKda finds this word more than once in your META keywords tag then it will indicate this as a RED line because search engines don't like keywords listed more than once as they consider this SPAM.

3. Can be the program be used with files that are not html?

Yes, although specifically designed to handle HTML files, the program collects all the words in the body text of any text file.

4. Can you tell me exactly what Keyword Density Mix the major search engines are looking for?

No, search engine relevancy scoring criteria change frequently. That is one of the reasons you need this program so that you can quickly and easily analyze the changes and adjust your pages accordingly when necessary.

5. Can the program verify my web page positioning on the search engines?

No, there are many well-known programs that do this. Anyway we only trust a manual check directly done on the search engine itself.

6. How does "Keyword Analyzer" count words?

GRKda counts words in a smart mode that cannot be found in any other existing word statistic program. GRKda understands HTML language and separates the words that search engines consider in their analyses. The total word count at the top of the Statistic page is the sum of all the words in HTML file that are visible, i.e. are inside an HTML category. GRKda does not take every category into account because the search engine does this too. This is the reason why, if you enable all options and columns, the word count at the top of the Statistic page and the "$$ total word count $$ " (in yellow) do not match.

7. Are there different ways to select the Menu items to work with the program?

Yes, you have two options to access the Menu: (1) the Menu button in the Report section or (2) right click in the Report section.

8. Can I make a record and report of my findings?

Yes, you can select the menu option "Save Report as" and then save your report as text or cvs (comma delimited file).

9. Can I copy to my clipboard?

Yes, just access the Menu and then select the "Report to clipboard" option.

10. How can I change the dialog column lengths?

Go to the Options dialog and you will find the "Column autosize" option. Here you can select "none" for no automatic resize (i.e. you can manually size each column) or alternatively you can select an option to automatically resize columns based on header, content or both.

11. How do I learn what all the Option items are and what they do?

Select the "Enable Tool Tips" box in the Options dialog to enable short comment messages when you move your cursor over an option. We suggest that you enable this option while learning the program.