Search Engine Optimization [Archive]

VitalityHealthServices

01-17-2009, 12:22 PM

Hey Guys,

I have lost contact with my webpage designer but i really need to change the <head> tag so that my website is 'search able'. I don't even know where to start.

Any info would help !

Thanks ,
Brooke

pmbinky

01-17-2009, 01:30 PM

I'm thinking that you're talking about using meta tags with keywords relating to your site?

Here's the element that goes inside the <head>
<meta name="keywords" content="whoopee,cushions,xray,specs" />

but I don't know too many that use this method anymore. I tend to use free search engine submission stuff or design in a way that makes the site "desirable" to search spiders.

There are all sorts of ways to do this; cross linking, content changes, etc.
Try searching on "how to make a site appealing to search bots" for more tips.

felgall

01-17-2009, 01:33 PM

To make a page searchable you just remove the meta robots tag which would be specifying either noindex or nofollow in order to stop the page being indexed or the links in the page being followed. Alternatively just remove the "no" off the front.

justinw1970

01-18-2009, 04:07 PM

Hey Guys,

I have lost contact with my webpage designer but i really need to change the <head> tag so that my website is 'search able'. I don't even know where to start.

Any info would help !

Thanks ,
Brooke

Brooke, It's really very easy. If you have failed to solve it do let me know and I would be happy to do it for you. You can send me an im on here.

amy-minnihan

04-25-2009, 12:08 PM

ya its really very easy, just download your index page, open in notepad and copy and paste following code:

<head>
<meta name="description" content="place website details here">

<meta name="keywords" content="place your website keywords here">
<title>place your website title here</title>
</head>

then save and upload index page.
Finished!!!

PBScott

04-27-2009, 12:30 PM

You should really get yourself a copy of dreamweaver so you can take control of your own webpage, it will make it easy for you to edit now that it is already built for you.

SEO takes more that just changing a couple of meta tags.

felgall

04-27-2009, 01:17 PM

Whatever you do in the page itself isn't going to make much difference - it is how many thousands of relevant incoming links that has the greatest effect.

Hawaii50

05-10-2009, 02:24 PM

There are lots of options. If you need help, PM me anytime.
I have some great resources that may help you
Sean

goodmanmorx

05-19-2009, 04:06 PM

Hi,
Changing your head using mata tag <meta name="keywords" content="____ ">
or dreamweaver using head already built in and change the information

____________
goodmanmorx

Early Out

05-19-2009, 04:14 PM

Bad advice. Most search engines these days ignore the meta "keywords" tag because it has been so totally abused by website designers. There just isn't any substitute for actual content, and for a website that is actually useful or interesting enough that other people post links to it.

torres

05-25-2009, 07:22 AM

Yes its right that search engines ignore meta tags

mhJr_

06-10-2009, 03:58 PM

http://www.shopfuze.com/img1.jpgBad advice. Most search engines these days ignore the meta "keywords" tag because it has been so totally abused by website designers. There just isn't any substitute for actual content, and for a website that is actually useful or interesting enough that other people post links to it.

What about the Description tag?
What if you don't include a description tag, where do the search engines get this snippet from?

Early Out

06-10-2009, 04:07 PM

Without a description tag, the search engines just grab some text from the page, which can be pretty useless, depending upon how the page is laid out. I recommend including a description tag - a nice, straighforward, one-liner that tells people what the page is about. I've found that the search engines do pick up that description, and use it when displaying search results.

mhJr_

06-10-2009, 04:41 PM

Without a description tag, the search engines just grab some text from the page, which can be pretty useless, depending upon how the page is laid out. I recommend including a description tag - a nice, straighforward, one-liner that tells people what the page is about. I've found that the search engines do pick up that description, and use it when displaying search results.

Ah, okay. You were specifically singling out the keywords, I misunderstood. :P

felgall

06-11-2009, 01:51 PM

Some search engines will grab a section of the page content even if there is a description meta tag.

Early Out

06-11-2009, 02:27 PM

FWIW, I just checked my own home page, and Google, Yahoo, Live Search, Bing, and Ask.com have all grabbed the description meta tag. Some have included some text from the page itself in addition to the tag, but the tag is the first chunk of material they display.

ack

06-23-2009, 10:17 AM

The META description is really important as most users will read this before clicking on your listing from a search engine.

It is important to work on your TITLE tag and META description to convey your message and make it compelling.

Get this right and you can double your traffic. A strong TITLE and META description can work wonders for you.

Make the both Compelling and Interesting.

ack

06-26-2009, 09:27 AM

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It is a phenomenal book about SEO and your website. I highly recommend it.

- Get to the top on Google by David Viney

redsox9

08-03-2009, 06:15 AM

Starting to see some spam and other nonsense here - thread closed.