On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 at 22:42:16, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>>Quanta web page header
>Yes, the meta tags are important in getting search engines to spot you.
>Mentioning your subjects in the page. Links to and from. Numbers of
>requests for your subjects coupled with how often you update the page
>etc are all important. Search engines are pretty simple minded in some
>ways, pretty horrible to figure out in some ways too.
Most important is the bare text after <body>
That is what gets picked up in -all- my web site mentions, not the META
tags (even 'description' seems ignored). I gather robots mainly ignore
those now, as people were putting really stupid ones with a vast number
of words.
It is vital to look at the <body> text from the start and make sure say
the first 25 words make sense.
For instance Google has:
"TF Services. Sinclair QL support. Tony Firshman's Home Page. December
5, 2004.
This page holds details of/links to current TF Services ... "
from:
------------------------------------------------
<body>
<h1 align="center"><font color="#008000"><strong>TF
Services</strong></font></h1>
<h1 align="center"><font color="#008000"><strong>Sinclair QL
support</strong></font></h1>
<p align="center"><font color="#008000"><strong><img src="ql.gif"
width="494" height="106"></strong></font></p>
<h2 align="center"><font color="#008000"><strong>Tony Firshman's
Home Page</strong></font></h2>
<hr>
<p><strong>
December 5, 2004
</strong></p>
<p>This page holds details of/links to current TF Services
products and services, and latest support files. </p>
-----------------------------------------
It ignored:
<meta name="description"
content="Tony Firshman's (TF Services) product and support for the
Sinclair QL">
<title>TF Services Home Page</title>
Tony
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