Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

2010-12-18 Thread Ben Buchanan
On 15 December 2010 13:31, Michal Miksik wrote: > I was advised by an SEO company that : "The Title tag should be the first > tag in the area of the web pages, otherwise search engines may > overlook it which will significantly damage the rankings." > What is the best practice/order for placing

RE: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

2010-12-16 Thread Foskett, Mike
: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of designer Sent: 16 December 2010 11:58 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML) Could you expand on this please Mike? Thanks, Bob - Original Message - From: Foskett, Mike

Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

2010-12-16 Thread designer
Could you expand on this please Mike? Thanks, Bob - Original Message - From: Foskett, Mike Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 9:53 AM Subject: RE: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML) [snip] 4. Page title with H1 text first and if necessary other info in reverse breadcrumb order

RE: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

2010-12-15 Thread Foskett, Mike
: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML) On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Foskett, Mike wrote: > Referencing my own work seems pretty pointless but hey: > > http://www.websemantics.co.uk/resources/useful_css_snippets/ Not at all - thanks for the references.

Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

2010-12-15 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Foskett, Mike wrote: > Referencing my own work seems pretty pointless but hey: > > http://www.websemantics.co.uk/resources/useful_css_snippets/ Not at all - thanks for the references. :) > Headings: > >        IE refuses to copy or highlight content text Right,

RE: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

2010-12-15 Thread Foskett, Mike
little better. mike foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis Sent: 15 December 2010 10:27 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML

Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

2010-12-15 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Foskett, Mike wrote: > 8. The head section must not finish with a self closing element such as > link. It may cause copy selection errors and  "Flash of un-styled content" > issues This is news to me. Does anyone have a citation or test case for this? -- Benjamin

RE: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

2010-12-15 Thread Foskett, Mike
Here's an example of what I gather to be best practice. http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> h1 text - site section - site name /**/

Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

2010-12-15 Thread Chad Kelly
Exactly. Search bots are quite smart now a days, and lets be honest, a lot of so-called SEO experts I thought I should just follow up the above comment, by saying that organic SEO is quite ok, such as the correct use of title tags, eg not filling them with just keywords and making sure they d

Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

2010-12-14 Thread Chad Kelly
- Original Message - From: ""G.Sørtun"" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML) On 15.12.2010 03:31, Michal Miksik wrote: I was advised by an SEO company that : "The Title tag should be the first ta

Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

2010-12-14 Thread G.Sørtun
On 15.12.2010 03:31, Michal Miksik wrote: I was advised by an SEO company that : "The Title tag should be the first tag in the area of the web pages, otherwise search engines may overlook it which will significantly damage the rankings." Someone must be seriously underestimating search engine

[WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

2010-12-14 Thread Michal Miksik
I was advised by an SEO company that : "The Title tag should be the first tag in the area of the web pages, otherwise search engines may overlook it which will significantly damage the rankings." What is the best practice/order for placing tags withing the section? Any feedback very appreciated.