Sorry, but the first link don't work. Insteand, http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/ and, in "help resources" can found the google doc in "search engine optimization". There are useful articles and videos SEO related too.
Regards. On 22 ago, 14:53, puercoespin <jzaragoza.puercoes...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12 ago, 00:23, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > Could you provide a list of features you would like to see? > > > Massimo > > > On Aug 11, 4:52 pm, puercoespin <jzaragoza.puercoes...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > First of all, I want to indicate that I am not an expert inSEO, not > in Python not inWeb2py. In fact, I am not expert in anything :) > > I think that a good beginning to create a list of possible features > that, in my opinion, it should haveWeb2pyin reference toSEO, would > be the Google’s doc " Google's Search Engine Optimization. Starter > Guide ", and it can be found in " http: > //www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-gui... > ". It is a brief document, of only 22 pages, but very interesting and > whose reading I recommend. In addition, it has links to go deeper into > some treated topics, as well as to tools for webmaster related toSEO. > > What I am going to expose is a small summary of the document, as a > list, of the elements that a web site must have in order that it could > obtain a good positioning. I think that in some of them,web2pymight > facilitate the fulfilment of these elements. > > 1.- "Create unique, accurate page titles", "Create unique title tags > for each page", "Make use of the 'description' meta tag", "Use unique > descriptions for each page", "Improve the structure of your URLs". > > When Google presents us a list of webs as result of a search, he > presents first the title of the web, a small text, which can - or not > - match with the text of the meta tag "description", and a url link to > the web. So is very important put the major care in refilling this > meta tags. So I think thatWeb2pymust to ask for title and > description when created a new application. In order that every page > has a title and a different description, depending on his content, > maybe doing that the controller returning variables title and > description?? > > URL’s must included words that can be found in a user search. And > reflected the web’s structure, if possible, clean and ordered. Also, > if a user “cuts” some parts of a url, (www.exemple.com/an/url/very/ > large/ and user cuts /large, for example) the reply not would be an > stranger message. About url’s, I thinkweb2pydoes a good job. > > 2.- "Make your site easier to navigate" > > Everything related to the user ease of navigation will be appreciated > by the search engines. In fact, inSEO, accessibility and usability > counts. So it's recommended a sitemap (lower case), that is a html > file, generally located in the root, and with a hierarchy links of the > pages of the site, maybe with its title and description. This file is > aimed to human visitors. > > Also, it's recommended a Sitemap (upper case), That’s a xml file, > aimed to search engines. With this file, the webmaster can inform to > search engines about the frequency of changes of the web, or what are > the most important pages of our sites. In both files, I think thatweb2pyhas > job to do. > > Another interesting element would be a “breadcrumb”. That’s a row of > internal links, located in top or/and bottom of the page as title.site> > title.page1 > title.page2 > title.page3. There a lot of snippets of > > code in Django that implements a breadcrumb. Also, there a project in > google code in "http://code.google.com/p/django-breadcrumbs/ ";. > Whats aboutWeb2py?? > > And last, a 404 personalized page, that kindly redirects users to the > root, or show a list of links of the most visited pages, its very > appreciated. > > 3.- "Offer quality content and services" , "Write better anchor text", > “Use heading tags appropriately” “Optimize your use of images” > > Well, I think with that, any framework has nothing to do. :) > > 4.- “Make effective use of robots.txt”. > > Maybe allweb2pyapplication would be, by default, a robots.txt file > with, at least, this content: > > User-agent: “ > Disallow: /static/ > > A robots.txt is a good practice, simple to follow. > > 5. “Be aware of rel="nofollow" for links”. > > As example of use, the google’s document example: > > <a href=http://www.shadyseo.com/rel=”nofollow”>Comment spammer</a> > > Maybe interesting. As point the google doc: > > “Setting the value of the "rel" attribute of a link to "nofollow" will > tell Google that certain links on your > site shouldn't be followed or pass your page's reputation to the pages > linked to. […]If your site has a blog with public commenting turned > on, links within those comments could pass your reputation to pages > that you may not be comfortable vouching for. Blog comment areas on > pages are highly susceptible to comment spam. Nofollowing these user- > added links ensures that you're not giving your page's hard-earned > reputation to a spammy site. Many blogging software packages > automatically nofollow user comments” > > 6. “Promote your website in the right ways” “Make use of free > webmaster tools”. > > Well, that’s work for the webmaster, not frameworks… but maybe some > webmaster tools can offer ideas for implementing inweb2py?? > > 7. “Take advantage of web analytics services.” > > I don’t know if withweb2pyis easy or not to access Analytics api, > but maybe would be interesting thatweb2pyhas access to this api by > default. Some frameworks has, for example, plone. (Yes, I know, plone > is a CMS, not a framework asweb2py.). > > Sorry for the excessive extension of this mail. > > Regards.
