Seven Search Engine Similarities

Written by Judith Tramayne-Barth


It's true -- search engines are a royal pain when you try to optimize your web pages for them but you can reducerepparttar pain by analyzing their similarities.

==> Similarity #1

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==> Similarity #2

Titles should have key word in it and not be longer then 75 characters. Less is even better. Make sure your title starts withrepparttar 128370 key word if you can.

==> Similarity #3

Each web page should have a different key word inrepparttar 128371 title but be part of a theme. Search engines look for consistent keywords throughout your site.

For instance, < title >Golf tips by Butch Harmon at nationalgolfer.com < itle > on one page, < title > Free golf putting tips by David Leadbetter at nationalgolfer.com < itle > on another page or even < title >Golf products to improve your golf game at nationalgolfer.com < itle> on a third page. Each title hasrepparttar 128372 word golf sorepparttar 128373 search engine spider knowsrepparttar 128374 site must pertain to golf -- which it does. Hey, nobody ever accused these robots of being smart.

==> Similarity #4

Meta name description and keyword tags are accepted by some but not all; therefore, keep your description to a minimum length andrepparttar 128375 keyword tag to only one or two. Spend your time on a pithy, short one line description sentence which includes your keyword atrepparttar 128376 start ofrepparttar 128377 sentence but will also enticerepparttar 128378 person viewing to click onrepparttar 128379 link.

==> Similarity #5

Search engine spiders or robots likerepparttar 128380 keyword or phrase at repparttar 128381 top of your page betweenrepparttar 128382 < h > < / h > codes. So make surerepparttar 128383 first table cell on your page has your pithy one line description in it usingrepparttar 128384 opening and closing < h > tags.

Meta Tags Are Not A Magic Solution

Written by windsong


META TAGS ARE NOT A MAGIC SOLUTION by: windsong

Meta tags are useful in getting better listings inrepparttar search engines. However, not all search engines support meta tags. This means that some search engines ignore them. But include meta tags in your document forrepparttar 128368 engines that do use them. It will significantly increase your rating.

There are many, many different meta tags. The only ones you need to be concerned with arerepparttar 128369 "description" and "keyword" tags. (And "title" tag, of course.) The description tag provides a summary which appears when your page comes up on a search. Without this "description"repparttar 128370 search engine will create one. It will generally userepparttar 128371 first few lines of text atrepparttar 128372 top of your page. Meta tags are to be placed insiderepparttar 128373 head tags. Here is what your meta tags should look like:

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