 are meta tags really good for SEO?, relevance of meta tags.... |
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  Aug 9 2004, 07:33 PM
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Core2Q-QX6800  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 1,093 Joined: 3-August 04 From: Nigeria Member No.: 569  |
i have been wondering on the best way to optimize a website for SEs. are meta tags really a good means of SEO or is link exchange better for SEO? i think this should be a discussion for everyone. if you have any other means of SEO pls tell me.
Welcome to this discussion. 
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Aug 15 2004, 07:36 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 3-August 04 Member No.: 555 |
It depends - if you like to optimize for google meta tags are ignored by google crawler. In yahoo or others search engines the meta tags are visible.
SEO is the most important thing to make a good position in search engines. I prefer web gold - it make a good position in google. Page rank is only a one factor from many. Tomecki |
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Aug 22 2004, 01:05 AM
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Newbie [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 31 Joined: 22-August 04 Member No.: 867 |
well of course meta tags help, otherwise there won't be any meta tags!
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Aug 22 2004, 03:05 AM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 873 Joined: 30-July 04 Member No.: 246 |
Meta tags are not ignored by Google. It doesn't display the actual tags and their values in its index, but it doesn't ignore them either.
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Aug 23 2004, 08:52 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 372 Joined: 16-August 04 From: Spain Member No.: 824 |
QUOTE(tomecki @ Aug 15 2004, 07:36 AM) SEO is the most important thing to make a good position in search engines. I prefer web gold - it make a good position in google. Page rank is only a one factor from many. What does SEO stands for? Search engine .... What do you mean with "web gold"?. I thought that the criteria for Google was incoming links, outgoing links and meta-tags. Aren't they? |
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 Aug 23 2004, 11:15 PM
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Ancient Enigma  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,837 Joined: 11-July 04 From: under the stars Member No.: 76 myCENT:80.62 |
mizako... SEO=search engine optimization. web gold is an app webmasters
use to monitor their site rankings in a multitude of search engines. just try to google the app for more details. metatags are useful for ANY search engine bot, so dont neglect it in your web pages. one tip to enhance SEO: use ALT in your images when appropriate. EXAMPLE: QUOTE <img src='style_images/1/logo4.gif' alt='Powered by Invision Power Board' border="0" /> don't just place a crappy ALT description... think of something that will be REALLY descriptive of your page. example: if you have a FORUMS image, don't just put alt='Forums'. try, alt='Forums discussing the merits of meta tags and other methods in search engine optimization'. a search engine bot crawling your pages would glean more info on your pages from the latter example than the first. these hidden codes beneath the web interface you see in the browser can raise your rankings in search engines.  (of course, every search engine algorithm differs, but it will help in most cases). and that's just one tip.  more later if i can still remember them
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Aug 23 2004, 11:27 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 498 Joined: 23-August 04 Member No.: 878 |
Also, does it not take <title> tags into account?
Just like why we have "Trap17.com -> Quoting a Post in are meta tags really good for SEO? - Trap 17" That's obviously why Google Spiders index each and every page.
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Aug 23 2004, 11:40 PM
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Ancient Enigma Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,837 Joined: 11-July 04 From: under the stars Member No.: 76 myCENT:80.62 |
you are correct there zenchi
btw, just remembered that a DOMAIN NAME does a great deal in giving your site good search engine rankings. if you search for "screensavers" for example, the search engine will spit out the most relevant sites/pages first -- that being the domain bearing a name nearest to the word searched. so choosing a good domain/subdomain name helps a lot in SEO and search engine rankings. choose well.
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Aug 24 2004, 05:40 PM
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Core2Q-QX6800 Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 1,093 Joined: 3-August 04 From: Nigeria Member No.: 569 |
QUOTE you are correct there zenchi btw, just remembered that a DOMAIN NAME does a great deal in giving your site good search engine rankings. if you search for "screensavers" for example, the search engine will spit out the most relevant sites/pages first -- that being the domain bearing a name nearest to the word searched. so choosing a good domain/subdomain name helps a lot in SEO and search engine rankings. choose well. so what about this for instance...while searching for web designing..will a domain name like odowebdesigns get a high ranking? |
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