Is this the correct way?

[cranebill]

I looked at the source code of a website that ranks #1 on google.

I hae read to have keywords in the Title, Decription, and Meta tags? This is correct I am assuming....

If that is correct is this the proper way to enter it into HTML?

<title> Enter statement here</title>

<meta name="description" content="Enter content here">
<meta name="keywords" content="Enter Key Words here">

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

I dunno what the last line does but it seemed to be part of it....

Also I am using Frames so would this be in the main page or the frames themselves or both?

Bill

 

[ChrisHirst]

Title definitely. meta description and keywords just not very important any more for rankings. Keyphrases in the on page content is more important for rankings. Read througn the threads in here for more information.

however your syntax is correct for these tags

the last one tells the browser what character set the page was designed to display correctly with.

your biggest problem is going to be frames, most SE crawlers don't handle frames very well at all and even when they are helped with the navigation, you then have the problem of orphaned pages appearing outside the frames when found in the SERPs.



Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

 

[cranebill]

Should I get rid of frames then? Would it help in the searches? I always have used frames for personal websites but never had to deal with being found on google etc.

So basically Title and content of the page is all I have to worry about and this is just for the main page I assume.

Bill

 

[ChrisHirst]

Getting rid of frames would be a good start. They are fine for intranet sites but for a site that needs to be user friendly it's pretty much a big no no. And if you have a host that supports SSI or a scripting language common navigation features (the only thing frames are good for) are much simpler and friendlier to implement.

There are many aspects that make up a well ranked site. Title and good content being among the biggest factors. Google also gives a fair amount of weight to Anchor Text as well.
some places to visit for no nonsense advice and info are in this thread. thread828-854956
The main thing to remember SEO is not an exact science so no amount of hitting the "right" keyphrase density or exact word count is going to be the secret. Usually these ideas just someones pet theory on what works for a particular phrase or market.
And no, it's just not the main page. It's every page you should work on and optimise. Every page can and will be a landing page in it's own right, SEs rank pages not sites. Use two phrases per page, three at a push and write the content for the visitors NOT the latest algo theory with the SEs.



Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?