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MikeBarone
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You can have as many as you want, it is advisable to limit it though.
The search engines can exclude your site if they think you are "spamming" your keyword or description tags.
Thry to keep it limited to only the best keywords, this way you get the exact traffic you are looking for. » » » » » »
Mike Barone
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The search engines can exclude your site if they think you are "spamming" your keyword or description tags.
Thry to keep it limited to only the best keywords, this way you get the exact traffic you are looking for. » » » » » »
Mike Barone
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You can have as many as you want, but I wouldn't put more then 20. And some advice, use phrases. Like if you're site is about red apples, you would want to put your keywords something like this:
"red apples, food, fruit, healthy, etc."
I could get really techincal and explain why this works better then just putting "red, apples", but think about it. If it doesn't click, e-mail me and I'll explain it.
Hope this helped. ~Steve
A broken clock is correct twice per day.
A roomful of monkeys on typwriters will eventually write the great american novel.
If you gave an infinate number of rednecks, an infinate number of shotguns to shoot at an infinate number of street signs, they'd eventually recreate all of Shakespears works in braile.
"red apples, food, fruit, healthy, etc."
I could get really techincal and explain why this works better then just putting "red, apples", but think about it. If it doesn't click, e-mail me and I'll explain it.
Hope this helped. ~Steve
A broken clock is correct twice per day.
A roomful of monkeys on typwriters will eventually write the great american novel.
If you gave an infinate number of rednecks, an infinate number of shotguns to shoot at an infinate number of street signs, they'd eventually recreate all of Shakespears works in braile.
MikeBarone
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Javrix, by all means, explain away. That's what these forums are for 
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Mike Barone
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The easiest way to put it is that if people are going to search for a page with red apples, they would type in "red apples". I know I would. I would go to hotbot and type in red+apples, or red apples and search for exact phrase.
Is the search engine doesn't ranks results via meta tags, like google, this won't help you anyway.
The average person uses more then 1 keyword when they are searching for something, usually a phrase, like our "red apples". And if you're using a purely meta based search engine, like hotbot (my favorite as you can tell), you're page would be listed higher if you had "red apples" instead of "red, apples".
Hope this makes sense. Most of this information I leared and a meta/search engine seminar. ~Steve
A broken clock is correct twice per day.
A roomful of monkeys on typwriters will eventually write the great american novel.
If you gave an infinate number of rednecks, an infinate number of shotguns to shoot at an infinate number of street signs, they'd eventually recreate all of Shakespears works in braile.
Is the search engine doesn't ranks results via meta tags, like google, this won't help you anyway.
The average person uses more then 1 keyword when they are searching for something, usually a phrase, like our "red apples". And if you're using a purely meta based search engine, like hotbot (my favorite as you can tell), you're page would be listed higher if you had "red apples" instead of "red, apples".
Hope this makes sense. Most of this information I leared and a meta/search engine seminar. ~Steve
A broken clock is correct twice per day.
A roomful of monkeys on typwriters will eventually write the great american novel.
If you gave an infinate number of rednecks, an infinate number of shotguns to shoot at an infinate number of street signs, they'd eventually recreate all of Shakespears works in braile.
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iwannabewebmistress
Technical User
Some good places to read up on Meta Tags and which engines use them in ranking include:
A good piece of advice I once saw in the Jim's world searchengineforums about keywords:
Once, Twice, Thrice
Once in the page title, twice in the description meta tag, and thrice in the
keywords meta tag.
Don't put word repetitions right next to each other either - use them in
phrases, and keep three words in between the repetitions.
A good piece of advice I once saw in the Jim's world searchengineforums about keywords:
Once, Twice, Thrice
Once in the page title, twice in the description meta tag, and thrice in the
keywords meta tag.
Don't put word repetitions right next to each other either - use them in
phrases, and keep three words in between the repetitions.
Very good advice. ~Steve
A broken clock is correct twice per day.
A roomful of monkeys on typwriters will eventually write the great american novel.
If you gave an infinate number of rednecks, an infinate number of shotguns to shoot at an infinate number of street signs, they'd eventually recreate all of Shakespears works in braile.
A broken clock is correct twice per day.
A roomful of monkeys on typwriters will eventually write the great american novel.
If you gave an infinate number of rednecks, an infinate number of shotguns to shoot at an infinate number of street signs, they'd eventually recreate all of Shakespears works in braile.
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Wow, responses gallore!
Thanks everyone!
iwannabewebmistress, you wrote...
Don't put word repetitions right next to each other either -use them in phrases, and keep three words in between the repetitions.
Can you explain the bolded portion? Or give an example?
Thanks,
Jenny
Thanks everyone!
iwannabewebmistress, you wrote...
Don't put word repetitions right next to each other either -use them in phrases, and keep three words in between the repetitions.
Can you explain the bolded portion? Or give an example?
Thanks,
Jenny
iwannabewebmistress
Technical User
That's a quote (sorry, I probably should have indicated such) from a forum at Jim's searchengineforums that I saved.
Some bots don't see the commas, so if you have keywords or keyword phrases that are repeated too closely it could get flagged as spam.
Let's see, an example...
search engine optimization,meta tags,search engines,optimizing meta tags,
I actually disregard this rule alot, but then maybe that's why some of my pages don't rank so well ;-).
HTH,
Some bots don't see the commas, so if you have keywords or keyword phrases that are repeated too closely it could get flagged as spam.
Let's see, an example...
search engine optimization,meta tags,search engines,optimizing meta tags,
I actually disregard this rule alot, but then maybe that's why some of my pages don't rank so well ;-).
HTH,
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PepperPepsi
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Hi Jenny,
Check this out, a pretty good presentation about web promotion
hope this helps, Chiu Chan
WebMaster & Software Engineer
emagine solutions, inc
cchan@emagine-solutions.com
Check this out, a pretty good presentation about web promotion
hope this helps, Chiu Chan
WebMaster & Software Engineer
emagine solutions, inc
cchan@emagine-solutions.com
Hi all,
I'm currently working on FREEWARE <HEAD> tag generator.
I'm still looking for more <META> tags since I feel that
These are an important part of the <HEAD> tag.
I've currrently got these <META> tags:
<META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="AUTHOR" LANG="" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="COPYRIGHT" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="EXPIRES" CONTENT="">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-SCRIPT-TYPE" CONTENT="">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-STYLE-TYPE" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="REVISIT-AFTER" CONTENT="">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="">
I was wondering if you are aware of any other usefull
<META> tags for my program??? If you know some, please tell
me about it and explain how it works so I can make an even
better program. I will post a notification hint here when I release it.
Thanx allot,
Bobba_Fet Everybody has a right to my opinion.
I'm currently working on FREEWARE <HEAD> tag generator.
I'm still looking for more <META> tags since I feel that
These are an important part of the <HEAD> tag.
I've currrently got these <META> tags:
<META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="AUTHOR" LANG="" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="COPYRIGHT" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="EXPIRES" CONTENT="">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-SCRIPT-TYPE" CONTENT="">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-STYLE-TYPE" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="REVISIT-AFTER" CONTENT="">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="">
I was wondering if you are aware of any other usefull
<META> tags for my program??? If you know some, please tell
me about it and explain how it works so I can make an even
better program. I will post a notification hint here when I release it.
Thanx allot,
Bobba_Fet Everybody has a right to my opinion.
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