[Chicago-talk] OT: meta tags

[Richard Reina]

Thanks again Adam.
--- Adam Israel <adam at battleaxe.net> wrote:

> The template you're using for the site (something
> from Network 
> Solutions, it looks like) is using html frames to
> control the 
> layout/organization of the site.  If you view the
> source of 
> /pages/1/index.htm, you'll see:
> 
> <frameset rows="*,59" border="0" framespacing="0"
> cols="*" frameborder="NO">
>   <frame src="page1.html?refresh=1116247601230"
> name="content" 
> marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" noresize
> frameborder="NO">
>   <frame src="footer.htm" name="footer"
> marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" 
> noresize frameborder="NO" scrolling="NO">
> </frameset>
> 
> Frames are icky (tm).  They're not search engine
> friendly, either.  You 
> can help the search bots index your pages by adding
> some content within 
> the <noframes></noframes> tags but it's not the best
> solution.
> 
> -Adam
> 
> Richard Reina wrote:
> 
> >Adam,
> >
> >Thanks for the response.  I appreciate the
> >suggestions.
> >BTW what are frames?
> >
> >Thanks again,
> >
> >Richard
> >--- Adam Israel <adam at battleaxe.net> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>heh, half of my living is made doing that sort of
> >>thing right now.  The 
> >>first thing would be to adjust your index.html. 
> >>Meta redirects aren't 
> >>the most reliable way of directing a search bot.
> >>
> >>Make sure that the keywords in your meta tags
> match
> >>keywords in the 
> >>content of your site (reinforces keyword density).
> >>
> >>Avoid the use of frames at all possible.  They
> make
> >>it entirely more 
> >>difficult to be indexed well.
> >>
> >>There are tons of other things, but those few
> should
> >>give you a good 
> >>start.  Like Pete said, you might not be picked up
> >>in their schedule yet 
> >>but even if you are, the site won't get far in its
> >>current state.
> >>
> >>-Adam
> >>
> >>
> >>Richard Reina wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I know this is OT since it does not relate to
> perl,
> >>>but I  built a small web site
> >>>www.savechicagotaverns.com over the weekend and
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>when I
> >>    
> >>
> >>>google for text that is in the site the site does
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>not
> >>    
> >>
> >>>come up in the searches despite having introduced
> >>>nearly all the text as meta tags.  Can anyone
> help?
> >>>
> >>>Richard
> >>>
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