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theinkjetguy
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Meta Tags - 4/10/2002 7:12:11
Was wondering if someone could look at the Meta tags on my site and see if they are ok...??? if not can you please give some suggestions. Thank you
TOm
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tdg
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RE: Meta Tags - 4/10/2002 7:20:07
Hi Tom:
I would be happy to lend-a-hand. Just what is your sites URL?
Tom G, Sr.
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theinkjetguy
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RE: Meta Tags - 4/10/2002 7:35:54
Sorry about that thought that i has posted it.... www.theinkjetguys.com
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pageoneresults
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RE: Meta Tags - 4/10/2002 12:07:21
Hello there inkjetguy! Unfortunately, they are not alright. Here is a brief rundown of what is wrong...
1. META Keywords Tag
Too many keywords in this tag! Use a maximum of 15 words, 10 if you can and don't waste your time here. The keywords tag is ignored by all but a couple of small potatoes! The keywords should be relative to the on page content.
<meta http-equiv="Keywords" content="">
2. META Description Tag
Your description wasn't too bad. It should be no longer than 25 words (160 characters) and should be relative to the on page content. There is a space between the "n" in description and the quote " mark, that should not be there.
<meta http-equiv="Description " content="">
3. META Language Tag
This one okay but not really needed.
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us" />
4. META charset Tag
Not sure what happened here. You only need one charset tag and you have 2.
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" />
<meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
http-equiv=Content-Type>
5. Duplicate Tags
Shame on you! Duplicate keywords and description tag. Did you do this to appease those spiders that have problems with XML and closing / >?
<meta name="keywords" content=" ">
<meta name="description" content=" ">
6. Title Tag
This one should be at the top of your META's right after the <head> tag. This is the most important tag in your html! I typically keep them to 7 words or less and they should match your on page content.
<title></title>
7. MS Proprietary Tags
I'd get rid of this junk below unless you don't mind advertising for MS.
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0" />
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document" />
All you need in your <head> tags are these elements, in this suggested order...
<html>
<head>
<title>
<meta name="description" content="">
<meta name="keywords" content="">
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
Optional - <link href=".css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
Optional - <script language="javascript" src=".js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
You should also consider W3C validation. Once you validate you can include the DOCTYPE header above the <html> tag.
One last important thing...
There should be no breaks or wrapping in these tags!
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Edited by - pageoneresults on 04/10/2002 12:14:45
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tdg
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RE: Meta Tags - 4/11/2002 8:09:02
Hi again Tom:
I see that "pageoneresults" beat me to it. I don't think I can contribute much more then to offer up a bit of automation. The following link is to one of my 'ol standbys.
Take a look and let me know if you find it appropriate to our discussion on META tags.
http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/mk-metas.html
Good Luck
Tom G, Sr.
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cooper
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RE: Meta Tags - 4/11/2002 15:51:13
Tom,
A rather novel idea is check out the Meta tags on the competitors sites. There are also a number of places that can do "site checks" for free. Try www.bravenet.com.
Cooper
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theinkjetguy
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RE: Meta Tags - 4/11/2002 23:26:32
Thank you for your help I changed the tags on the first page what do you think about the change?
Thanks again
tom
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pageoneresults
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RE: Meta Tags - 4/11/2002 23:49:14
Hello theinkjetguy. There are still problems back there. There are duplicate tags, is it possible that you have these tags feeding in from an include or navigation element of some sort?
You can IXNE these...
<meta name="rating" content="General">
<meta name="robots" content="Index, follow">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0" />
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document" />
Why are you using xhtml? I should ask, why are you using xhtml and html combined? That is not valid code unfortunately and will cause problems. Some of the search engine spiders are having problems with the closing /> on the description and keywords tag. On any of the <head></head> elements for that matter.
I also noticed that you have a DOCTYPE above your <html>. I ran that page through the validator and it does not validate and therefore you cannot use the DOCTYPE and expect the page to display properly in all browsers. There were over 50 errors on the page and thats not good.
Please don't take this reply as a criticism. I just want to be right up front with you and let you know you've got some more work to do, just as all of us do. Its a neverending cycle of learning!
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Edited by - pageoneresults on 04/11/2002 23:50:38
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theinkjetguy
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RE: Meta Tags - 4/12/2002 8:06:26
I am trying to learn.. Anyone who post a question should be open to what ever answers are posted...
What validator did you use? what errors ??? dont understand....
Thanks
tom
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Justjay
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RE: Meta Tags - 11/19/2002 11:41:06
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3. META Language Tag
This one okay but not really needed.
<meta http-equiv=" Content-Language" content=" en-us" />
It is if you are NOT using US English...and there are LOTS of sites that do not use US English...
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chrisstaton
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RE: Meta Tags - 1/3/2006 4:28:54
Can you have to many keywords because a friend of mine added a lot to my site and I was just wondering?
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Justjay
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RE: Meta Tags - 1/3/2006 12:19:47
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added a lot
How relevant are they? You might want to check out a KEYWORD DENSITY ANALYZER.
If you are using a keyword that does not appear on your page or is only on your page once then it really isn't doing you any good.
Does that help?
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RE: Meta Tags - 1/3/2006 15:01:04
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Can you have to many keywords because a friend of mine added a lot to my site and I was just wondering?
From above in the post:
1. META Keywords Tag
Too many keywords in this tag! Use a maximum of 15 words, 10 if you can and don't waste your time here. The keywords tag is ignored by all but a couple of small potatoes! The keywords should be relative to the on page content.
<meta http-equiv="Keywords" content="">
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RE: Meta Tags - 1/25/2006 12:31:19
I was asked to pick up the marketing for a website and from the looks of it, it is not getting any traffic whatsoever. Can someone take a look at the tags and tell me whats going on?
www.corporategiftbasketsusa.com
Thanks alot.
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Holicc
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RE: Meta Tags - 2/14/2006 12:23:13
Those metatags are spamming the search engines. You need to put in real descriptions related to the web page.
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