Tips for Optimizing Your Site

google berry · 03-16-2008, 10:40 AM

Introduction

There are innumerable factors that can affect the search engines rankings. These factors vary from search engine to search engine as well as these vary from time to time as the search engines continue to improve upon their algorithm for ranking the sites. Out of the multiple factors that affect the search engine rankings, only few factors can be influenced by the webmaster that principally include the content management and the site structuring / programming etc. Few other factors that can be monitored are basically exploiting the loopholes in the search engines algorithms but such factors are short lived in their utility as the moment they are detected, they can adversely affect your rankings as well. As an example, while reciprocal link exchanges worked well for some time, today as the search engines have improved, this is looked down upon... [ read more... ]

raven1083 · 03-16-2008, 05:09 PM

thanks for that nice tip it really help me thanks.

innovation · 03-16-2008, 08:30 PM

good tips mate. But, I heard that search engine spiders are not searching for meta tags and meta description. Is it? Can someone please confirm?

armanbarbuco · 03-16-2008, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by innovation

good tips mate. But, I heard that search engine spiders are not searching for meta tags and meta description. Is it? Can someone please confirm?

Yes, there has been many sayings that meta tags like the keywords and description is no longer the target of the crawler. It is more on the title and the content of the site.

jabo · 03-17-2008, 03:29 AM

but you know it still wouldn't hurt to optimize your meta tags...

arcel · 03-17-2008, 04:48 AM

i agree with jabo... placing 1-2 sentence as a meta description doesn't hurt your site.

internetgal · 03-17-2008, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by arcel

i agree with jabo... placing 1-2 sentence as a meta description doesn't hurt your site.

Who said Meta Descriptions are NOT Considered? Meta Descriptions are still alive and does wonders for ur site if optimized and placed correctly. FYI, Meta keywords are Back again in 2008

red_ranger · 03-17-2008, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by armanbarbuco

Yes, there has been many sayings that meta tags like the keywords and description is no longer the target of the crawler. It is more on the title and the content of the site.

Is that true??Do you have any proof about that??

ellathinks · 03-17-2008, 08:20 AM

Great Article. I found this very helpful esp that I just launched a new website. Hope you will post more informative articles about SEO.

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x3mario · 03-17-2008, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by armanbarbuco

Yes, there has been many sayings that meta tags like the keywords and description is no longer the target of the crawler. It is more on the title and the content of the site.

Keywords and meta tags are still useful.

03-16-2008, 10:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
google berry Googler Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 79 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Tips for Optimizing Your Site Introduction There are innumerable factors that can affect the search engines rankings. These factors vary from search engine to search engine as well as these vary from time to time as the search engines continue to improve upon their algorithm for ranking the sites. Out of the multiple factors that affect the search engine rankings, only few factors can be influenced by the webmaster that principally include the content management and the site structuring / programming etc. Few other factors that can be monitored are basically exploiting the loopholes in the search engines algorithms but such factors are short lived in their utility as the moment they are detected, they can adversely affect your rankings as well. As an example, while reciprocal link exchanges worked well for some time, today as the search engines have improved, this is looked down upon... [ read more... ]

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raven1083 Master Googler Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 616 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	thanks for that nice tip it really help me thanks.

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innovation Noogle Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	good tips mate. But, I heard that search engine spiders are not searching for meta tags and meta description. Is it? Can someone please confirm?

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jabo Master Googler Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 619 Thanks: 1 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts	but you know it still wouldn't hurt to optimize your meta tags...

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arcel Googler Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 60 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	i agree with jabo... placing 1-2 sentence as a meta description doesn't hurt your site.

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