Re: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!

date posted 17th January 2002 13:20

what if a homepage has a full meta tag description in the head block but no
text is actually displayed on the homepage

is this ok ?

----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Turner [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 11:26 AM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!


> Flash is coded and the SEs can't decode it to get at the text inside. The
> text on the page is where they get their keywords for the site and sites
are
> rated on the prominence of keywords within them.
>
> It is therefore very,very bad to have no text on your homepage.
>
> All the best
> Ian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of technoir
> Sent: 17 January 2002 10:28
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
>
>
> why do search engines not like a flash home page ?
>
> i heard somewhere it is a bad idea not to have any text on your home page.
> is this true ?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ian Turner [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:15 PM
> Subject: RE: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
>
>
> > I wasn't really trying to be smart - just illustrating that a 'good' web
> > site can be measured by many different factors.
> >
> > I got the site by learning about search engines and how they work, then
> > implementing that knowledge. Part of my business is search engine
> > optimisation - it provides about a quarter of my income, so I'm not
going
> to
> > give all my secrets away, however there are some easy ways to improve a
> > site. These include not having the page title as 'Home Page' - this
could
> be
> > equated to putting a sign above a shop which says 'My Shop'. Ensuring
you
> > have meta tags on the site and ensuring there is not a flash homepage.
> >
> > But then again you should know this, I have just had a look at your
> site!! -
> > You really ought to get your Google Page rank up a bit.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Ian Turner
> >
> > Projects Director
> > Romsey Associates Ltd
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Simon Kimberley
> > Sent: 16 January 2002 17:22
> > To: Freelancers. net Forum
> > Subject: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
> >
> >
> > Ian Turner wrote
> >
> > >Once you have finished criticising the design - do a search on
google.com
> > >for 'Mercedes servicing' - then do the same on MSN.co.uk - the site
> > >generates a couple of new customers each month for the client, who is
> very
> > >happy with his website.
> >
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