Actually, meta tags are more important than ever. Google relies heavily on pagerank but meta tags and content are still king.
With Inktomi's, Fast's and AskJeeves guaranteed inclusion programs, the only thing they index on your page is your meta tags. Also, with direct xml feeds into the search engines, they don't even spider your site because they're only interested in the information you provide them which is defaulted to the meta information. Search engines have come a long way but are still as archaic as ever in that most rely heavily on meta tags. Since, many second-tier search engines use the major engines listed above as their source for results, it's important to have your tags optimized to ensure good ranking. ~Jason -----Original Message----- From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 9:23 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: WOT-Website Marketing Do Meta Tags really matter anymore with regards to positioning a website within search engines? Does Google even look at Meta Tags? And what is a Meta Spider? :) -Gel -----Original Message----- From: Dowdell, Jason G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I am the owner and this is a shameless plug. <CF_ShamelessPlug> GlobalPromoter.com has several free tools designed to help those that want to optimize their site themselves. I've developed all of these tools (as well as the site) myself in CF. Here's a link to the free tools section. http://www.globalpromoter.com/free_search_engine_promotion_tools.cfm Tools Include *Keyword Suggestion Tool *Meta Spider *Meta Tag Generator *Site Readiness Check *Domain Lookup *IP Address Lookup *Link Popularity <CF_ShamelessPlug> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
