I'm sure Dave won't be too thrilled to know you got us daves mixed up ;) ---------------------------------------- From: Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:29 PM To: CF-Talk <[email protected]> Subject: Re: MetaData Tags
ahem. I am now going to send a copy of this conversation over to Dave Watts, who was chiding me for keeping my mouth shut on this list. I did think it a bit surprising that you were asking the question a and that nobody answered you b. Never mind...as you have probably gather I don't know the answer to that question. ::slinks off::: On 4/20/05, Bryan F. Hogan wrote: > Ooops, sorry, I'm talking about this > http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2005/04/20.html#a1219 > > Not meta tags, meta data tags. :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:19 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: MetaData Tags > > In ten words or less meta tags are a lot less important than they were > because of Google. Still, they affect page rank on other search > engines, such as Yahoo, I am told (some contradictory information > here). The really brief tutorial is that the most important meta tags > are description and keywords. Here is a link: > > http://htmlprimer.com/HotTopics/metatags.shtml > > Be aware that the Title tag and the actual content of the site are at > least equally important and that you should make every effort to use > very specific targeted language, ie if you sell cat toys use "cat > toys" as a descriptor not "cat" and "toy" as you have almost no > realistic hope of making it to the top of the ranking of those terms > and proably wouldn't want to to anyway as they are looking for > something that is not you most likely. > > hope that helps. > Dana > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:203781 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
