Mr. RobRoyAus Thank you very much for valuable guide line.
On Jan 16, 2008 5:22 AM, RobRoyAus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Birchandra, > > Some good comments above about routing, and they are even more > important when you consider the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) > benefits. > > I suspect your site will have difficulty getting good search engine > rankings as it currently stands, but with a few changes could do a > lot better. some not strictly Symfony related, but we're talking about > a whole package here :-). The routing engine in Symfony is a > fantastic resource and shouldn't be overlooked. > > Consider the search engine crawlers as a blind user with no CSS, no > Javascript and no Flash and try out your site. See how far you get! > Here are a few comments from a quick look. This is meant as > constructive help, so please don't take it badly 8-) > > * There is no html link alternative for the flash landing page. ( My > personal preference and IMHO the industry trend is away from landing > pages altogether, but that's a different debate :-) How will the no- > Flash or Search Engine get to your (real) home page? > * The main menu has no HTML alternative, so the search engine has no > way of getting to all the pages in your site, and so cannot index > them, so cannot return them in search results. I suggest you check out > the SWFObject (http://www.swffix.org/devblog/ which is the latest > version of http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/) - Add a html version > of the menu with <ul><li> tags in a div, then replace that div at page > load time with the flash using SWFObject). There may be a nice Symfony > way to do this. Anyone? > * I agree with the comment suggesting you remove the /home/ from all > the urls, however I would also remove the /index in the suggested > urls, so the news page would be simply http://www.amrit-cwt.com/news > * I second the comment about adding some nice routing for the news > items. Search engines tend to ignore query strings. Routing is one of > the (many) great benefits of using Symfony, so instead of > http://www.amrit-cwt.com/home/news?id=3 you could have something like > http://www.amrit-cwt.com/news/our-drinkable-water-supply-is-vanishing > * Finally, I notice there is no heading on the news page - a proper > <h1> heading and unique <title> tag are possibly the simplest, easiest > yet most effective SEO methods. > > SEO is a HUGE topic and the above is, of course, hardly even > scratching the surface. However, In terms of "bang for the buck" you > will get a lot further if you do some very basic things. If you want > to get carried away with SEO, there's a useful FAQ page on Sitepoint > at http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182915 > > > Hope this helps, > > Rob > > > > > > On Jan 15, 4:27 am, "Sid Bachtiar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Nice website (informative contents too!) :) > > > > > I did notice that all the actions are in module 'home'? If it is me, I > > > would split the actions into several modules. > > > > > So instead of: > > > > > home -> home/forward > > > services -> home/services > > > contact -> home/contact > > > > > I would have structured it like: > > > > > home -> home/index > > > services -> services/index > > > contact -> contact/index > > > > > -- Birchandra Sanasam Web Developer & Analyst # +91 9810 191478 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
