At 09:15 AM 7/14/1998 -0400, Luana M. Howard so eloquently stated:
>At 07:52 AM 7/14/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>At 07:33 AM 7/14/1998 -0400, JohnPaul Cloutier so eloquently stated:
>>>How do I create a splash screen for my web site. I would like a splash
>>>screen to be displayed for 10 seconds before my home page is displayed.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>JP
>>
>>Others will respond, but let me caution you that you will have
>>problems with some search engines and not get listed.
>>
>>G
>
>George,
>
>I beg to differ only because most believe that the home page is the only
>page that can be or should be listed with a search engine. Before the
>plethora of Meta tags, Web developers created customized pages for search
>engines. Yahoo may have received Index_yahoo.html, InfoSeek received the
>URL index_Info.html, etc. all of which forwarded, (via a click or a delayed
>refresh) to the meat of the site. /REAL/ URL's, which were short and sweet,
>were used on letterhead, business cards, and the like.
>
Not all search engines will accept individual pages like the used
to two years ago.
>My advice to JP if you use a splash page:
>
> 1. use the meta tags (description and keywords in particular) on your
>splash page (good)
> 2. select key pages, perhaps the page following the splash page, and
>submit them to the search engines. (better)
>
Good advice. Most folks don't put Meta Tags on the splash page.
BTW, some search engines read the first 200 characters of your home page.
George
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