Google still uses the <meta="description"> tag. Search for 'multipak', the description given for the top link is taken from the meta tag.
Im not sure about other search engines. I dont work on the SEO side of things, because usually well formed mark-up is sufficient, unless your one of these people that like to squeeze blood from a stone, they will go the extra mile. I will continue to use <H1> for web page title/company name/slogan/tagline until the time comes that using H1 for content really does make a difference, at the moment it seems to be speculation. If you also take a look around some of the big sites, you will see that they also place their branding within H1 tags, i will list a few: www.yahoo.com www.webstandardsgroup.org www.w3.org www.bbc.com www.alistapart.com If it was so wrong to place either logos, sitenames ect. in <h1> elements people wouldn't do it, and yahoo, alistapart and wsg are all standards based. So i think the best conclusion is, if you really do want to try and boost your ranking then go ahead and try new things, but as it stands i stick to my guns in saying that search engines with search through all your headings. :) On 6/28/07, Nick Gleitzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 28 Jun 2007, at 11:41 PM, Sunday John wrote: > Does a content based site respond to search engine than a well > meta-tag, keyword e.t.c site? It's pretty much accepted now that <meta name="keywords"> don't carry nearly as much weight as keywords (= search terms) in the actual content of a page. And Google - if you look at the results - returns your search term/s in the context of the page content, not the page <title> or <meta name="description">, although of course they're important too. The best advice I've ever found about optimising pages for SE results is: don't try and out-think a SE; it's too complex. Just concentrate on good, meaningful content, marked up in a semantically logical way. 'How to code for SE rankings' is just too big a subject to cover in a few words. Have a look at Danny Sullivan's site [1] or Google's own tips for webmasters [2] for good info. [1] http://searchenginewatch.com/ [2] http://www.google.com/webmasters/ N ___________________________ omnivision. websight. http://www.omnivision.com.au/ ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
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