These are:
robots.txt directives
meta robots tags XML sitemaps
nofollow link attribute
rel=canonical meta tag
internal linking One topic that wasn't covered was Google's preference for webmasters to not exclude duplicate content with robots.txt or...
Google Webmaster Tools can give a quick report on duplicate title tags, missing title tags, short title tags, and similar data for your meta descriptions. The problem is that pages with images and navigation, and little HTML text content, are seen...
Write unique page titles and meta descriptions for each page. Searchengines don't care how the words are delivered -- paragraphs or bullet points are fine -- just as long as your services and products are fully described on each page.
Meta tags, links, metadata, content, relevancy, competition, and page title all affect page ranking. This doesn't do anything but tell the searchengines you're trying really hard to rank for a variety of terms related to pizza.
Again, not even a META description is used. Looks like that site needs one of the very basic SEO deliverables, however: a META description tag. This is likely because all the EN site content is completely invisible to searchengines.
This is a shame because the META description on the page clears things up, describing the DSL-loving turtles, but is not being used by Google as the search result description. It looks like they are on their way to good ranking for terms like “bud...
We'd done the submission, made use of the meta tags the
searchengines said to use, but why exactly a site would rank well wasn't well
known. Some searchengines will catalog ALT text
and text in comment and meta tags.
Title of the listing in Google is the domain (no meta title information). Coping with Search Engine Penalties Search engine penalties are present and pervasive, and are a primary method used by searchengines to control webmasters.
Want to make meta tags, especially those beyond the keywords and description tags supported by major searchengines? The other major searchengines either ignore these two (and any other meta tags) or provide only limited support.
New metasearch site that lets you metasearch several major searchengines at once or allows you to search just major sites, paid listings, "pure" listings (Yahoo gets dropped from this category, apparently because of its paid inclusion) and...
New metasearch site that lets you metasearch several major searchengines at once or allows you to search just major sites, paid listings, "pure" listings (Yahoo gets dropped from this category, apparently because of its paid inclusion) and...
Metasearch major medical searchengines and databases from this new service. This version of the article for Search Engine Watch members goes into more detail about Yahoo's free and paid inclusion programs, Google's recommended tips for webmasters...
Metasearch the web or tab over to search through premium content research reports, human-powered directory results from the Open Directory or metasearch news resources. Enter a search term, then get results metasearch style at the bottom of the...
Yahoo also lists the home page, but ironically, gives it a bad description because of a coding error in that site's meta description tag. Meta tags? Meta keywords and description aren't supported, yet.
Does the exact order of elements within a meta tag make a difference to searchengines? Searchengines try to find their sound News.com, May 27, 2004 http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5221267.html Do you know where to buy a database of recent actual...
Searchengines could already support fielded searching using HTMLmeta tags. Comprehensive review from CNET on top searchengines, metasearchengines, topical search sites, tips and more. MetaSearch + Invisible Web + Virtual Librarians = Wondir!
ZapMeta: A Promising New MetaSearch Engine SearchDay, Feb.http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3317991 A new metasearch engine offers speedy, relevant results, and some cool visualization features that actually make it easy to check...
Search toolbars provide direct access to searchengines from within your browser, while metasearch utilities make it easy to search more than one search engine at the same time. Jump to: Search Toolbars From Major SearchEngines Other Search...
Not mentioned in the story is the irony of a tool designed to fight copyright theft perhaps infringing on the trademark of metasearch engine WebCrawler.com. Google also looks at keywords, but not just those in the meta tags.
Guide to MetaSearchEngines Microdoc, March 7, 2003 http://www.microdocs-news.info/infoSeeker/2003/03/07.html Review of major metasearchengines, with a nice chart showing what resources they draw from.