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Stationery-Direct
26th September 2006, 08:16
Hi Guys
What is the part after the title tag between the <!-- -->, they have keywords and the description tag underneath it all, any advice and explanation as to whether this should be added. Thanx
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>flyers, full colour flyer printing</TITLE><!-- flyer printing, night club flyers, full colour flyers, bristol colour printer, colour print and design, leaflet printing, printing bristol, economical print, quick printing, nightclub leaflet specialist -->
openmind
26th September 2006, 08:18
It's a shady way of stuffing more keywords into their pages. The <!--- ---> are beginning and ending comment tags so anything between them won't be displayed in the browser but should be picked up the SEs.
TBH I don't see the value in it as I'm 99% sure the SEs will just ignore it anyway...
Stationery-Direct
26th September 2006, 08:22
Cheers for that Phil, wont bother then.
Do you see any downsides to naming the folder where my images are kept with for example:
background="full colour printing and design_files/FrameMenuBG.gif">
I have seen a competitor do this and just thought it would be beneficial to getting more keywords on the page, does having spaces between the words cause a problem?
qska
26th September 2006, 09:04
Yup, the downside of naming your folders in this way (with spaces in it) is that it isn't a standard URL anyway, the HTTP spec says that spaces should be changed to %20. This whole subject is a bit tricky, so it's best to avoid spaces in file/directory names.
It might be better to use the keywords it in image Alt tags, or Title tags.
openmind
26th September 2006, 09:08
Older browsers such as NS 4.1 couldn't read URLs with spaces, modern browsers can.
However, as pointed out, you shouldn't be using spaces in the folder path anyway...
Stationery-Direct
26th September 2006, 09:11
Thanks for your advice, however, I have seen this in working practice with a certain competitor and they are number one for most of my search terms, do you see any value in this then?
background="full_colour_printing_and_design_files/FrameMenuBG.gif">
Thanx for your advice, greatly appreciated.
openmind
26th September 2006, 09:22
There could be some value but not as much as well structured HTML coding such as use of the title and alt tags, h1, h2 and h3 tags, good body content with a good density of keywords etc...
There is more importance given to these elements than the URL although the URL does still play a part...
Stationery-Direct
26th September 2006, 09:26
Thanks guys
carps
26th September 2006, 14:45
More or less in agreement with what everyone else has already said. If you are looking at naming conventions for files, you're already doing the best thing by having static URLs for the pages themselves (such as GreetingsCards.html). Google can slightly penalise sites with complicated URLs as these are an easy way to generate spam pages.
Otherwise, the advice about avoiding spaces in filenames and directory names is perfectly sound.
qska
26th September 2006, 14:57
One thing - you can use "_" instead of " ", it should be much more compatible, and ignored by e.g. Google, so you might be able to achieve your aim this way.
Other way is to use "-" characters :)