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Dotty.c
8th February 2006, 11:57 AM
how do you set Meta tags (think thats what they are called) on your webb site so it gets picked up by search engines :confused:
StagePhotography.co.uk
8th February 2006, 12:03 PM
go to any website....

Right click on the page and see VIEW SOURCE...

Should be at the top like this page...
In the <HEAD> tags.

<html dir="ltr" lang="en">
<head><title>Welcome To Our Photography Community - Reply to Topic</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 3.0.3" />
<meta name="keywords" content="photography forum,photography,community,images,post images,critique,vbulletin,forum,bbs,discussion,jel soft,bulletin board" />
<meta name="description" content="Photography forum designed for professional and amateur photographers." />
Stemmy
8th February 2006, 12:03 PM
Its like Voodoo I dont understand either. I usaully go to a popular site and have a look at theirs.

Thing is some people tell you one thing how to get the best and then others tell you something completly different. :confused:
StagePhotography.co.uk
8th February 2006, 12:05 PM
hehehe

<meta name="keywords" content="photography forum,photography,community,images,post images,critique,vbulletin,forum,bbs,discussion,jel soft,bulletin board" />
<meta name="description" content="Photography forum designed for professional and amateur photographers." />

I'm just too lazy to put them in my pages...
Dotty.c
8th February 2006, 12:13 PM
Ok my site doesnt even have "show sourse" like this does, how do I get that info onto my webb site :confused:
StagePhotography.co.uk
8th February 2006, 12:23 PM
It's not a site thing...

It's IE...

Or go to Menu.... VIEW // SOURCE...

which browser do you use?
Dotty.c
8th February 2006, 12:30 PM
God I hate computers, ms explorer,
Stemmy
8th February 2006, 12:36 PM
Click on the page of the site. Then right click and "View source"

This will not work on Flash websites
StagePhotography.co.uk
8th February 2006, 12:36 PM
you mean IE...

LOL..

Explorer is the file explorer... Not a browser...

*wink*
Dotty.c
8th February 2006, 12:40 PM
Derrrrrrrrr Yahoo
tonymidd
8th February 2006, 01:29 PM
Hi Dotty, did you do your own site? If so which programme did you use?
Most diy progs are WYSIWYG and write the html code for you. If you can access the code you can type in your own meta tags etc.
I must admit I'm not that familiar with progs such as Frontpage as I use Dreamweaver MX for all my web design. You will also have to use a FTP programme such as Cute to reload your site on the server to make any changes apply.
lostmysnorkel
8th February 2006, 02:44 PM
I can highly recommend CoffeeCup HTML Editor for website building. All of the really useful bits are soo simple to use - usually 'one-click' - and the 'Wizards' make building tables, fonts, inserting links with images dead easy.

Not sure how much the latest version costs, but I think I paid around $30 for it a couple of years ago.

Keywords will help you in the search engine stakes, but I have found the cheapest way of upping your rating is to include loads of links to other websites close to your home page (ie: one click away).

Engines like Google use 'Bots' to suss out your URL when you submit it, these little programs peep in to your website and see how many images, how much text and how many links there are, as well as reading your Meta Data.

I used to dedicate one page totally to links off site. For my underwater website, this would include Dive Boats, holiday operators, kit retailers, photo suppliers etc. The link from my home page was kept extremely small (hardly noticeable when viewed by a human) but stood out a mile to the Google Bots - instantly took me from page 3 to first page of a google search for 'underwater photographs'.

PS: Also worth noting - whenever you make changes to your site - resubmit it to the searc engine people, keeps them busy and always worth a try. They are, after all, the people who put YOUR shop window in front of the 'people on the street' so it makes sense to let them have the latest version.
Dotty.c
8th February 2006, 02:51 PM
thanks guys, need to update computer, then webb software, using serif programmes at the mo.