Dreamweaver - Search engine optimisation

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Search engine optimisation

pete

2004-02-25, 12:31 pm

Using the Poodle predictor (the coolest tool of the year) I see that the
search engines first look at my menu items which are included in the
template and then at the content of the page. This of course means the
keywords in the body text are never spidered.

http://www.gritechnologies.com/tool....co.za/pages/ab
out.htm

The question is how to move the menu items below the body text without
affecting the page layout. The other method would be to find a way for the
spiders not to look at the template content which would mean it would not
spider the links.

A conundrum that I fear has no solution.

Pete

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pete

2004-02-26, 4:28 am

That was helpful Dan.
Why is it useless and how have I been conned?
I used it on my site and found what I thought were so many areas to improve
it.

Pete
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> pete wrote:
>
>
> On the contrary: it's useless.
> You have been conned.
>
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Dan Vendel *GOF*

2004-02-26, 4:28 am

pete wrote:
> That was helpful Dan.
> Why is it useless and how have I been conned?
> I used it on my site and found what I thought were so many areas to improve
> it.

Pete,

Sometimes, it's completely futile to elaborate.
Here it is, though:

There is *no* SEO application that will be able to optimize (or even
give suggestions) a website better than you can do by yourself after
spending a couple of hours reading here:

http://www.searchengineworld.com/
http://spider-food.net/
http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/
http://www.searchengines.com/
http://www.search.com/
http://www.seo-pro.com/search-engine-basics.htm

For discussions about SEs, go to:

http://www.webmasterworld.com/
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/

Yes, you have been conned since you are already considering moving the
navigation to bring up the text above it. This is utterly nonsense and
will not help you ranking a bit.

--
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Contact me directly at http://contact.vendel.info
Formmail tutorial at http://www.vendel.info/tut/formmail.html
Nested table demonstration at http://www.vendel.info/tabletut/
Search Engine Optimization & Rank Control Utility at http://awr.vendel.info
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pete

2004-02-26, 10:28 am

That wasn't me being conned that was just me being stupid.

It just proves that stupidity is not hereditary, I am quite capable of being
an idiot on my own without parental guidance.

Pete

says this proves
"Dan Vendel *GOF*" <see_my_signature_@_the_bottom_of_the_post.com> wrote in
message news:c1k9vj$5jl$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> pete wrote:
improve[color=darkred]
>
> Pete,
>
> Sometimes, it's completely futile to elaborate.
> Here it is, though:
>
> There is *no* SEO application that will be able to optimize (or even
> give suggestions) a website better than you can do by yourself after
> spending a couple of hours reading here:
>
> http://www.searchengineworld.com/
> http://spider-food.net/
> http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/
> http://www.tamingthebeast.net/
> http://www.searchengines.com/
> http://www.search.com/
> http://www.seo-pro.com/search-engine-basics.htm
>
> For discussions about SEs, go to:
>
> http://www.webmasterworld.com/
> http://www.webhostingtalk.com/
>
> Yes, you have been conned since you are already considering moving the
> navigation to bring up the text above it. This is utterly nonsense and
> will not help you ranking a bit.
>
> --
> Dan Vendel - *GOF*
> Contact me directly at http://contact.vendel.info
> Formmail tutorial at http://www.vendel.info/tut/formmail.html
> Nested table demonstration at http://www.vendel.info/tabletut/
> Search Engine Optimization & Rank Control Utility at
http://awr.vendel.info
> Search Dreamweaver newsgroup at http://www.vendel.info/google.html

Dan Vendel *GOF*

2004-02-26, 11:29 am

pete wrote:

> that was just me being stupid.

I'm glad I'm not alone....

--
Dan Vendel - *GOF*
Contact me directly at http://contact.vendel.info
Formmail tutorial at http://www.vendel.info/tut/formmail.html
Nested table demonstration at http://www.vendel.info/tabletut/
Search Engine Optimization & Rank Control Utility at http://awr.vendel.info
Search Dreamweaver newsgroup at http://www.vendel.info/google.html